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Tech billionaire, Elon Musk announced on Monday that he plans to distribute one share of his rocket company, SpaceX, to every child in the United States next year, a pledge that could total an estimated $10.5 billion. In a post on X, the world’s richest man stated that the transfer would come directly from his ...
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has called for national unity, tolerance and peaceful coexistence following a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Appolonia Anele, in a statement on Monday, said Shaibu made the call during his ongoing official working visit to Rwanda. ...
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A new United Nations (UN) report has commended Nigeria for achieving significant milestones in expanding reliable energy access at a lower cost through innovative subsidy frameworks and strategic off-grid interventions that have connected over 5 million people and created more than 5,000 green jobs. The findings, published in the UN’s World Social Report 2026: The ...
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Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening regional ties through ongoing diplomatic discussions between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). This is contained in a statement issued by Oluwafemi Adeniyi, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Abuja on Saturday. The newsmen report that Amb. ...
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Officials from the United Nations (UN) and the Kenyan government have called for a greater role for Africa in global decision-making. The matter was a subject of discourse at a Nairobi meeting on rebuilding trust in multilateralism. Ahunna Eziakonwa, UN under-secretary-general and special adviser on Africa to the UN Secretary-General, called on international bodies to ...
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Nigeria has warned against the selective application of universal jurisdiction, urging the United Nations to establish safeguards preventing powerful countries from exploiting international criminal justice mechanisms. The warning came during Nigeria’s national intervention at the plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly’s Sixth Committee on Thursday at the UN headquarters in New York. The committee ...
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy will grow by 4.5 per cent in both 2026 and 2027. This is in spite of the ongoing war in the Middle East and an increasingly challenging global economic environment. Zeine Zeidane, Director of the African Department, stated this in a news briefing, on ...
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso has reaffirmed the bank’s commitment to building a credible, independent and transparent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Cardoso said this on Thursday at the ongoing IMF/World Bank Group Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand. The governor, who spoke on how Central Banks Decide: “Committee Decisions- Making and Communication” ...
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The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), an umbrella body for election management bodies in West Africa, has adopted a regional guideline on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in electoral processes. Permanent Secretary of ECONEC and Head of Electoral Assistance Division at the ECOWAS Commission, Mr Serigne Ka, disclosed this while speaking during the ...
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Nigeria has urged the United Nations to include colonialism, slavery, slave trading and exploitation of natural resources in a proposed international treaty on crimes against humanity. The country made the request on Monday during the 11th plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly’s Sixth Committee, which handles legal matters. Nigeria’s Permanent Representative Amb. Ibrahim Jimoh, ...
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Thailand has announced plans to establish an agricultural learning centre in Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen food security and development cooperation with African countries. The announcement was made during a United Nations General Assembly debate on Africa’s development and international support for the continent on Monday in New York. Speaking in Thailand’s national ...
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Nigerian Ambassador to Denmark, Amb. Lola Akande has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to deepening bilateral relations with Denmark. In a statement Sunday after presenting her Letters of Credence to King Frederik X of Denmark, Akande underscored the importance of expanding cooperation across key areas of mutual interest. She said that climate action, peace and security as well ...
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The World Bank Group says it is helping to mobilise up to 5.79 billion dollars in private financing to accelerate Nigeria’s economic transformation, expand infrastructure and create employment opportunities. The Bretton Woods institution disclosed this in a report published on Sunday, outlining investments and financing arrangements covering agriculture, telecommunications, small businesses and other critical sectors. ...
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The United Nations Agency for Children (UNICEF) says an estimated 68 million child marriages have been averted over the past 25 years due to education, proving that progress is possible when girls are supported and their rights are protected. The UN agency attributed the progress to investments in girls’ education, legal reform and social protection. ...
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Trade between Russia and Iran grew by more than 21 per cent in 2025, with positive growth continuing in the first seven months of 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Putin said this during a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Turkmenbashi, where the leaders discussed bilateral cooperation under their strategic partnership agreement. ...
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The German Embassy in Nigeria has commemorated World Day Against the Death Penalty with a call for open reflection on justice, human dignity and the right to life. Newsmen report that the event organised by the German Embassy was held ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty marked every 10th of October. The ...
