Some constituents from Kogi Central Senatorial District, on Wednesday, staged a rally to express their support for the ongoing recall process of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the constituents, under the aegis of Kogi Central Grassroots Movement, were from the five local government areas making…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled the date for the 2025 Mock UTME from April 5 to April 10, 2025. Originally set for Saturday, April 5, 2025, the Mock UTME will now take place on Thursday, April 10, 2025 while the main UTME would start from 25th April, 2025. The board said…
President Bola Tinubu has sent condolences to parents, guardians and families who lost loved ones in a fire outbreak that stretched into an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara, on Tuesday night. The president commiserated with the state government and owners of the school, and prayed for the quick recovery of those receiving medical attention,…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the leadership in Tehran could be open to talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. “If the main concern is that Iran does not seek nuclear weapons, then that is achievable,” Araghchi said on Wednesday on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting in Tehran. Trump issued a presidential memorandum…
Kenyan President William Ruto, the champion of the African Union (AU) institutional reforms, on Monday said conflicts is hindering Africa’s potential, resulting in estimated losses of 18 billion dollars annually, displacing millions of people. Ruto, said Africa currently hosts 35 million internally displaced persons, 8.9 million refugees, 1.1 million asylum seekers, and 1 million stateless…
Apex Igbo Social-cultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on the Federal Government to arrest and prosecute those behind the gruesome murder of the sixteen Northern travellers at Uromi in Edo State. The National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Dr. Ezechukwu Ezechi made the call in an exclusive telephone interview with Leadership in Enugu. He said it…
No fewer than 30 armed bandits were reported to have killed in an ambushed by the local vigilante members in Dansadau district of Maru local government area Zamfara state. According to intelligence sources quoted by counter-terrorism expert Zagazola Makama, the ambushed about 2:00pm on Thursday April 4. The bandits were said to be en route…
The military juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have written to the UN Security Council to denounce what they said was Ukraine’s support for rebel groups in West Africa’s Sahel region, Mali’s foreign ministry said. Mali cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine in early August over comments by a spokesperson for Ukraine’s military intelligence agency,…
The newest edition of the China International Import Expo (CIIE), the world’s first national-level exposition dedicated to imports, opened on Tuesday in Shanghai. Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 7th CIIE and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum. China has continued to walk the talk in expanding opening…
New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is confident that the United States will remain in the defence alliance, even if Donald Trump becomes the 47th president of the United States. Rutte, in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF on Monday evening, said he believed the U.S. and presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris stood…
