BOTSWANA’S Minister of Minerals and Energy, Lefoko Moagi, has highlighted the promising opportunities in the country’s mining sector despite the challenges posed by Group of Seven (G7) sanctions. Speaking at the Future of Mining Summit in Gaborone on Wednesday, Moagi…
IN commemoration of June 12, now christened Democracy Day, Dr Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, has urged all voters in the state to make the lessons of…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Tanimu Yakubu as the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, following the expiration of the tenure of Mr. Ben Akabueze. Mr. Yabuku is an accomplished economist and was Chief…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, June 13, adjourned the arraignment of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, until June 27. Presiding judge Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after Bello’s counsel, Adeola Adedipe…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission released the final list of candidates for the Ondo State governorship poll on Thursday. The agency also fixed June 19, as the date for the commencement of public campaigns for the election scheduled to take…
THE African National Congress (ANC) is holding last-minute negotiations with other political parties to determine the composition of South Africa’s next government, ahead of the newly elected parliament’s convening on Friday. The ANC, which has governed since the end of…
A DRAMATIC and tragic event unfolded at the Makadara Law Courts in Nairobi on Thursday when a police officer shot and injured Magistrate Monica Kivuti after she denied a bond request for his wife. The officer was subsequently killed in…
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would not pardon his son Hunter or commute any sentence following Hunter’s conviction on charges of lying about his drug addiction while buying a handgun. “No,” Biden replied when reporters at a…
Endangered wild horses have returned to the Golden Steppe of Kazakhstan for the first time in at least 200 years after decades-long efforts. The airlifts of seven Przewalski’s horses from Europe to the Central Asian country took place in early…
THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has concluded arrangements to appoint an expatriate coach for the Super Eagles. The NFF said it took the decision following the Super Eagles dismal display in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against South Africa…
