RUSSIAN President, Vladimir Putin, had said last month that the country was “one step away” from developing vaccines against cancer. With adequate funding and support from lawmakers, Russian medical researchers might be able to roll out oncological vaccines within the…
UGANDA’S President Yoweri Museveni stirred controversy on Thursday by appointing his son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as the country’s top military commander, fuelling speculation about succession plans and dynastic rule in the East African nation. Kainerugaba’s appointment comes amid growing concerns among…
DURING a Congressional hearing on Thursday, a senior Pentagon (defence ministry) official disclosed that the United States has not yet received a formal request from Niger’s ruling military council, the CNSP, regarding the departure of US troops from the country,…
RESPONDING to mounting corruption allegations and swirling media speculation surrounding her potential arrest, Speaker of the South African National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, declared her decision to take ‘special leave’ from her position effective immediately. ‘I have decided to take special…
THE International Trade Centre (ITC), a United Nations agency focusing on small business trade, presented key policy options aimed at bolstering micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in West Africa. The insights from a position paper titled, Policy and Legal Options…
Donald Trump’s campaign saw an uptick in donations in February but failed to match the accelerating fundraising pace set by Joe Biden, whose political operation widened its already substantial financial advantage over his Republican rival as it entered March and…
SINCE the start of his political career, Donald Trump has played on stereotypes about Jews and politics. He told the Republican Jewish Coalition in 2015 that “you want to control your politicians” and suggested the audience used money to exert…
THE campaign is under way to succeed the Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State who would be leaving office after two terms in office. Voters are divided along party lines, as usual. They will be the eventual deciders of who…
ALTHOUGH I am committed to the ideals of my faith and to genuine democracy not the polluted type spiced with hypocrisy, parochial sentiments and betrayal. That should not stop me from commenting on sensitive selfish issues brought to the front…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri IN the spirit of the Ramadan period, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has released the sum of three hundred and sixty four million, six hundred and forty thousand naira (364,640,000) to be shared among 4,558…
