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UPDATED: Tinubu gives Nigeria’s second-highest honour to controversial businessman Gilbert Chagoury

January 20, 2026 at 09:04 AM

President Bola Tinubu has conferred Nigeria’s second-highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on Gilbert Chagoury, the controversial Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire and close ally of the Nigerian leader. The award, given on 8 January, was not announced by the presidency or made public until Monday, when...

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