AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoArms Trafficking Crackdown: Nigeria’s DSS arrested five suspected arms couriers, including two foreign nationals from Niger, linked to the November 2025 St. Mary’s Catholic School abduction in Papiri, Niger State, seizing AK-103 rifles and ammunition. Power & Grid Reliability: TCN announced urgent maintenance on the Mando–Kumbotso 330kV line, triggering a planned outage affecting Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Bauchi, Yobe and power-dependent parts of Niger Republic. Oil & Fiscal Signals: NNPC reported April revenue up 79% to N4.97tn and PAT rising to N481bn, with crude/condensate output improving to 1.68m bpd. Fuel Prices Watch: NBS put April petrol at ₦1,532.93/litre (+18.97% month-on-month; +23.69% year-on-year), with Niger State among the cheapest. Agro-Industry Push in Niger: Niger State secured an extra $684m from Chinese firms for infrastructure in five special agro-industrial processing zones, plus a no-tax policy for solar cell manufacturing and a $163m IDB solar deal. Trade & Industry Platform: Biashara Afrika 2026 in Lomé shifted AfCFTA from talk to trade action, with a focus on powering economic transformation.
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