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The UK Government-backed Manufacturing Africa programme has supported 23 Nigerian businesses to reach financial close, mobilising more than US$630 million in investment and creating the potential for over 21,400 direct jobs.

Nigeria’s electricity subsidy bill could reach ₦2 trillion this year if the government maintains the current tariff structure, adding pressure to public finances as the power sector continues to struggle with rising costs and weak revenue collection.

A pupil of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Primary School, Awka, Anambra State, Success Ezenwafor, has died after floodwaters swept away a school shuttle bus conveying him and other pupils during a heavy downpour in the state capital.

A federal judge has ordered the President Donald Trump administration to immediately restore CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House, ruling that the journalists were deprived of their press credentials without constitutionally adequate due process.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, wanted over an alleged case of receiving stolen property.

The former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has raised a constitutional red flag over President Bola Tinubu’s prolonged absence from Nigeria, warning that the country cannot be run indefinitely from abroad.

Weinstein, 74, was sentenced Wednesday in Manhattan after being convicted at a retrial of first-degree criminal sexual act involving Haley, who has also been known as Mimi Haleyi.

The Nigerian Exchange Limited extended its positive run on Wednesday, with the All-Share Index (ASI) rising 576.36 points to 251,191.02, representing a 0.23 percent gain.

Musa made the proposal while featuring on the African Leadership Podcast, hosted by Ken Giami, where he spoke extensively about military service, national security and the need for Nigerians to better appreciate the responsibilities shouldered by members of the Armed Forces.

EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, made the declaration on Wednesday in Abuja at a meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), where the Inter-Faith Manual on anti-corruption was unveiled.