President Xi Jinping of China will attend the 2024 summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Hua Chunying, Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of China, who said this in a statement on Wednesday, said the forum would be held in Beijing from Sept. 4 to 6. Hua said President Xi will deliver a keynote speech…
Turkey has detained nine people in connection with a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in western Turkey. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya who disclosed this early Wednesday, said that the owner of the hotel has also been detained. Yerlikaya also reported that the bodies of…
Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has announced his resignation from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), bringing an end to his decades-long association with the party he once represented twice as a presidential candidate. In a letter dated 14 July 2025, addressed to the PDP ward chairman in his native Jada, Adamawa State, Atiku described…
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) says he can never leave the party for any other one, no matter the challenges in the party. Bode George spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Sunday on Lagos. NAN was reacting to the leadership crisis in the party…
President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, citing a prolonged political crisis that has crippled governance and threatened security in the oil-rich region. In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, Tinubu said his administration had exhausted all avenues for peaceful resolution but was left with no choice as democratic institutions in…
Pope Francis will open the Holy Year of the Catholic Church in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday evening. In a solemn ceremony on Christmas Eve, the 88-year-old pontiff will open the Holy Door, which is otherwise walled up from the inside, and pass through it. The Catholic Church normally celebrates a Holy Year, also known…
A wanted kidnapping suspect was on Friday killed in a joint operation by operatives of the Nasarawa State police command, Nigerian Army and vigilante groups in Akwanga Local Government Area. Spokesperson for the command, Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. It read, “The Nasarawa State Police Command, in its relentless drive to…
President Bola Tinubu has empowered the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) to implement a more efficient and better streamlined public-private partnership (PPP) project delivery process. Jobson Ewalefoh, director-general, ICRC, disclosed this in a statement by Ifeanyi Nwoko, acting head, media and publicity, ICRC on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Ewalefoh said that the process would involve…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has unveiled a $1.4 billion initiative to strengthen climate resilience among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia — two of the regions most affected by global warming but least supported by international climate finance. Announced during the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, the…
Ukraine has shown its determination to continue cooperation with the United States (U.S.) and is ready to sign an agreement on rare earth metals, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Tuesday. Fox News reported earlier, citing a senior White House official, that the U.S. is temporarily suspending all military aid to Ukraine until U.S. President…
