IN a recent development amid escalating tensions, Benin has temporarily lifted its ban on crude oil exports from neighbouring Niger via its port, signalling a potential easing of strained relations between the two West African nations. Benin’s mines minister, Samou…
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) and InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) have welcomed International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Executive Board’s approval of the use of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) for Hybrid Capital Instruments. The AfDB, in a statement, said the IMF approval…
U.S. sports envoys, B-Girl and Lyons, have called on the Nigerian youth to embrace Breakdancing, to enhance their dancing skills and enable them participate in future Olympic breakdancing sport events. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that breakdancing is…
IN a landmark verdict announced Wednesday, a Swiss Federal Criminal Court (FCC) convicted Ousman Sonko, a former Gambian minister, of egregious crimes against humanity dating back to the regime of Yahya Jammeh. Sonko was found guilty on multiple counts, including…
IN a tragic incident in Nigeria’s northern Kano state, one person has died and at least 24 others have been hospitalised following an attack on a mosque during early morning prayers on Wednesday. The assailant, a 38-year-old resident, reportedly locked…
IN a dramatic turn of events, former Gabonese President Ali Bongo and two of his sons, Jalil and Bilal, have embarked on a hunger strike to protest against what their family’s lawyers describe as ‘acts of torture and barbarity’ inflicted…
IN the illustrious annals of Nigerian heritage, His Royal Majesty, Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe (Agbogidi), the Obi of Onitsha, stands as a paragon of wisdom, culture and progress, marking his 83rd year on mother Earth which is simultaneous with his 22nd…
RUSSIA air defences have shot down 10 U.S.-made ATACMS missiles over the annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea overnight, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Wednesday morning. It was not possible to independently verify the claim. The Defence Ministry…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed July 1 for judgment in a N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government and Department of State Services (DSS).…
THE staff members of Nigeria Meteorology Agency, NiMET, have been directed to embark on a strike on Monday, May 20, 2024 due to management’s failure to address 45 months of minimum wage arrears and consequential adjustments for them. The directive…
