By Mark Longyen Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has disclosed that he personally requested for his redeployment to South Africa as high commissioner-designate, two days after the initial announcement of his posting to Germany. Fani-Kayode made this known in a statement he personally signed, and issued on Thursday inContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Senegal says it is committed to boosting its economic growth and development by transforming its agricultural sector from subsistence to modernised agriculture. The country’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament disclosed this while presenting their Country Report at the ongoing 2026 First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS ParliamentContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The Government of Ghana has paid about $82.5 million as its Community Levy contribution to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 2025, reaffirming its commitment to regional integration and economic cooperation. MP Dominic Napare, a member of the Ghanaian delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament,Continue Reading
By Mark Longyen The ECOWAS Parliament has ordered an investigation into the escalating terror attacks across the sub-region, as well as the current wave of xenophobic violence against African migrants in South Africa. The regional parliamentarians took the decision during plenary at the First 2026 ECOWAS Parliament Ordinary Session onContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The ECOWAS Parliament has called on regional leaders to urgently confront the sub-region’s multifaceted challenges of rising insecurity, fragile democracy and economic stagnation toward deepening integration and economic growth. The Speaker of the Parliament, Memounatou Ibrahima, made the appeal, while declaring open the two-week 2026 First OrdinaryContinue Reading
China on Saturday urged Eswatini and other countries of the world to respect and recognise its One-China principle, as well as desist from giving credence to the illusion of “Taiwan independence.” A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson made the remarks after Lai Ching-te, leader of China’s Taiwan region, traveled to EswatiniContinue Reading
By Christian Njoku The Yakurr Peoples Club (YPC), Abuja, has urged Ugep and Idomi communities in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River to exercise restraint and embrace dialogue over their lingering land dispute. Retired Group Capt. Eloma Ikona made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in collaboration with the Federal Government has inaugurated the World’s First International Media and Information Literacy Institute (IMILI) in Nigeria. Ms Mariya Gabriel, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information (ADG/CI) said this in an interview on theContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang Abuja, May 1, 2026 (NAN) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced Nigeria’s emergence as chairman of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council for the Month of May 2026. The ministry’s Spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, sayingContinue Reading
By Philomina Attah The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, says the Federal Government is committed to leveraging sustainable technological innovation and proactive risk management to build a resilient economy. Akume said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the opening of the 2026 National RiskContinue Reading
