Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that she will visit Lebanon this week, as she presses Israel to ensure the safety of Italian troops stationed in the region amid escalating violence. Meloni is set to arrive in Lebanon on Friday, though details of the visit remain confidential for security reasons. Her statements in Italy’s Senate…
Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Chairman of the Future Union Group and member of Qatar’s ruling family, has announced plans to invest substantially across several sectors of Nigeria’s economy in support of the country’s development agenda. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, Al-Thani described Nigeria as Africa’s “future investment destination”, expressing optimism about the…
The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) has solicited the support of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to cut off terrorists financing in Nigeria and the Sahel region. The Centre stressed the need to combat terrorism financing as the best way to obstruct the terrorist network and effectively fight the menace of terrorism and violent-extremism. The…
The Presidency says President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to Saint Lucia is a strategic engagement that will deepen educational and cultural cooperation with not just the island nation but the Caribbean. This is contained in a statement by the Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday. Onanuga said the visit will rekindle Nigeria’s…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the introduction of the Electronic Foreign Exchange Matching System (EFEMS), for Foreign Exchange (FX) transactions in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). According to a statement by Omolara Duke, Director, Financial Markets Department , the EFEMS will be implemented not later than Dec.1. Duke said that the…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, says it has apprehended two suspects for alleged vandalism. The state Commandant of the corps, Mr Bala Bodinga, disclosed this during an interactive session with newsmen on Monday in Dutse. Bodinga said that the suspects were arrested in Fagam village in Gwaram Local Government Area…
Judges, lawyers and litigants at the Federal High Court, Court of Appeal and National Industrial Court in Ibadan, on Monday, were locked out by protesting members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN). The national leadership of JUSUN had directed its members in the federal courts to embark on a strike on Monday over…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’adu Abubakar, Enugu governor, Peter Mbah, and South African politician Julius Malema have urged lawyers to defend justice and protect the poor. They made the call during the 2025 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual Conference on Sunday at the International Conference Centre, Enugu. The theme was ‘Stand Out And Stand Tall’….
The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) has said it is pioneering a research project to develop a vaccine targeting the specific HIV strains found in West Africa. The institute is partnering with the World Health Organisation (WHO), USAID, and other global organisations to address the challenges posed by infectious diseases in the region. Speaking…
China’s Guangdong Province has unveiled plans to revamp public toilets to address issues such as long queues at women’s restrooms and encourage the repurposing of more toilets into gender-neutral facilities. The Guangzhou public sanitation toilet layout plan (2024-2035), released on the website of the city’s Bureau of coordinated administrative law enforcement for urban management, has…
