THE British government has said it will comply with its obligations under domestic and international law after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister. On Thursday, the government refused to confirm…
UGANDA’S President, Yoweri Museveni, officially launched the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) on Thursday, a major infrastructure initiative expected to transform trade and transport across East Africa. The project, led by Turkish company Yapi Merkezi, aims to connect…
BOTSWANA’S new president, Duma Boko, has laid out an ambitious roadmap to steer the nation away from its heavy reliance on diamonds. In his first State of the Nation Address on Tuesday, Boko announced plans to diversify the economy by…
IN a significant victory, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s Pastef party secured 130 out of 165 seats in Senegal’s recent legislative elections, according to provisional results released on Thursday. This clear majority grants Faye a robust mandate to implement his promised…
FOOTBALL in Nigeria is like a religion. All across Nigeria the passion is the same. Nigerian Football Renaissance occured in 1980, when the Brazilian Otto Gloria Nigerian Coached Team won the Nations Cup in 1980 in Lagos. The Team…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has warned banks against making themselves available as instruments of fraud. The warning was handed down on Friday, November 22, 2024 when the management team of Moniepoint, led by its founder and…
FORMER Israeli minister Ayelet Shaked has been banned from entering Australia over fears of “incitement”. Shaked, a former MP for the far-right Yamina party, was scheduled to appear at a conference hosted by the pro-Israel Australia Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (Aijac).…
NATIONAL Sports Commission (NSC) has chosen Enugu State as host of 23rd edition of National Sports Festival in 2026. Newsextra24 reports that NSC Director-General, Bukola Olopade announced this through a statement released on Friday in Abuja. The Director General said…
U.S. President-elect, Donald Trump has nominated Pam Bondi for the position of Attorney General following the withdrawal of his previous nominee, Matt Gaetz. trojaninsights reports that Bondi, a former Attorney General of Florida, has experience from her time in Trump’s…
THE National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that Nigerians will need to pay for the newly introduced multipurpose national identity cards due to limited government revenue. Peter Iwegbu, head of card management services at NIMC, disclosed this during a…
