Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun on Tuesday, refused to comment on the possibility of sending a Chinese peacekeeping contingent to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire. He added that the ministry did not answer hypothetical questions. On Monday, The Economist reported that U.S. officials were suggesting that foreign forces, including from non-European countries…
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has advised intending pilgrims to Jerusalem not to see the exercise as a jamboree. Adegbite gave the advice on Tuesday in Abuja when bidding farewell to the departing Christian pilgrims to Israel and Jordan for the NCPC’s delayed Easter Pilgrimage exercise. He…
The World Bank has sharply downgraded its forecast for global economic growth in 2025, citing intensifying trade frictions and prolonged policy uncertainty as key obstacles to economic recovery. In its latest Global Economic Prospects report, the Bank predicts global GDP will expand by just 2.3% next year — a marked slowdown and the weakest pace…
The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit brought by the 36 state governments and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) concerning the federal government’s management of recovered looted funds. In the lead judgment prepared by Chidiebere Uwa and delivered by Mohammed Idris, the seven-member panel unanimously concluded that the court did not have the jurisdiction to…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday received Pastor Tunde Bakare, founder of the Citadel Global Community Church, at his Lagos residence, where both men held a private discussion focused on Nigeria’s future. Bakare, a former presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC), told journalists after the meeting that his lifelong vision remains the emergence of…
Dr Mutiu Agboke, the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun, says 360,794 Permanent Voter Cards(PVC) are yet uncollected by registered voters in the state. Agboke made this known at a news conference in Osogbo, on the preparedness of the commission for the Osun 2026 governorship election and the Continuous Voter…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted Hussaini Isma’il, a senior leader of the terrorist group Boko Haram, and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment. Justice Emeka Nwite delivered the judgment on Tuesday, convicting Isma’il—popularly known as Maitangaran—on four counts brought by the Federal Government. While count one carries a 15-year term, counts two,…
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has paused the development of a plan to resolve the Ukraine conflict in order to take into account the opinion of European allies. The Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday. U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has promised to hold individual talks with NATO allies before finalising the…
The Non-Governmental Association for Literacy Support Services (NOGALSS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nineteen-Seventeen Northern Consensus Movement (NSNCM) to address challenges of out-of-school and girl-child education in Northern Nigeria. The National President of NOGALSS, Noah Emmanuel, at the signing ceremony in Abuja on Monday, said the initiative would focus on the implementation…
The Niger State Government says it will provide incentives that will crash prices of food items during the Ramadan season. Gov. Mohammed Umaru-Bago disclosed this on Wednesday when he received a delegation from the Gates Foundation on a courtesy visit to the Government House. Minna. The governor said the move is to ensure that foodstuffs…
