President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore-in two newly appointed ministers, Mr Joseph Tegbe as Minister of Power and Mr Sola Enikanolaiye as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the President’s Office in the State House, Abuja, shortly after Tinubu received Madagascar’s President, Michael Randrianirina, on a courtesy visit. The…
Health ministers from ECOWAS member states have concluded their 27th Ordinary Session in Freetown, adopting key regional health policies aimed at improving disease control and healthcare delivery across West Africa. The meeting, held from 23 to 25 April 2026, ended with the endorsement of a Regional Framework for Malaria Elimination, designed to unify efforts to…
Fiji will host the 2026 Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting from 9–12 February at the Sheraton Fiji Golf & Beach Resort in Nadi. The theme is “Anchoring Justice in a Changing Tide: Strengthening the Rule of Law for a Resilient Future.” Around 150 delegates, including attorneys general, justice ministers, and solicitors general from 56 Commonwealth countries,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended heartfelt condolences to President John Mahama and the people of Ghana over a tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight Ghanaians, including two government ministers. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Presidential Spokesperson, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. According to the News Agency…
German Defence Minister, Boris Pistorius is to retain his post in the new Cabinet, his Social Democratic Party (SPD) said Monday, as the party unveiled its picks for ministerial positions. The SPD is set to enter the new German Government as the junior partner in coalition with Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc, made up of the…
Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell is to propose suspending political dialogue with Israel over its war in the Gaza Strip at an EU foreign ministers meeting on Monday in Brussels. The move comes after “a year of unheeded pleas by the Israeli authorities regarding respect for international law in the Gaza war,” Borrell wrote in…
Top ministers from Germany’s three coalition parties are to meet over the coming days in an attempt to find a way out of the ongoing government crisis related to economic policy. Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democrats (SPD) is to meet with Economy Minister Robert Habeck of the Greens and Finance Minister Christian Lindner…
Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, met with several candidates for his new cabinet on Monday, as the former military general prepares to take office on Sunday. Several ministers from President Joko Widodo’s administration, including Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia, visited Prabowo’s residence in South Jakarta. “Essentially,…
EU foreign ministers adopted sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine on Monday. Diplomats told dpa that the EU sanctions target companies and individuals involved in Iran’s ballistic missile programme and the delivery of these and other weapons to Russia. The European Union had previously warned Iran several times…
