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[Liberian Investigator] FOYA, Lofa County -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai broke ground over the weekend on an 86-kilometer road project linking Voinjama to Mendikorma at the Sierra Leone border, a $45 million initiative that officials said would cut travel time on the corridor nearly in half and unlock what they described as Liberia's most productive agricultural county from decades of road-induced isolation.

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[Vanguard] On Thursday, May 14, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State declared his intention to run for President on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Allied Peoples' Movement, APM, alliance in the 2027 presidential election.

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[SNA] KHARTOUM, May 24, 2026 (SUNA) - The Higher Council for Native Administration announced its support for the efforts of the Government of Hope, affirming its backing for the endeavors of Prime Minister Dr. Kamil Idris aimed at achieving peace, stability, and driving development in the country.

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[Leadership] The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $200 million financing facility for the Bank of Industry to expand access to long-term financing for enterprises operating in key sectors of the Nigerian economy, including agro-food processing.

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[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Ike Neliaku, the president of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), on his re-election to the Board of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management for another two-year term.

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[Leadership] The Zamfara State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to improving the lives of thousands of women, including persons with disabilities, through skills-acquisition programmes, small-scale business support, and strategic partnerships aimed at reducing poverty and promoting financial independence.

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[Leadership] The National Single Window (NSW) Secretariat has disclosed that eight airlines and courier operators have now been onboarded onto its Air Cargo Manifest Module, even as the platform recorded 39,039 applications for licences, certificates, permits and other trade-related documents within eight weeks of its phase one deployment.

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[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu yesterday accepted his nomination as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 election, declaring that Nigerians would not hand over the country to politicians "without a clear alternative vision."

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[Leadership] The federal government and the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation have called for an accelerated overhaul of Nigeria's civil service, demanding a full transition from manual, paper-based operations to digital systems across ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).

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[Capital FM] Kisii -- Bayer East Africa has intensified its campaign against counterfeit seeds and fake agricultural inputs, warning that the growing circulation of substandard farm products poses a serious threat to food security and farmers' livelihoods in Kenya.

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Scenes of joy welcomed Senegalese football fans who had been detained in Morocco as they returned home after receiving a royal pardon.

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[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES reported that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi and an economist, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, were cleared to contest the primary election.

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[Premium Times] One of the victims is a mathematics teacher, Michael Oyedokun, who has been beheaded in a gruesome manner.

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[Vanguard] Enegix Construction JV PMCC Ltd has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, over a dispute surrounding its Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project, RAAMP, contract in Ebonyi State.

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[Vanguard] "Madubi," the Hausa word for mirror, took centre stage in Lagos as education stakeholders, media professionals and communication experts gathered to examine how girls and women are represented in society and why those narratives matter beyond the headlines.

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[Vanguard] ·Provision for insurance removed in new NCAA regulation -- Experts

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[Vanguard] The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has reaffirmed the apex bank's commitment to orthodox monetary policy, transparency and evidence-based decision-making, warning against renewed calls for interventionist programmes.

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[Vanguard] ABUJA--The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has placed the country on heightened Ebola alert, warning that Nigeria faces a high risk of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, importation, amid worsening outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, and Uganda.

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[Vanguard] OPERATIVES of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force have uncovered a major drug trafficking syndicate in Lagos, seizing suspected illicit drugs estimated at ₦7.8 billion and arresting several suspects, including the alleged kingpin, Eke Henry Ifeanyi.

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[GroundUp] Their case, which has been dragging on for over two years, had previously been withdrawn

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[Vanguard] LAGOS -- PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, yesterday, secured the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2027 general elections, polling a commanding 10,999,162 votes in the party's first nationwide direct primary.