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Nigeria has called for urgent reforms of the international financial architecture to address high borrowing costs and persistent development financing gaps confronting African countries. Nigeria’s Permanent Representative, Amb. Jimoh Ibrahim, made the call on Thursday during the UN General Assembly’s Second Committee debate on macroeconomic policies and financing for development. The Nigerian delegation said rising ...
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Nigeria is emerging as one of Africa’s leading centres of Artificial Intelligence activity, alongside Kenya and South Africa, according to the World Bank. The Bank said AI activity on the continent was currently concentrated in the three economies, although adoption remained at an early stage across most African countries. The finding is contained in the ...
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The United Nations and partners have unveiled a 78-million-dollar programme to restore degraded land and improve livelihoods for five million people across Africa’s Great Green Wall. The Global Environment Facility is providing the funding, while UN Environment Programme (UNEP) will implement eight of the programme’s 10 projects and coordinate delivery across the nine countries. The ...
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaffirmed Germany’s support for Israel on Wednesday as the country marked the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks led by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. “Germany stands firmly by Israel’s side. Our Israeli friends can count on our commitment to ensuring that such a crime is never repeated. “We stand ...
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The World Bank has upgraded Nigeria’s economic outlook, citing improving macroeconomic management and reforms as growth strengthens across much of sub-Saharan Africa. The Bank said Nigeria was among nearly three-quarters of African economies whose growth forecasts had been revised upward in its latest Africa Economic Update. It listed Nigeria alongside Angola, Ethiopia and Zambia among ...
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The Government of Türkiye has expressed condolences to Nigeria over the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft crash in Ondo State, which claimed lives. The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveyed the condolences in a statement posted on its official ‘X’ handle on Tuesday. The ministry said it was deeply saddened by the loss of lives ...
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Former British politician and writer Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86, his publisher said in a statement on Monday. Archer, who was a Conservative MP for five years before serving as the party’s deputy chairman, died “suddenly and peacefully at his home between writing sessions” on Monday, HarperCollins said. He had a successful career as ...
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The Nigeria Permanent Representative to the UN, Amb. Jimoh Ibrahim, says Africa must receive fair consideration in the United Nations budget under his chairmanship of the Fifth Committee. Ibrahim said Nigeria would also push for adequate recognition of projects and programmes that directly affected developing countries. The Nigerian diplomat told newsmen after chairing the first ...
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Nigeria has rallied African ambassadors ahead of Monday’s opening of the UN’s crucial budget negotiations with its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Jimoh Ibrahim, spearheading the talks. Jimoh, Chairman of the UN General Assembly’s Fifth Committee, convened an interactive dinner with African Ambassadors at Nigeria House in New York on Sunday night. The ...
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The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has demanded an end to barriers hindering women’s leadership. Mrs Martha Molema, President of ITUC-Africa, made the call at the closing ceremony of the second ITUC-Africa Women’s Biennium Conference on Friday in Lome, Togo. “When feminists and feminist economists speak, they ask: Whose work ...
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the incident involving a Tel Aviv-bound FlyDubai flight that made a forceful landing in Saudi Arabia after an altercation between pilots in the cockpit. The UN chief said that a major tragedy was narrowly averted. Guterres expressed deep concern over the incident involving Flight FZ1073, which was travelling from ...
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The United States says its new 700-billion dollars Critical Minerals Framework with Nigeria will deepen economic relations while unlocking investment opportunities in Nigeria’s vast mineral resources. U.S. Department of State said the agreement would expand opportunities for American companies to access Nigeria’s critical minerals while strengthening U.S. supply chains. “The U.S. and Nigeria strengthened our ...
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Nigeria has called for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons, warning that humanity cannot continue relying on weapons capable of destroying civilisation for collective security. Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Jimoh Ibrahim, made the call on Tuesday at a high-level UN meeting on nuclear disarmament in New York. The meeting commemorated the ...
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that humanity is facing its most dangerous nuclear moment since the end of the Cold War. Guterres sounded the alarm on Tuesday at the UN General Assembly’s plenary meeting commemorating the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. “We meet at the most dangerous nuclear moment since ...