Pope Leo will visit two of the Canary Islands, major entry points off Africa’s western coast for desperate migrants braving dangerous Atlantic waters to get to Europe, as part of a tour of Spain next month, the Vatican announced on Wednesday. Leo, who has drawn the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump after criticizing the […]
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Kenya’s President William Ruto witnessed the signing of eight Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and bilateral agreements aimed at strengthening regional cooperation and advancing economic development between the two nations. The agreements cover key sectors including railway development, agriculture, and maritime transport through the ports of Dar es Salaam and […]
The exit of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, two prominent opposition figures, has weakened the African Democratic Congress across both chambers of the National Assembly. The National Democratic Congress, which received Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso on Sunday, recorded its biggest gains on Tuesday with the addition of 17 House members and a senator. Weeks […]
At least one person was killed and two people were injured by an overnight Russian drone strike on a kindergarten building in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, local officials there said on Wednesday, as Moscow’s cross-border attacks continued despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s unilateral declaration of a temporary ceasefire beginning at midnight on Tuesday. Ukraine’s air […]
French university canteens began offering one-euro meals to all students regardless of income on Monday, in a measure designed to address financial hardship. The move follows a push by student unions to extend the one-euro rate ($1.17) for a three-course meal to all students, down from the usual 3.30 euros. The price, which covers a […]
National leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Senator Seriake Dickson, yesterday urged Nigerians to disregard what he described as propaganda surrounding the party’s registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The former Bayelsa State governor defended the legitimacy of the party’s registration, dismissing allegations of irregularities and insisting the process followed due procedure. […]
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq is set to commission a multi- billion naira Model Smart School at Radda community, in Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State. Gov Abdulrazaq, who doubles as the Chairman, Nigerian Governor’s Forum (NGF), is scheduled to commission the project Tuesday morning (today). A statement by a spokesperson for the governor, […]
Retirees under the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) have received a N1.13 billion payout as the Lagos State Government continues to deepen gains from its pension reform programme, with 668 former public servants benefiting from the latest round of retirement bond disbursements. At the 114th Batch Retirement Bond Certificate Presentation Ceremony held in Lagos at […]
The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has presented the first batch of commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly for confirmation. The Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Somtochukwu Udeze, received the list during Tuesday’s plenary and referred it to the Committee on Screening and Election Matters for screening and possible confirmation. The […]
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project to pay N100m in damages to two officials of the Department of State Services over a defamatory publication on X. Justice Yusuf Halilu, who delivered judgment in the suit marked FCT/HC/CV/4547/24, held that the claimants, DSS officials […]
