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│ Nigeria's economy grows at fastest pace in │

│ five years │

│ large - Reuters - wire/independent [NGA] │

│ │

│ Q2 GDP grew 4.43%, the fastest in five │

│ years, led by manufacturing, agriculture │

│ and services with the oil sector boosted by │

│ the Iran-war crude price spike. Booked as a │

│ single step because the oil component is a │

│ windfall from someone else's war and is not │

│ structural. │

│ │

│ https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/ │

│ nigerias-economy-grows-fastest-pace-1310095 │

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│ Nigeria launches hunt for hundreds of │

│ kidnapped mosque worshippers │

│ feature - Al Jazeera - tilt/tilt [NGA] │

│ │

│ Roughly 600 worshippers were abducted from │

│ mosques around Dekera village in Niger │

│ State with about 30 killed, and Tinubu │

│ ordered a rescue operation on Aug 25. │

│ VERIFIED as a genuine, distinct 2026 event │

│ in north-central Nigeria and specifically │

│ NOT the recirculated 2025 Katsina mosque │

│ attack flagged as a trap for this region. A │

│ mass abduction on this scale from places of │

│ worship is a step change in the reach of │

│ armed groups. │

│ │

│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/26/ni │

│ geria-launches-hunt-for-hundreds-of-kidnapp │

│ ed-mosque-worshippers │

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│ At least 24 killed in bandit attack in │

│ northwest Nigeria, residents say │

│ large - Reuters - wire/independent [NGA] │

│ │

│ Armed men on motorcycles stormed farming │

│ communities in Sauna district, Zamfara July │

│ 21, killing 20-24 farmers (resident-sourced │

│ tolls); 20+ IDPs were separately abducted │

│ in Sokoto. Security-force claims of 40+ │

│ bandits killed in Katsina and 79 │

│ 'neutralised' in Q2 are army body counts, │

│ excluded. Nigeria social cohesion held at │

│ -6. │

│ │

│ https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/ │

│ 07/23/at-least-24-killed-in-bandit-attack-i │

│ n-northwest-nigeria-residents-say │

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│ CBN retains interest rate at 26.50% │

│ (Communique No. 163) │

│ medium - Nairametrics - │

│ unknown/partially-entangled [NGA] │

│ │

│ Nigeria's CBN held the Monetary Policy Rate │

│ at 26.50% at its 306th meeting (July 20-21) │

│ citing heightened global uncertainties - │

│ the expected hold after June's │

│ disinflation. Nigeria monetary held; no │

│ surprise. │

│ │

│ https://nairametrics.com/2026/07/21/cbn-mpc │

│ -retains-interest-rate-at-26-50/ │

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│ Nigerian inflation eases to 15.91% ahead of │

│ rate-setting meeting │

│ medium - Bloomberg - │

│ independent/independent [NGA] │

│ │

│ Headline inflation eased to 15.91% in June │

│ (from 15.93%), the first decline in three │

│ months, with the naira broadly stable │

│ despite oil volatility and the CBN's July │

│ 20-21 MPC expected to hold at 26.50%. │

│ Improved Nigeria inflation -4 to -3. │

│ │

│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202 │

│ 6-07-15/nigerian-inflation-holds-steady-ahe │

│ ad-of-rate-setting-meeting │

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│ Residents flee as suspected herdsmen attack │

│ another community in Benue │

│ medium - Daily Post Nigeria - │

│ unknown/independent [NGA] │

│ │

│ Herdsmen attacks escalated in Benue: │

│ Otukpo-Nobi (~July 12, tolls of 10-18 │

│ reported and unverified) followed by an │

│ early-July-14 attack on Ondo community in │

│ Ugboju, linked to reprisals after the June │

│ killing of the state herders'-association │

│ chairman; Tinubu convened an emergency │

│ security meeting. Nigeria social_cohesion │

│ held at -6. │

│ │

│ https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/14/residents-f │

│ lee-as-suspected-herdsmen-attack-another-co │

│ mmunity-in-benue/ │

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│ Military links failed ISWAP attack in Borno │

│ to foreign terrorist facilitators │

│ medium - Premium Times - │

│ unknown/independent [NGA] │

│ │

│ Troops repelled an ISWAP infiltration at │

│ Cross Kauwa, Borno on July 11 (the │

│ foreign-facilitator identification is │

│ uncorroborated military self-report, │

│ flagged), while all 44 Oyo State abductees │

│ were rescued alive July 10 after 56 days │

│ with no ransom paid per Tinubu. Nigeria │

│ conflict held at -7. │

│ │

│ https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlin │

│ es/894922-military-links-failed-iswap-attac │

│ k-in-borno-to-foreign-terrorist-facilitator │

│ s.html │

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│ OPHK troops foil multiple terrorist │

│ infiltrations in Borno │

│ medium - Vanguard - unknown/independent │

│ [NGA] │

│ │

│ A July 7 ISWAP attack on a Logomani (Ngala) │

│ forward base killed a soldier and troops │

│ repelled multiple Borno infiltration │

│ attempts July 10. Nigeria conflict held at │

│ -7 (military OPHK self-report flagged). │

│ │

│ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/07/ophk-tr │

│ oops-foil-multiple-terrorist-infiltrations- │

│ in-borno/ │

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