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Ten countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States and France, have formally granted agrément to Nigeria’s ambassadorial nominees, the Federal Government announced on Monday, marking a significant step in President Bola Tinubu’s effort to fill diplomatic vacancies that have persisted since he took office in May 2023. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson,…
A trending video showing a fire outbreak caused by a power bank inside an aircraft cabin has reignited concerns about passenger behaviour and safety compliance on domestic flights, with aviation experts calling for stricter enforcement of baggage rules. The footage, widely circulated on social media in recent days, captured moments of panic midair as…
Canada has enacted sweeping immigration and asylum reforms through Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, which received royal assent on March 26, 2026, introducing stricter eligibility criteria that will affect Nigerians and other foreign nationals seeking entry or protection. According to a report from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s website,…
Edo State has granted licences to Chinese firms to generate electricity from coal deposits, marking a significant shift in the state’s energy and industrial strategy under Governor Monday Okpebholo’s administration. Commissioner for Mining, Andrew Ijegbai, disclosed that the licences form part of efforts to boost electricity supply to residents. According to him, a feasibility…
Congo-Brazzaville’s Constitutional Court has confirmed President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s re-election with 94.9 per cent of the vote, extending the 82-year-old leader’s four-decade rule over the oil-rich central African nation. The March 15 election gave Nguesso a new five-year term, court president Auguste Iloki announced at a public hearing at the weekend. “Nguesso won an…
More than half of the 620,000 people displaced by Lebanon’s latest conflict escalation are women and girls, according to a statement from UN Women, the United Nations agency dedicated to gender equality and women’s empowerment. UN Women Representative in Lebanon, Gielan El Messiri, said the crisis has disproportionately affected women and girls, who now…
Nigeria’s opposition landscape shifted dramaaaaaaatically at the weekend as two major political developments unfolded simultaneously: former New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) leader Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso formally defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held its national convention in Abuja amid internal divisions and renewed calls for party unity….
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has cleared President Bola Tinubu of any involvement in the legal and political persecution he endured during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, while also firmly rejecting claims that he is currently working for the president or the ruling All Progressives Congress. Saraki made the clarifications during an…
For the first time in American history, a sitting president’s signature will appear on U.S. paper currency, with President Donald Trump set to sign dollar bills beginning this summer as part of a sweeping redesign timed to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence. According to a Reuters report, the new notes will carry…
Survivors linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have sued the United States government and Google after confidential victim identities were allegedly exposed in a large online document release tied to the federal investigation into the disgraced financier. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, follows the US Department of Justice’s January publication of more than three…
