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1. THE CITY AND THE BOMBERS Three suicide bombers killed 27 civilians in Maiduguri on March 16, the same week the 68 Battalion killed 61 fighters at Mallam Fatori, with two more bombers still at large. 2. ARRAIGNED AT LAST El-Rufai appeared in court on Tuesday, 35...
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1. THE NAME Anambra appointed Chiamaka Nnake, 39, as the state’s first female Secretary to the State Government, giving her the machinery of government rather than the usual ceremonial title. 2. FIVE WEEKS, TWO COURTS, ONE ARRAIGNMENT The ICPC arraigned Nasir...
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1. THE HANDSHAKE AND THE HANDCUFFS Nigeria signed a £746m UK ports deal and a deportation agreement in the same room on the same day, with British Steel taking £236m in contracts while Nigeria removed the passport requirement that had slowed the removal of nearly...
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1. THE GAP Tinubu landed in Lagos from Windsor with a £746 million ports deal signed, the same week Borno troops repelled a drone-supported ISWAP assault at Mallam Fatori and a senator reported frontline forces lacked adequate equipment. 2. THIRTY DAYS, NO CHARGE ...
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1. THE UNPAID BILL Nigeria’s power generation companies shut down 16 of 33 plants after the government’s N6.8 trillion debt to the sector went unresolved, with the gas suppliers who power the grid cutting supply and the debt growing N200 billion every...
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1. THE CONDITION El-Rufai filed a 30-page criminal complaint alleging ICPC officers told him his release depended on withdrawing from politics, while the ICPC said he remains in lawful custody and the court adjourned his challenge to March 31. 2. 18 DEAD IN JIBIA ...