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Daily Watch – Nigeria battles diphtheria outbreak, Mali postpones presidential election

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited and oil majors on Monday agreed to cut the time for concluding contract talks from three years to not more than six months (180 days), to speed up investment projects in the country. The new agreement signed with the companies, including Shell, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies, intends to make doing business in Nigeria easier. "So efficiency is going to be instilled in the process and will deliver more production," said Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, NNPC Vice President (upstream), after a signing ceremony attended by the heads of the subsidiaries of the oil majors. President Bola Tinubu is in a drive to increase Nigeria's oil output. The presidency said international oil firms had committed $13.5 billion investments in the short term to raise production to 2.1 million barrels per day by December 2024. The Nigerian government confirmed that 7,202 cases of diphtheria have been recorded in 18 states across the country. This was disclosed in a press statement jointly signed by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, among other partners. The government said it confirmed 7,202 ...
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Daily Watch – Markets rally as NASS sews up leadership, US lawmakers kick against South Africa trade summit

Nigeria's new lawmakers were sworn in on Tuesday following February's ...
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Daily Watch – FG makes student loan bill law, Ride hailing drivers suspend strike

⁣President Bola Tinubu has signed the Student Loan Bill into ...
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Daily Watch – Kaduna clerics condemn el-Rufai, Opposition bag Guinea-Bissau legislative vote

Kaduna clerics under the umbrella of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan ...
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Daily Watch – Nigeria palm oil imports surge 353%, Cameroon & Congo tie up railway project

Nigeria’s palm oil imports from Malaysia, a top global producer, ...
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Daily Watch – Reps label Nigeria Air as fraudulent, Dutch court refuses Rwanda extradition request

Several Nigerian soldiers died in an attack on a military ...
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Daily Watch – Senate makes hay over MDA short-term loans, Bandits kill scores in Sokoto

No fewer than 50 persons were reportedly killed in Gwadabawa ...
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Daily Watch – New OPEC cuts come online, Sudan factions waffle over ceasefire

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies ...
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Daily Watch – Obi tenders evidence from 6 states, Boko Haram spurs regional troop buildup

The Presidential Election Petition Court has admitted in evidence electoral ...
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Daily Watch – CBN and NNPC make adjustments, SA opens door for Putin to attend BRICS summit

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has adjusted the ...
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Daily Watch – Tinubu wades into DSS-EFCC spat, Boko Haram kill 8 in northern Cameroon

The presidency's media office has urged the public to relax ...
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Daily Watch – Tinubu vows to yank subsidy, Opposition spark clashes in Senegal

Nigeria's president Bola Tinubu used his inaugural address to make ...
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Daily Watch – #EndSARS victims bill scales second reading, Ghana’s NPP begin nominations

The two remaining girls abducted from Federal Government College (FGC), ...
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Daily Watch – Nigeria’s GDP slows in Q1, Congo sues Rwanda’s army & M23

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped to 2.31 percent in ...
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Daily Watch – Tribunal orders PDP & LP petition merger, Kenya to get $1bn IMF loan 

The Presidential Election Petition Triunal in Abuja has ordered the ...
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Daily Watch – Dangote launches flagship refinery, US inserts Mali in Ukraine geopolitics

The Dangote Refinery has paid down over 70 percent of ...
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Daily Watch – FG to get COVID stimulus extension, Accra bags trade surplus

Suspected terrorists have reportedly killed at least nine at the ...
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Daily Watch – FAAC allocations tank 8%, Community leader killed in FCT

Two persons were killed and six others abducted by gunmen ...
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Daily Watch – Plateau death toll rises, Ghana gets $3bn IMF loan

The death toll in Tuesday’s attack on communities in the ...
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Daily Watch – NASS approves independent candidacy, Ghana mine accident kills seven

Nigeria's Senate, on Tuesday, directed the Clerk to the National ...
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Daily Watch – Nigeria & Niger lose soldiers in Borno, Kenya & Somalia to reopen border

Three soldiers from Nigeria and Niger were killed and at ...
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Daily Watch – FG ends Sudan evac, Mahama nails NDC ticket

The FG said it had ended the evacuation of Nigerians ...
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Daily Watch – Kebbi bandit leader killed by hunters, Pretoria denies weapon ties with Russia

A notorious banditry leader, popularly known as "Yellow" in Zuru ...
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Daily Watch – Shell wins oil spill case, 2 die in Guinea police-protester clash

Nearly 1,400 followers of the jihadist group Boko Haram have ...
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Daily Watch – Adeleke victory affirmed, 20 remains found in east DRC

Suspected Fulani militias on Tuesday attacked Runji village in Atyap ...
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