Nigeria’s Constitution Review Makes Women’s Inclusion a Priority

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https://gdb.voanews.com/eafe758e-8a85-4df0-8831-a3b63ffca353_w800_h450.jpgAbu­ja, Nige­ria — Nige­ri­a’s con­sti­tu­tion is get­ting a revamp, and this time a com­mit­tee tasked with the respon­si­bil­i­ty says wom­en’s inclu­sion in polit­i­cal offices is a pri­or­i­ty. Women hold a tiny frac­tion of the seats in Nigeria’s Nation­al Assem­bly. Three of the 109 sen­a­tors and 15 of the 360 mem­bers in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives are…

UAE Reverses Visa Ban on Nigeria, Signs Billion-Dollar Investment Deal, President Says

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https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000–0aff-0242-b1cf-08dbb3d6436c_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_h450.jpgNige­ri­ans are prais­ing the lift­ing of a visa ban by the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates fol­low­ing a meet­ing in Abu Dhabi this week between Pres­i­dent Bola Tin­ubu and Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates Pres­i­dent Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Niger­ian author­i­ties also secured an invest­ment deal worth bil­lions of dol­lars, accord­ing to the pres­i­den­cy. Niger­ian pres­i­den­tial spokesper­son Ajuri…

Nigerian Agency Says Malaria Vaccine Could Protect Millions

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https://gdb.voanews.com/09d40000-0a00-0242-b82e-08da91ad6f07_w800_h450.jpgNige­ri­a’s Nation­al Agency for Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion and Con­trol, NAFDAC, announced a pro­vi­sion­al approval of the R21 vac­cine dur­ing a media brief­ing on Mon­day. The reg­u­la­to­ry agen­cy’s con­sent came days after Ghana approved the vac­cine. NAFDAC said the vac­cine is 70 to 80 per­cent effi­cient in pre­vent­ing the mos­qui­­to-borne dis­ease and could pro­tect millions…

The Status of Nigeria’s February 25 Elections

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Edi­tor’s Notes: Nige­ri­ans go to the polls on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 25 to elect the coun­try’s next pres­i­dent. The top three con­tenders in the elec­tion are Peter Obi, rep­re­sent­ing the Labour Par­ty, for­mer vice-pres­i­­dent Atiku Abubakar who is rep­re­sent­ing the Peo­ple’s Demo­c­ra­t­ic Party(PDP), and Bola Tin­ubu, rep­re­sent­ing the All Pro­gres­sive Congress(APC) par­ty. Cur­rent Pres­i­dent, Muham­madu Buhari…