By Camillus Eboh Dec 9 - Nigeria’s central bank has granted final licenses to 82 exchange bureaus (BDCs) under revised guidelines, effective Nov. 27, following a sweeping crackdown last year that saw 4,

Nigeria’s military sent fighter jets and ground forces into neighboring Benin to support President Patrice Talon, after a group of soldiers attempted to seize control of the West African nation.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has nominated the former military chief as defense minister just weeks after he was made to step down.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces policy allowing State Department to deny visas to individuals involved in religious freedom violations globally.

Last Saturday, 13 Muslim women and girls, aged between 16 and 23 were kidnapped near their farms in land near a nature reserve that has become a hideout for the jihadists. The gang freed one of them after she told them she was nursing a baby.

Nigeria's president says that all 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in Kebbi in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued.

The Bank projects Nigerian GDP growth of 4.2% in 2025, up from 3.4% in 2024 and rising to 4.4% by 2027, supported by services, agriculture and non-oil industries. Inflation is expected to ease gradually, but remain high. It stood at 16.05% in October and the central bank's main interest rate is at 27%.

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Late last October, President Donald Trump designated Nigeria as "a country of particular concern" (CPC) under the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act for "severe violations of religious freedom."