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President Bola Tinubu has pledged to fast-track Nigeria’s development through technology and food security, aligning with the success models of emerging economies like Brazil. Speaking on Tuesday when he met with a cross-section of Nigerians resident in Brazil, President Tinubu emphasised his administration’s commitment to transformation through innovation, reform, and inclusive growth. ”We […]
Al Jazeera has confirmed the death of one of its journalists, Mohammad Salama, in an Israeli strike on Gaza, just weeks after the network lost six of its staff and freelancers in a similar attack. The Qatar-based broadcaster said Salama, a photojournalist and cameraman, was killed in an airstrike that hit a medical complex […]
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday called for reforms at the United Nations (UN) to give Africa permanent representation on the security council. Speaking at the plenary session on peace and stability during the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama, Japan, Tinubu argued that Africa deserves two permanent seats with full privileges. […]
The defence chiefs of all 32 NATO countries will hold a virtual meeting tomorrow to assess the security situation in Ukraine and review ongoing diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war. The talks will be chaired by Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, who said in a post on X that the […]
The United States has said Nigeria’s recently approved minimum wage of N70,000 for federal workers has been undermined by the continued depreciation of the naira. In its Country Reports on the US department of state website dated August 12 on Human Rights Practices for 2024, released by the US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, […]
French President Emmanuel Macron called Monday for stepping up sanctions against Russia if its leader, Vladimir Putin, does not move forward on peace with Ukraine. “President Trump believes we can get an agreement and believes that President Putin also wants a peace accord,” Macron told reporters after talks at the White House. “But if in […]
United States President Donald Trump on Monday struck a notably optimistic tone on the prospects of ending the war in Ukraine as he hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. The high-stakes meeting came at a sensitive moment in international diplomacy—just days after Trump’s face-to-face talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, […]
Former President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has identified weak institutions, corruption, limited political accountability, and poor public services as major obstacles to good governance across Africa. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Course 33 of the National Defence College in Abuja on Monday, Akufo-Addo said the continent has the capacity to overcome governance challenges through […]
The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has issued a directive to visa applicants, mandating the disclosure of all social media usernames and handles used over the past five years as part of the visa application process. The directive, announced in a post on the Mission’s official X account on Monday, comes as the US Department of […]
An American woman was on Tuesday found guilty at a UK court of participating in a 2019 plot to murder a British man caught up in a bitter feud between families. After a years-long police hunt, Aimee Betro, 45, was extradited earlier this year from Armenia where she was living, to face trial in the […]
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