Team Nigeria has won the Gold Award in the Middle School Group Category at the 2026 Spelling Bee World Cup in Shanghai, China. The achievement was announced by the Nigeria Spelling Bee on its official Facebook page on Sunday. The organisation wrote, “Team Nigeria has won the Gold Award in the Middle School Group Category […]
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un reportedly met with a top Chinese official on Thursday as Pyongyang and Beijing continue to bolster relations. Wang Huning, a member of the Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee, led a Chinese delegation that touched down in the North Korean capital earlier this week, North Korea’s KCNA state news […]
China on Friday rejected US President Donald Trump’s allegations that Beijing interfered in American elections, dismissing the claims as fabricated and urging Washington to stop using China as an election issue, amid concerns the latest exchange could weigh on efforts to stabilise bilateral ties. According to PTI, Beijing also maintained that it has never interfered […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a pre-election suit filed by former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, challenging the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Justice Joyce Abdulmalik struck out the suit on Friday after Amaechi’s counsel, Jibrin Okutepa (SAN), informed […]
A Russian missile strike hit Odesa late Thursday evening, killing at least two people and wounding eight others, including two children, local authorities reported. Serhiy Lysak, head of the Odesa City Military Administration, confirmed the updated casualty toll on social media as rescue operations continued. The attack damaged residential buildings, a preschool, a religious institution, […]
The overall best candidate in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Daniella Owoeye Jesudunsin, has been awarded a ₦1 million scholarship in recognition of her outstanding performance in the examination. Owoeye announced the development in a Facebook post on Wednesday while expressing appreciation to members of the Ekiti Parapo in Indiana, United States, for the […]
The United Kingdom has committed €300 million ($345 million) in joint funding with Sweden to deliver 16 advanced combat aircraft to Ukraine, the Office of the President of Ukraine reported on July 16. The funding package was announced in Kyiv during a bilateral meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, marking […]
The Presidency has commended Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma for what it described as the scale and quality of infrastructure development across the state, saying the projects reflect purposeful leadership and effective collaboration between the Federal and Imo State governments. The commendation came during the Renewed Hope Ambassadors National Media Tour, an initiative of the […]
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has released the second part of his proposed roadmap for Nigeria, outlining policy proposals on education and healthcare. The roadmap was contained in a statement signed by Idris Zekeri Jnr, Spokesman of the Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR), on […]
Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday, instituted a N15 billion defamation suit against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Abuja, over allegations that he demanded a 48 per cent kickback from a N27.3 billion take-off grant approved for a federal agency. Adeyemi is Director-General of the […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called for a fair and inclusive global system for artificial intelligence (AI) governance, urging countries to strengthen international cooperation to ensure the technology benefits humanity while addressing its growing risks. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in […]
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday said headline inflation rate slowed Month-on-Month (MoM) by 0.02 percentage point to 15.91 percent in June 2026 from 15.93 percent in May. The decline is coming after three consecutive months rise in headline inflation rate since March 2026. However, despite the moderation in inflation rate, the food index […]