South Africa’s rand fell on Monday as markets reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose additional tariffs on BRICS-aligned countries, while also awaiting updates on country-specific levies ahead of Washington’s looming July 9 deadline. Trump said on Sunday in a post on Truth Social that countries aligning themselves with what he called the…
The Israeli military announced on Monday that it had arrested additional members of a group in Syria believed to be controlled by Iran. According to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the targeted cell was linked to the Quds Force, the overseas arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Israeli forces reportedly carried…
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, says the National Assembly Infrastructure and Property Agency Bill (IPA), is a major step in strengthening institutional independence of the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the agency when established would help manage every aspect of National Assembly buildings and precincts. This includes…
Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir on Monday rejected New Delhi’s allegation that his military received active support from longtime ally China in its conflict with India in May. Indian army’s deputy chief Lieutenant General Rahul Singh said last week that China gave Islamabad “live inputs” on key Indian positions. The “insinuations regarding external…
Former Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi has declared that a single four-year term is adequate for any determined and sincere leader to bring meaningful change to the country. In remarks shared on Monday by his media spokesperson, Ibrahim Umar, Obi argued that if past administrations have managed to harm the nation’s progress within two years,…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen has advocated harmonisation of federal and state audit systems for a unified national framework to end fiscal recklessness. Tajudeen made the call at the National Conference on Fiscal Governance, Transparency and Accountability in Abuja on Monday, organised by the National Assembly Public Accounts Committees (PAC)…
A prominent founding member of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Waziri, has announced his resignation from the party to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Speaking on Monday at the Dogo Tebo Ward Centre in Potiskum Local Government Area of Yobe State, Waziri said his decision stemmed from a desire to “restore democratic…
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it arrested 37 suspected drug traffickers and seized narcotic drugs weighing 345.421 kilogrammes in June. Mitchell Ofoyeju, the State Commander of the agency disclosed this on Monday while reviewing the operations of the command in the fight against drug trafficking and substance abuse…
A fresh bid by Jesam Michael, the CEO of cryptocurrency trading company Afriq Arbitrage System (AAS) Limited, to secure bail was challenged on Monday by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Representing the EFCC at the Federal High Court in Abuja, counsel Geraldine Ofulue labelled the application as repetitive and argued that the earlier…
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Namadi Sambo, has praised Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf for his remarkable commitment to revitalising the state’s infrastructure. The commendation came during a condolence visit to the governor in Kano, following the passing of respected industrialist and community leader, Alhaji Aminu Dantata. Sambo’s comments were shared in a statement by…
