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…
THE French government on Wednesday urged Nigeria and private sector operators to protect the ocean as humans and creatures depend on it for their livelihood. Mr Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, the French Ambassador-at-large for the Oceans, made the call during…
MUSA Aliyu, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has said that the insidious roots of corruption often find fertile ground at the local government level. Aliyu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said this…
THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has begun the 2025 flood preparedness and response campaign in Edo to address risks and related hazards. Speaking at the event in Benin on Wednesday, NEMA Director-General, Mrs Zubaida Umar, said that flooding…
THE Director General of Edo State Diaspora Agency, Dr. (Mrs) Loretta Oduware Ogboro-Okor, was in Verona, Italy, to hobnob and collaborate on her agency’s renewed strategies with Edo residents in the south-west European nation, on a drive to bring…
THE emergence of Barr. Richmond Jolomi Omagbemi, as a prominent and influential figure at University of Delta, Agbor, was a gradual and explosive process. With extraordinary synergy he enjoys with the highly cerebral Vice – Chancellor, Prof. Stella Chiemeke, he…
