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U.S. President Donald Trump has touted a “big, beautiful” agreement on Ukraine following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev on Thursday. Trump did not provide details of their discussion at the White House to reporters, but suggested an agreement to end the war in Ukraine could be reached. “There’s going ...
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he is “absolutely willing to accept” the election results, according to local media reports. Trump blamed Republicans’ losses on the fact that he was not on the ballot, and said he was willing to work with Democrats. U.S. media has projected that Democrats had won control of both the House ...
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...calls for immediate reversal The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has expressed deep concern over a recent directive by the Central Bank of The Gambia requiring financial institutions to replace all non-Gambian employees with qualified Gambian nationals by December 31, 2026. In a statement, NiDCOM Chairman/CEO, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa cautioned that while The Gambia holds ...
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Nigeria and the United States have intensified cooperation against romance scams, sextortion and transnational cybercrime, signaling a stronger joint offensive against digital criminal networks. The renewed commitment emerged during a visit to Abuja by Michael Gonzales, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, the U.S. Embassy said in a ...
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The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB) are strengthening cooperation on a four billion dollar joint financing plan for development projects across 27 African member-countries. This is contatined a statement released by the AfDB on Monday in Abuja. “The commitment follows a meeting between AfDB President, Dr Sidi Ould ...
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Dutch prosecutors are offering a two-million-euro (2.2 million dollars) reward for information that will lead to the arrest of convicted cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most-wanted fugitives. The Dutch prosecution service said on Monday that Leijdekkers is a Dutch national who has been living in Sierra Leone for the past years. Prosecutors have ...
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Two workers died after falling into an underground fuel tank at a petrol station in Vietnam’s central city of Hue, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday. The accident occurred around 9:50 a.m. local time on Sunday at a petrol station in Thuan Hoa ward that was undergoing repairs. Police said three workers were installing ...
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The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs has warned that growing military competition in outer space threatens international peace and security. Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Dr. Adedeji Ebo, raised the concern on Thursday, during a joint meeting of the General Assembly’s First and Fourth Committees. The Nigerian-born official warned ...
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The United Nations has acknowledged Nigeria’s pioneering contribution to global disarmament diplomacy, revealing that a fellowship programme established through its initiative has trained more than 1,170 officials worldwide. The UN also disclosed that financial difficulties prevented the programme from organising study visits to Africa and South America in 2026. UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, ...
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World leaders on Monday congratulated Brazil President Lula da Silva for his victory in Sunday’s presidential election runoff. He defeated Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro to secure a fourth non-consecutive term. Bolsonaro received 48.25 per cent of the vote. These figures are based on 99.76 per cent of the votes counted, as reported on Monday by TV ...
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Hungary has pledged to deepen bilateral relations with Nigeria in education, community development, humanitarian projects and other areas of mutual interest. The Hungarian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Lóránd Endreffy, pledged his country’s commitment at a ceremony in Abuja on Friday, organised to mark the 70th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 Revolution. In his speech, Endreffy recounted ...
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A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta, the parent company of social media giants, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, to pay a 25 billion dollar fine. According to a BBC report, the judge handed out the fine after a two-week trial found that Meta had spent years `lying` about how it handled Facebook user data. The ...
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A Nigerian-born United States-based academic, Prof. Mojubaolu Okome, has been selected to serve on the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Programme National Screening Committee. Okome, a Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY), will serve on the committee responsible for the Africa, West/Central 2 region. The appointment places the Nigerian ...
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King Charles III will welcome the Sultan of Oman to the UK on Tuesday, as the monarch hosts a traditional state visit at Windsor Castle. Charles and Queen Camilla, joined by Prince William and his wife Catherine, the prince and princess of Wales, will entertain Sultan Haitham bin Tarik Al Said at a glittering banquet ...
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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 ...