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The Nigerian government has set an ambitious five-year target to eliminate poverty that has more than doubled since the current administration introduced policies that have thrown more people into the poverty cycle. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, made the disclosure on Monday at the opening ceremony of the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit […]
President Bola Tinubu will return to Abuja on Monday after a ten-day working visit to Lagos. According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the President arrived in Lagos on Friday, September 26, after attending the coronation of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, in Ibadan, Oyo State. While in the nation’s […]
France’s new Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has resigned after less than a month in office, plunging President Emmanuel Macron’s government deeper into political turmoil. Lecornu, 39, tendered his resignation on Monday after meeting with President Macron, who accepted it, the Élysée Palace confirmed. Speaking outside the Hôtel de Matignon, Lecornu said, “You cannot be prime […]
Less than a year after a landmark verdict in a drugging and rape trial that shook France, an appeals court is set to hear the case of a man challenging his conviction.
Troops of the 6 Brigade Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) of the Nigerian Army have dislodged eleven bandits’ enclaves across two local local governments of Taraba State. Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations 6 Brigade Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, who disclosed this in a statement in Jalingo, listed the bandits’ camps stormed by […]
For a long time, Nigerian traders have been limited when it came to global markets, everyone knew the names Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, the S&P 500 ETFs, but accessing them from Nigeria wasn’t easy, local traders were boxed into forex, or crypto, while stocks in the US felt out of reach, requiring brokers with […]
Ahead of the 2025 Hockey Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled for October 11-18 in Egypt, the president of the Hockey Federation of Nigeria (HFN), Engineer Simon Nkom, has expressed confidence that both the men’s and women’s national teams were well-prepared to secure podium finishes and bring pride to the nation. Speaking in Abuja after […]
Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, is set to distribute N20,000 each to 10,000 underpriviliged individuals ine 44 local government areas of Kano State. In a statement issued to journalists yesterday in Abuja, his special adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, said the selection process would commence on Thursday, October 9, 2025, […]
Borno State governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has assured residents of the border town of Banki that robust security measures will be implemented to protect them from further attacks by Boko Haram insurgents. Governor Zulum who was on a working visit to the town on Saturday was received by a large and enthusiastic crowd. […]
The leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has petitioned the World Medical Association (WMA) over what he described as serious health challenges and inadequate medical care in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). In a letter dated October 3, 2025, and signed by Kanu’sinternational counsel, Bruce […]
