By Cecilia Ologunagba Top United Nations (UN) officials, in New York, called for urgent action to rescue the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and revive international cooperation. Speaking at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) annual forum on financing for development, they warned that a staggering 4 trillion dollars annualContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon Adama Barrow, the President, Republic of Gambia, has lauded the Nigerian Government’s efforts in advancing his country’s educational standard. He said the impact was evident through the scholarship and the Technical Aid Corps (TAC) volunteers competence who were sent by the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps (NTAC) toContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice-President Kashim Shettima has called for stronger international collaboration to advance Nigeria’s Human Capital Development 2.0 (HCD 2.0) strategy. Shettima made the call virtually at a high-level roundtable on the sidelines of the 2025 World Bank/International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reportsContinue Reading
By Nana Musa The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says the Federal Government plans to reduce inflation rate to single digit and create more jobs. Edun stated this during a press conference addressed by the Nigerian economic team, as part of activitiesContinue Reading
Britain’s Prince William on Saturday paid his respects to the Pope on behalf of King Charles III, as he gathered with world leaders for the historic funeral in St. Peter’s Square. William, side by side with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, stood for a moment’s silence in front of Pope Francis’sContinue Reading
Pope Francis has been buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, his favourite church in Rome, on Saturday afternoon, after a two-hour funeral service held in St Peter’s Square, the Holy See says. Earlier, some 150,000 people bid farewell to the pope from the roadside as his funeral processionContinue Reading
By Cecilia Ologunagba UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, is among the world leaders converging at the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis. According to the UN Spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, Guterres left New York on Thursday for the burial. Dujarric said the Secretary-General signed the BookContinue Reading
By Hadiza Mohammed The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center’s (KSrelief) volunteer medical team has performed 28 cochlear implant surgeries for children in the Republic of Kenya. In a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, KSrelief said the operations were successfully carriedContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen ECOWAS has solicited the full support of member states for the operation of its regional counter-terrorism initiative, the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF), following the recent terrorist attack on Bénin Republic. ECOWAS President, Dr Omar Touray, made this known in a statement issued by the commission’s spokesman, JoelContinue Reading
A U.S. citizen is scheduled to be executed in Alabama on Thursday evening after dropping his appeals, saying he was guilty of raping and murdering a woman in 2010. The convict said he did not want to keep “wasting everybody’s time” and money. James Osgood, 55, will be executed byContinue Reading
