Nigeria ile ilgili hikayeler

• Your country, my embassy(?) Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg. A step back: South Africa asked Taiwan to make the move last week, which was interpreted as a sign that the African nation wanted to appease China. Big picture: Taiwan's response is seen as a resistance to China's attempt to diplomatically isolate the island. Taiwan m...Devamını Oku

28 Eki 2024

Women walk along a flooded street after a heavy downpour in Lagos, Nigeria, July 10, 2024. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP) • Nigeria floods: At least 179 people across Nigeria have died as a result of floods, while tens of thousands have been forced from their homes.

02 Eyl 2024

• Nigeria protests: In the second week of protests in Nigeria over cost of living and bad governance, 40 people have been arrested for waiving Russian flags . Army chief warned that it is a "treasonable offense" to fly the flags of foreign countries. By the numbers: At least 7 people have been killed and 700 arrested so far in the protests. Big picture: Some countries in Africa's Sahel region have been turning away from unpopular governments backed by the Wes...Devamını Oku

12 Ağu 2024

⚡ Lightning Round Nigeria’s opposition Labor Party said they will launch a legal challenge over the election results, where Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the ruling All Progressives Congress party was declared as the winner with 36.6% of the votes. International Atomic Energy Agency said near bomb-grade levels of uranium with 83.7% purity were found at an Iranian nuclear facility , from samples taken from the Fordow plant in January, CNN reported. China dismissed...Devamını Oku

02 Mar 2023

🪖 Military briefing: Ukraine drone strikes show Russia it has ‘no safe zones’ 🛫 Flypast: Airbus is coming for Boeing’s 737 🇳🇬 Reuters investigation: Nigeria's military ran secret mass abortion program in war against Boko Haram

08 Ara 2022

• Nigeria’s president dropped his support for the ExxonMobil deal three days after he approved the sale of the oil company's Niger Delta business to local producer Seplat Energy for $1.28 billion — the first in a series of planned divestments by international companies from Nigeria’s troubled region. Seplat Energy said it received no official confirmation and that it was "seeking clarification" from the authorities.

15 Ağu 2022

• ExxonMobil sold four oilfields in the Niger Delta to local producer Seplat Energy for $1.28 billion in the first in a series of planned divestments by international companies from Nigeria’s troubled region. President Muhammadu Buhari, who is also the country’s oil minister, authorized the sale on Monday. The backstory: Oil production in the swamps of the Niger Delta has generated billions of dollars in revenues but has also resulted in corruption, violence and crim...Devamını Oku

10 Ağu 2022

⚡ Lightning Round UK's former PM Gordon Brown said that stripping the Bank of England's independence would be making a "very bad mistake", following the frontrunner Liz Truss' critique on the Bank and her vow to review its remit if elected. UK’s Horniman Museum will be giving back to Nigeria 72 artifacts looted in the 19th Century from the Kingdom of Benin, following a request by Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments in January. Iran nucle...Devamını Oku

09 Ağu 2022

• Russia's credit rating was cut to "junk" status B3 by Moody's and downgraded six categories by Fitch due to the increased risk of the Kremlin defaulting on its sovereign debt, putting it in the ranks of economies like Nigeria and Bolivia. By the numbers: The Russian central bank's liquidity shortage widened to 7 trillion rubles (€61.7 billion) despite the finance ministry's efforts to raise and preserve funds, most recently going as far as suspending all foreign...Devamını Oku

11 Mar 2022