FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron is facing a strong backlash from Senegal and Chad after he suggested that Sahelian countries had forgotten to thank France for its role in combating jihadist insurgencies in West Africa. The comments, made on Monday, come…
GHANA’S newly sworn-in President, John Dramani Mahama, delivered a bold and transformative inaugural address at Accra’s Black Star Square on Tuesday, laying out his vision for economic revival, inclusivity, and governance reforms. His speech set the tone for a new…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu presented the 2025 budget proposal titled “Budget of Restoration: Securing Peace, Rebuilding Prosperity” to the joint session of the National Assembly on Dec. 18, 2024. While presenting the N49.7 trillion budget proposal, Tinubu said that it…
THE Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yush’au Ahmed, has assured NYSC members that their increased allowance will soon be effected. Ahmed gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen on the sidelines of the inauguration…
THE negotiators Qatar, Egypt, and the United States have noted the positive development in the peace talks between Israel and Hamas currently going on in Doha. Both parties, according to mediators, are trying to press more demands before securing…
THE Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Sunday Dare, has assured that the President would guarantee a safe environment for journalists. Dare said journalism has always been a tough terrain because of the power it holds…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it dismissed 27 of its officers last year for misconduct and fraudulent activities. The anti-graft agency also said it was investigating “a trending $400,000 claim of a yet-to-be-identified supposed staff of the EFCC…
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, on 30th September 1938, after signing the Munich Agreement by which Britain, France and Italy allowed Adolf Hitler to take control…
…Want military to establish Brigade in Guzamala Council to fasttrack return of IDPs By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE Speaker Borno State House of Assembly (BOSHA), Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan has explained the rationale behind the N31.1 billion increase in…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri PRIOR to the emergence of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum as Executive Governor of Borno state, the man was hitherto the Commissioner of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement when the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,…
