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Payaza’s triple credit rating: A milestone for Nigerian fintech leadership
Nairametrics
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July 15, 2025
In a major boost for Nigeria’s rapidly expanding fintech sector, Payaza, the pan-African financial infrastructure company, has received an investment-grade credit rating of Bbb from Agusto & Co., one of the continent’s most respected credit rating...
Nigeria's ex-president Buhari, twice leader of Africa's most populous nation, dies aged 82
Spectrum Bay News 9 - Florida
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July 13, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Nigeria twice as a military head of state and a democratic president, has died aged 82, his press secretary said Sunday. Buhari died in London on Sunday afternoon, where...
Fueling the Future: How MEMAN is driving sustainability in Nigeria’s downstream sector
Business Day
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July 15, 2025
In a country where energy challenges intersect with environmental, economic, and social imperatives, the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) is charting a bold new course. Formerly known as MOMAN, MEMAN has transformed itself...
Nigeria’s former leader Buhari to be buried on Tuesday
SABC News
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July 15, 2025
Nigeria’s late former President Muhammadu Buhari will be buried in his northern home state of Katsina on Tuesday, the state governor said. He died in a London clinic on Sunday at the age of 82. Buhari, a former military ruler after a coup in the...
MultiChoice and FCCPC seek Appeal Court’s intervention over ‘GOTV, DSTV Price Hike’ in Nigeria
Nairametrics
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July 15, 2025
MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have approached the Court of Appeal, Abuja, seeking its intervention regarding the Pay TV’s DStv and GOtv price hikes in Nigeria. This is according...
RMB Nigeria leads N148bn Stanbic IBTC rights issue amid recapitalization push
Business Day
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July 15, 2025
Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited (RMB) acted as the lead issuing house on Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc’s N148 billion rights issue, which closed oversubscribed at 122%, bolstering the bank’s capital base ahead of Nigeria’s sweeping banking...
Buhari, a principled and patriotic Nigerian – Tompolo
Eagle Online
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July 15, 2025
Dr. Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has described late former President Muhammadu Buhari as a principled and patriotic Nigerian. Tompolo gave the description in a statement he made available to newsmen in Warri, Delta State on Monday...
VerseOne Distribution Now Processes Transactions – More African Currencies to FollowNaira
Y Naija
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July 14, 2025
VerseOne Distribution, a leading music distribution company, is proud to announce that it now accepts payments in Nigerian Naira (NGN) for its range of services, including VerseOne Pro, its popular white-label software and music promotional...
Buhari could’ve long been dead if he had decided to be treated in Nigeria – Ex aide Adesina
Eagle Online
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July 15, 2025
A former presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has asserted that former President Muhammadu Buhari might not have survived had he chosen to rely on Nigeria’s healthcare system. The ex-president died in London at about 4.30 pm on Sunday, July 13,...
BREAKING: Ex-President Buhari’s Body Arrives In Katsina For State Burial
Sahara Reporters
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July 15, 2025
The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari have arrived in Katsina, his home state, for burial. This was shortly after President Bola Tinubu arrived in Katsina State ahead of the burial ceremony. This comes as a high-powered delegation from...
Femi Adesina: Buhari Could Have Been Long Dead If He Had Used Nigerian Hospitals
Daily Trust
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July 15, 2025
Former Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has said ex-President Muhammadu Buhari may have not survived his health challenges if he had relied solely on Nigerian hospitals for treatment. Adesina made the statement on Tuesday during a special...
Nile University Law Graduate Emerges Best Graduating Student at Nigerian Law School and NBA Examinations
Daily Trust
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July 15, 2025
Abuja, Nigeria—Nile University of Nigeria’s alumnus and Class of 2023 Valedictorian Oluwabusayo Ifonlaja has emerged as the Best Graduating Student at the Nigerian Law School (NLS) and the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) examinations for the class...
Nigeria’s former leader Buhari to be buried on Tuesday, official says
Herald (South Africa)
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July 15, 2025
He referred to himself as a "converted democrat" and swapped his military uniform for kaftans and prayer caps. Ibrahim Babangida, a former military ruler who toppled Buhari in a coup in 1985, said he knew Buhari as a deeply spiritual and humble...
BREAKING: Senate President Akpabio Appeals Court Judgement Ordering Recall Of Senator Natasha
Sahara Reporters
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July 14, 2025
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has filed a notice of appeal to challenge the judgement of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja which ordered the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to the Senate after her controversial...
Remembering Buhari: Into the Ex-President’s Rocky Relationship With Young Nigerians
Zikoko!
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July 15, 2025
In April 2018, Nigeria’s former President, the late Muhammadu Buhari made a comment which has continued to live in infamy: “More than 60 per cent of the population is below 30, a lot of them haven’t been to school and they are claiming that...
SMEDAN: Oduwole lauds GROW Nigeria strategy
Abuja Inquirer
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July 15, 2025
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, has commended the “GROW Nigerian” strategy which aims to boost the growth of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, by providing guidance, resources, opportunities, and...
10 Viral Memes Muhammadu Buhari Gave Us As President
Zikoko!
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July 14, 2025
From long silences that said too much, to tone-deaf quotes like “I’m for everybody and for nobody” or “Lazy Nigerian youths,” the former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari who passed away on Sunday July 13, 2025, gave Nigerians not just...
FG Outlines State Burial Programme For Late President Buhari
TVC News Nigeria
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July 15, 2025
The Federal Government has unveiled the national programme of events for the State burial of Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away in London on Sunday.... The Federal Government has unveiled the national programme of events...
Only 10 states have produced Presidents in Nigeria - See the list
Pulse
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July 15, 2025
Since gaining independence from Britain on October 1, 1960, Nigeria has been led by a mix of military rulers and democratically elected presidents. Across six decades, 16 men have been at the helm of Africa’s most populous country, some by ballot,...
'I married Nigerian toyboy and had twins at 56 - my kids were fuming but I don't care'
The Mirror
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July 15, 2025
Realising that for some years she hadn't been happy in her marriage, in 2019 at the age of 51, Angela Peters got divorced from her husband. They had three children together and she’d relished raising them along with her two kids from a previous...