By Mark Longyen The Turkish government on Thursday pledged to support Nigeria in its fight against terrorism. Türkiye’s pledge is contained in a statement posted by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its official X handle, following Tuesday’s terrorist attacks on Kwara’s Worro and Nuku communities. The News AgencyContinue Reading
The United States and Russia have agreed to re-establish high-level military contacts for the first time since 2021, the US European Command said on Thursday. The agreement came on the sidelines of trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi, aiming to settle the war in Ukraine, where the command’s General AlexusContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang Nigeria and China on Wednesday in Abuja reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen bilateral relations between them. Mr Kimiebi Ebienfa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman, said this in a statement following a courtesy visit to his office on Wednesday in Abuja by the Chinese Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires, MrContinue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “should be very worried” as negotiations planned for this week grow increasingly uncertain. “He should be very worried. Yeah, he should be. As you know, they’re negotiating with us,” Trump said in excerpts from an interview withContinue Reading
Rwanda has made significant progress toward eliminating cervical cancer by 2027, official data released on Tuesday showed. Data from the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), presented at a national cancer symposium in the capital Kigali, indicated that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage among girls by age 15 has reached 90 perContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The U.S. government says it has deepened its military partnership with Nigeria by deploying a special force team in the country to flush out terrorists. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) disclosed this during a digital news conference on Tuesday. He saidContinue Reading
Chinese President, Xi Jinping, on Tuesday called for China and Uruguay to strengthen the alignment of development strategies and to deepen cooperation in different areas. The areas to be strengthened are such as economy and trade, finance, agriculture and animal husbandry, infrastructure construction, and information and communications technology. Xi saidContinue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to sue Grammys host, Trevor Noah, after a joke he made about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on stage. Trump blasted the comedian as a “total loser,” adding: “It looks like I’ll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of anContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojediran Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday urged local and foreign investors to tap into Lagos State’s vast opportunities, pledging a supportive and business-friendly environment. He spoke at the Nigeria–UAE Investment Forum, ‘Investopia Global Africa’, hosted by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment in Lagos. Sanwo-Olu saidContinue Reading
By Cecilia Ologunagba The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that cuts to international aid and persistent funding gaps are undermining the global health system. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, stated this while addressing the WHO Executive Board in Geneva on Monday, saying, “this is occurring as the risk fromContinue Reading
