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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed plans to meet United States President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday as diplomatic efforts intensify to end Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine. Zelensky said the talks would focus on a United States–brokered peace plan and proposals for security guarantees for Ukraine, amid continued fighting and fresh Russian…
The Federal Government on Friday said electricity supply across the country has begun to improve following the repair and restoration of the vandalised Lagos–Escravos gas supply infrastructure. The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) confirmed the development in a statement, attributing the recovery to repair works carried out by the Nigerian Gas Infrastructure Company, which has…
The Federal Government has reaffirmed that Nigeria’s far-reaching tax reforms will take effect on January 1, 2026, dismissing calls for further delays and insisting that the new tax regime is designed to ease the burden on ordinary Nigerians and small businesses. The confirmation followed a high-level meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and members of…
Stress is no longer hiding in racing thoughts or sleepless nights. Doctors say it is now showing up as real, measurable disease—written across the body in pain, imbalance, and exhaustion. For decades, stress was treated as a mental or emotional concern, blamed for anxiety, burnout, or mood changes. Today, a different picture is emerging in…
Lagos — Bola Babarinde, a public policy analyst and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, has urged the Federal Government to incorporate Nigeria’s solid minerals sector into its ongoing tax reforms, warning that its exclusion would render the reforms incomplete and unjust. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday, Babarinde, a former Chairman of…
The Federal Government has confirmed that recent airstrikes on terrorist locations in Nigeria’s North-West were carried out as part of structured security cooperation with international partners, including the United States. In a statement issued on Friday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government said the strikes resulted from ongoing intelligence sharing and strategic coordination…
Ghanaian authorities have arrested at least 48 Nigerians over alleged involvement in romance scams, online investment fraud and other cybercrime-related offences, following a coordinated security operation in the Dawhenya area of the Ningo-Prampram Constituency. The arrests come less than a week after Ghana deported no fewer than 42 Nigerians from the Ashanti Region over alleged…
Algeria’s parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a law declaring France’s 132-year colonisation of the country a crime, formally demanding an official apology and reparations in a move that has drawn sharp criticism from Paris and further strained already tense diplomatic relations between the two countries. The legislation, adopted amid chants of “long live Algeria” from…
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has signed the state’s ₦1.01 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill into law, following its passage by the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. The signing was confirmed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah. Governor Diri had originally presented a budget estimate of ₦991.371 billion…
United States President Donald Trump has reportedly recalled the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, along with several other career diplomats, as part of a broader review of American diplomatic representation abroad. According to a report by Politico, the recall is linked to efforts by the Trump administration to realign foreign missions with its…
