Nigeria-led Ecowas artillerymen land by helicopter on 10 January, 1999 in Freetown.
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The use of force to end the coup in Niger would come at great cost and cripple the regional fight against terrorism.
In 2022, government launched one million rice paddies, stacked in 15 pyramids, but the country’s food crisis has persisted.
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Fixing Nigeria’s food inflation goes beyond declaring a state of emergency.
President Bola Tinubu takes oath of office at his inauguration ceremony in Abuja on 29 May 2023.
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For Nigeria’s new security chiefs to succeed, there is the need to depoliticise, demilitarise, and optimise operational capabilities of the armed forces.
A man exchanges Nigeria’s Naira for US dollars in Lagos in April 2021.
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Nigeria’s new foreign exchange policy promises to discourage rent-seeking, attract foreign investment, boost exports and prevent the dollarisation of the economy but consistency is key to success.
Trucks, with goods, abandoned on Nigeria’s East-West highway cut off by flood in October 2022.
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Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu faces a number of challenges. But climate change cannot be ignored.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrives to attend his swearing-in ceremony at Eagle Square venue, Abuja, on May 29, 2023.
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inherits major security challenges. Job creation, poverty alleviation and inclusive growth may be the solution.