The summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will be held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, a White House official said Wednesday. The two leaders will meet on Friday to discuss an end to the more than three-year war in Ukraine, in what will be their first standalone summit…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a circular announcing the immediate suspension of approvals for the extension of export proceeds repatriation on behalf of exporters. Dated January 8, 2025, the directive applies to both oil and non-oil export transactions, marking a significant policy shift aimed at ensuring compliance with existing regulations. The circular…
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered a sharp retort to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch on Wednesday, dismissing her assertion that he had followed her advice on cutting the aid budget. He also took a swipe at her political stance, calling her a “self-appointed saviour of Western civilisation” in what appeared to be a pointed…
Gunmen riding motorbikes have killed 22 villagers in western Niger, most of them attending a baptism ceremony on Tuesday. The attack took place on Monday in Takoubatt village, Tillaberi region, near the borders with Burkina Faso and Mali, an area plagued by jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS). A local resident…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday welcomed the imminent return of Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned oil company, to Nigeria, five years after it suspended joint venture operations in the country. Speaking at a joint press conference in Brasília during his state visit to Brazil, Tinubu said Petrobras’ comeback would reignite economic cooperation in the energy sector between…
A 12-member delegation from Benin Republic’s Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) has visited the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on a study tour. The delegation, led by Sacca Lafia, CENA president, included national commissioners, directors, and senior staff. They were received on Monday by Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, alongside other commission members at INEC headquarters…
The Minister for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has charged residents of Sokoto State to report any jobless person living a flamboyant lifestyle in the society to security agents. The minister while speaking at the Sokoto State Governors office said such persons if probed further may be part of informants to suspected bandits disturbing the peace of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has inaugurated a committee on the forthcoming national population and housing census. The committee is expected to submit an interim report within three weeks. This was contained in a statement by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday. The President, represented by his Chief of Staff, Femi…
TikTok sensation Habeeb ‘Peller’ Hamzat has alleged that streaming giant Netflix offered his girlfriend, Jadrolita, a whopping N3 billion to perform a kissing scene in a movie. During a live chat with fellow content creator Mr. P, Peller revealed that the initial approach was made to Jadrolita before he was brought into the conversation. He…
MATERO Local Court, Zambia, has heard how a woman from Chisamba, sexually starved her husband for four years, after he failed to pay her K3,000 she charged him for having a child out of wedlock. According to Zambia Observer, Sophia Kwale, 32, a teacher by profession, said in line with her tradition, as admission of…
