Nigeria’s state governors have paid heartfelt tribute to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away in London on Sunday, describing his death as the loss of a true African statesman. In a statement signed by AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and governor of Kwara State, Buhari was praised not…
The final turnout in South Korea’s snap presidential election reached 79.4 per cent, the highest for a presidential vote since 1997. According to the Central Election Commission of Korea, approximately 35.24 million people participated in the election held on Tuesday. The total number of eligible voters was about 44.39 million. Early voting, which took place…
A 17-year-old Senior Secondary School (SSS2) student of Nigerian Tulip International College (NTIC), Oghenerukevwe Patrick Esemitodje, will represent Nigeria at this year’s Pan African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) and International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO). The two events are scheduled for May 2023 and July 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda and Chiba, Japan respectively. The managing director NTIC, Mr…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, to account for alleged missing public funds amounting to ₦22.3 billion, $49.7 million, £14.3 million, and €5.2 million. In an open letter dated 25 October 2025 and signed by its…
Archaeologists have uncovered a long-lost tomb in Egypt, the first to be discovered since Tutankhamun’s burial in 1922. Egyptian officials announced the discovery on Tuesday, revealing the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last of the missing royal tombs from Egypt’s 18th Dynasty. Thutmose II, who reigned from around 1550 BC to 1292 BC, was…
As the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact commences in Paris, world leaders are emphasizing the need for immediate reforms in the global financial architecture to address the pressing challenges of our time. President Emmanuel Macron of France, in his opening remarks, acknowledged that while the existing financial system had previously been effective and…
Super Falcons Captain, Rasheedat Ajibade has outlined what Nigeria must do to evolve from continental champions to FIFA Women’s World Cup winners. Ajibade who Spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the team’s reception by President Bola Tinubu at the State House on Monday, said there was need for structural support for the…
UN weather experts have said that the blistering early-summer heatwave that brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a worrying sign of things to come. Three days after Spain’s national weather service confirmed a record 46°C reading in the southern town of El Granado, there’s been little let-up in stifling day and…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday departed Abuja for Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, to attend the opening of the International Exhibition of Extractive and Energy Resources (SIREXE) 2024 conference. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Media & Communications, Office of the Vice-President, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. He said conference…
Qatar has donated 4.5 million U.S. dollars to support Palestinian refugees stranded in the West Bank since the Gaza conflict began in October 2023, the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) said. The funds was provided through a partnership between the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and…
