Analysts welcome Nigeria’s security pact with Niger

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https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-c0a8-0242-d0ac-08dcc92d17ec_w800_h450.jpgabu­ja, nige­ria — Nige­ria and neigh­bor­ing Niger have signed an agree­ment to boost their secu­ri­ty coop­er­a­tion, despite ten­sions fol­low­ing a coup in Niger more than a year ago. The Niger­ian army announced the secu­ri­ty coop­er­a­tion pact on Tues­day in a com­mu­nique. The coun­tries’ defense chiefs signed the accord this week in Niamey, Niger’s cap­i­tal. It’s the first military…

Analysts weigh in on US advisory council visit to Nigeria

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https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000–0a00-0242–835d-08dca51ae9cd_w800_h450.jpgAbu­ja — A U.S. advi­so­ry coun­cil on African dias­po­ra engage­ment is in Nige­ria on a mis­sion to dis­cuss dias­po­ra-led invest­ments across sec­tors includ­ing edu­ca­tion, health, tech­nol­o­gy and the cre­ative indus­tries. Ana­lysts weigh in on the pur­pose of the vis­it. Del­e­gates to the 12-mem­ber President’s Advi­so­ry Coun­cil on African Dias­po­ra Engage­ment were in Nige­ri­a’s eco­nom­ic cen­ter, Lagos, Monday…

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…