Last Week’s Top 10 Nigerian and International News Stories
Last week brought a wave of major stories at home and abroad. In Nigeria, a ₦1.3 billion fake agency scandal prompted a 30-day probe, the Senate condemned xenophobic attacks in South Africa and rejected plans to rehabilitate Boko Haram suspects. We also saw the commissioning of the country’s largest lithium plant, a stable naira at ₦1 370/$, renewed cult vigilantism ahead of July 7 and deadly communal clashes in Ibadan. On the global front, the US launched airstrikes on Iran after tanker drone attacks, the IMF warned of stalled inflation gains, Nigel Farage resigned as a UK MP and Marine Le Pen announced her 2027 run. Other highlights included an AI summit in Geneva, a landslide in China, Trump’s criticism of NATO allies, Hezbollah’s cash distributions in Lebanon and a severe climate alert for the South-West Pacific. How did a fake council secure office space and over ₦1 billion in the budget without detection? Share your thoughts as investigations deepen.
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