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Monday, 21 September 2026

Tonight: Dangote pledges over $10bn to Africa's power sector and sets a 2028 IPO for his fertiliser business, the APC campaign council tells Peter Obi to quit the presidential race over an Anambra debt row, and Vice President Shettima heads to the UN General Assembly in Tinubu's place.

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Business·NigeriaNG

Dangote says he will put more than $10bn into Africa's power sector

Aliko Dangote says he plans to invest over $10bn in Africa's power sector to tackle the electricity deficit affecting millions on the continent.

Source · Punch
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Business·NigeriaNG

Dangote sets 2028 IPO for fertiliser business

Dangote Industries says its fertiliser arm will be listed in an initial public offering in 2028 and is targeting world's-largest status.

Source · Nairametrics
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Politics·NigeriaNG

APC campaign council asks Peter Obi to quit presidential race over Anambra debt row

The APC campaign council said disclosures by the Anambra State Government contradict Peter Obi's claim that he left office without outstanding liabilities, and demanded he exit the presidential race.

Source · Premium Times
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Politics·NigeriaNG

ADC warns it cannot keep turning the other cheek over attacks on members

The African Democratic Congress said opposition members are nearing the limits of their restraint over alleged attacks and intimidation, and that failure by security agencies to act could push the situation towards self-help before 2027.

Source · Vanguard
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Politics·NigeriaNG

Shettima to lead Nigeria at UNGA because Tinubu is on annual leave, minister says

Information Minister Mohammed Idris said Vice President Kashim Shettima will represent President Bola Tinubu and lead Nigeria's delegation to the 81st UN General Assembly in New York because the president is on annual leave.

Source · Punch
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Politics·NigeriaNG

Taraba nursing students protest after hostel attack and rape allegation

Students of the Taraba State College of Nursing Sciences in Jalingo protested over an attack on a female hostel in which a student was allegedly raped.

Source · Punch
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Africa·Democratic Republic of CongoRoA

Amnesty accuses M23 rebels of killings and forced labour at Congo mines

Amnesty International says Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have killed, tortured and forced miners to work in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, abuses the group says could amount to war crimes.

Source · Africanews
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Business·AfricaRoA

Guterres calls Africa a $3 trillion market and a 'gamechanger for global business'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Global Africa Business Initiative that Africa represents a $3 trillion market opportunity and that the world is finally recognising the continent as a gamechanger for global business.

Source · allAfrica
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World·United StatesRoW

CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump White House over press ban

Three major US news organisations have gone to court over the Trump White House's ban on them, and other networks later suspended their White House television coverage of the president as he travelled to New York for the UN summit.

Source · BBC World
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Africa·EthiopiaRoW

Seven Ethiopian rebel groups form a new alliance

Seven rebel groups that have been active for years in Ethiopia's most populous regions say they will now work together.

Source · BBC World

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