Macky Sall Withdraws From UN Secretary-General Race

Former Senegalese President Macky Sall has pulled out of the race to become the next United Nations Secretary General, a day after an informal Security Council poll left every remaining candidate facing opposition from at least one veto-holding power. Sall announced his decision on Saturday, October 17, in a statement issued from Marrakech, Morocco, and…

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Fuel Subsidy Costly, Unfair To The Poor, IMF Says

  The International Monetary Fund has advised Nigeria and other countries against returning to blanket petrol subsidies, insisting that governments can shield poor households from rising energy costs without holding down pump prices for everyone. “Protecting people is not the same as protecting the price of fuels,” Rodrigo Valdés, Director of the Fund’s Fiscal Affairs…

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Ribadu Concedes Military Force Cannot End Banditry

Ribadu Concedes Military Force Cannot End Banditry

National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu admitted on Saturday that military operations alone cannot crush armed banditry across north-western Nigeria, calling for sharper intelligence, tight border policing, and community cooperation to stem rural terror. Speaking through Zakari Mijinyawa at an anti-banditry forum in Sokoto, Ribadu acknowledged that bush gangs have progressed from cattle rustling and highway…

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