Nineteen swing states, not sitting governors’ influence, will decide Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, a new data analysis covering two decades of voting concludes.
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President Tinubu has elevated Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu to foreign affairs minister after Yusuf Tuggar stepped down to contest the 2027 elections, reshaping the country’s diplomatic leadership.
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NACA has inaugurated Anambra’s technical team to run an HIV surveillance study targeting key populations as part of efforts to achieve epidemic control by 2030.
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Abia Governor Alex Otti is targeting Joint Commission International certification for three state hospitals, a global benchmark only two Nigerian facilities currently hold.
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Energy economists led by Adeola Adenikinju are calling for targeted cash transfers to shield vulnerable Nigerians from fuel price hikes triggered by US-Iran tensions.
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Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed says his closed-door meeting with Peter Obi at the Government House centered on economic recovery, citizens’ welfare and the political landscape.
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SGF George Akume has launched an inter-ministerial committee to clean up Nigeria’s tangled security architecture, with mergers and possible dissolutions of agencies on the table.
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Benedict Peters is deploying three sensor-equipped aircraft to map Madagascar’s mineral wealth under a pan-African deal that will hand the data to the government free.
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Inspector-General Olatunji Disu has approved a restructuring of the Police Monitoring Unit and named Deputy Commissioner Aliyu Abubakar to lead the reshaped oversight body.
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Iran’s sudden reclosure of the Strait of Hormuz has dashed hopes that Nigerian petrol prices would slide from N1,250 back to N800-N900 range.
