UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned Israel’s decision to classify areas of the occupied West Bank as “state property.” “The Secretary-General condemns the Israeli government’s Feb. 15 decision to resume land registration procedures in Area C of the occupied West Bank, following a cabinet decision in May 2025. Guterres,Continue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced the arrival of about 100 United States military personnel in Nigeria to support the training and capacity development of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN). Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Samaila Uba, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Sandra Umeh A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered an interim administration for Green Energy International Ltd. and Lekoil Oil and Gas Investments Ltd. following their alleged failure to pay 25.5 million dollars debt. Justice Ambrose Allagoa also appointed Mr Chimezie Ihekweazu (SAN), an accredited insolvency practitioner, asContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate stood at 15.10 per cent in January. The NBS disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for January, released in Abuja on Monday. According to the report, the January headline inflation showedContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, Feb. 16, 2026 (NAN) Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Olayemi Cardoso, has lauded the recent decision by African Union (AU) to officially approve Nigeria’s permanent membership of the Board of the African Monetary Institute (AMI). Cardoso gave the commendation in a statement onContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida, and former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar have canvassed sustained investment in youth empowerment as a strategic pathway to national development. The elder statesmen made the call during the inaugural graduation ceremony of the Balarabe Umaru Audi Youth Centre (BUAY-C), a Non-GovernrmnentalContinue Reading
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**How and on what basis the continent’s governments can secure financing should not be based on external discretion By Bola Ahmed Tinubu Africa is paying too much to borrow. Calls to end the “Africa premium” — the gap between how Africa is assessed and the reality of itsContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Africa must become the next engine of global growth or risk exporting instability, says Mr Claver Gatete, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The Communications Section of ECA disclosed in a statement on Monday that Gatete was speaking at the NinthContinue Reading
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