PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Wednesday congratulated Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, on his 65th birthday and the sixth anniversary of his administration on May 29. In a tribute, President Tinubu commended Abiodun’s leadership…
THE United Nations has announced the winners of 2025 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize. The laureates are Brenda Reynolds, an Indigenous social worker from Canada and Kennedy Odede, a social entrepreneur from Kenya. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will present the award to…
A new World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) report warns that global temperatures are likely to continue rising, with an 80 per cent chance that at least one year before 2029 will be hottest. The planet is predicted to warm between 1.2°C…
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 27 May 2025 Your Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. Your Excellency Mr. Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of Comoros Your Excellency Mr. John Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana. Your Excellency Dr. Philip Isdor Mpango, Vice President, United Republic of Tanzania, representing Her…
NAMIBIA renewed its demand for reparations from Germany on Wednesday as the country held its first official Genocide Remembrance Day, marking more than 120 years since tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people were massacred by German colonial troops.…
THE United States is considering dismantling its Africa-focused military command, AFRICOM, and has called on African governments to voice their support or risk losing the strategic platform altogether, General Michael Langley, commander of US Africa Command, said on Tuesday. Speaking ahead…
FIFTY years after its historic founding in Lagos, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) finds itself in a precarious position. What was once a model of African regionalism is now grappling with a widening internal rupture that threatens…
THE Senate has approved N1.8trillion for the 2025 Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Statutory Appropriation Bill. This followed the presentation of the report of Committees on FCT on the bill by Chairman of the Committee Sen.Bomai Ibrahim(APC-Yobe)at plenary on Wednesday.…
…Condoles with Borno Govt, families of those who died in latest bomb blast By Salihu Inusa, Maiduguri THE Senator representing Borno Central at the Upper Chambers of the National Assembly, Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan, SAN has commended president Bola Ahmed…
THE Senate on Wednesday passed the N124.2 billion 2024 budget of Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the passage of the budget followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the…
