PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Friday congratulated the Chairman of the Board of the United Bank for Africa, Mr. Tony Elumelu, on his 61st birthday. The congratulatory message was contained in a statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and…
THE Federal Government has arraigned the leader of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Bodejo is being charged with allegedly establishing and supporting unlawfully an ethnic militia group – Kungiya Zaman Lafiya.…
THE Ogun State Government said it was determined to resolve the crisis that broke out between the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Ogun State Park Management Board (OGSPAM) recently. Commissioner for Transportation, Engr. Dairo Olugbenga, who…
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…
