Geneva, Switzerland — The United Nations Human Rights Council has officially endorsed a resolution allowing Somalia to resume full national oversight of its human rights responsibilities, ending over three decades of international monitoring since 1993. The landmark decision, passed during a council session in Geneva, also ends the appointment of a UN-appointed Independent Expert on […]

President Joseph Boakai has called on all Liberians to take active responsibility in combating drug abuse and trafficking, emphasizing that the crisis affects families, communities, and the nation at large. Speaking on Tuesday at his Executive Mansion office during the turning over of 15 brand new Toyota Hilux pickups to the Liberian Drug Enforcement Agency […]

Mass protests in Madagascar over power cuts, water shortages, and alleged corruption has put President Andry Rajoelina under mounting pressure, as the youth-led Gen Z Madagascar movement gave him until Wednesday night to meet its demands or face a nationwide strike. The group, which led nearly two weeks of demonstrations, demanded the removal of Senate […]

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, says it will give the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, the benefit of the doubt in leading the electoral body. This was contained in a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, hours after Amupitan’s nomination was made public […]

Administrative activities in University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) on Thursday was paralysed as non-teaching staff of the university embarked on one day protest to press home their demands from Federal Government. The protest match led by Comrade Linus Akata, Chairman Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Comrade William Amu, Chairman of Non-Academic Staff […]

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday paid glowing tribute to the late Dr. Christopher Kolade, describing him as “an icon of integrity, patriotism, and excellence” whose life embodied the best ideals of service and leadership in Nigeria. In a statement personally signed by him, the President said he received the news of Kolade’s death “with profound […]

The UN humanitarian affairs office has said the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) opened fire at the Saudi hospital and a local mosque, where displaced families had sought refuge. The Saudi hospital is the last functioning medical facility in the city, serving thousands of war-affected people. The UN and its agencies, including UNFPA, condemned the assaults, […]

The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to Venezuela’s opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. Machado was honoured “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” said Jorgen […]

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has weighed in on the cost of the controversial Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project that was approved by President Bola Tinubu. Makinde, who spoke at an event in a viral video on Friday, said there was no need for the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to be “dancing around the cost” […]

President Bola Tinubu has granted a posthumous pardon to former Nigerian nationalist and co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC), Dr Herbert Macaulay and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Major General Mamman Vatsa. Vatsa, a poet, who was sentenced to death over a treason charge in 1986 was […]

The Council of State on Thursday approved the exercise of the presidential prerogative of mercy for 175 persons across various categories. The decision followed a presentation by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), who conveyed President Bola Tinubu’s recommendations based on the report of the Advisory Committee on the […]

To enable farmers adopt new technologies the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) has launched the Nigeria Agricultural Intelligence Platform (NAIP) to link them with research institutes. The Artificial Intelligence platform is designed as an advisory to link researchers, farmers and markets, boost access to credit facilities, mechanization scheme, enhance farmers security, support data driven […]