Antony Blinken Begins Talks In Beijing During High-stakes Visit To China
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing at the start of two days of talks with Chinese officials. The visit is the first by an American diplomat to China in almost five years. US officials say the main goal of the talks is to stabilise a […]
Ex-Army GOC Asks SSS To Probe Dokubo Over Oil Theft
A retired Army Major General, Tajudeen Olanrewaju, has asked the police and the State Security Service (SSS) to invite a Niger Delta ex-militant, Asari Dokubo for questioning over his recent allegation that the military is behind 99 per cent of oil theft in the country. Olanrawaju said the allegation was too weighty not to be […]
Eid-el-Kabir: Look Out For New Moon Sultan Tells Muslims
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto on Saturday directed Muslims to look out for the new moon of Dhul-Hijjah 1444 AH from Sunday. Abubakar, the President of General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) gave the directive in a statement signed by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman of Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate […]
Tinubu To Make His First Official Trip To France Next Week
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is scheduled to leave Nigeria next week for the Global Financing Pact Summit in Paris, France. This will be Tinubu’s first official trip abroad as Nigeria’s president after his May 29 inauguration. According to SaharaReporters, sources in the presidency indicated that Tinubu’s visit was also a “strategy” to see his team […]
UN Steps Up Criticism Of IMF And World Bank, The Other Pillars Of The Post-World War II Global Order
From the ashes of World War II, three institutions were created as linchpins of a new global order. Now, in an unusual move, the top official in one — the secretary-general of the United Nations — is pressing for major changes in the other two. Antonio Guterres says the International Monetary Fund has benefited rich countries instead of […]
Mali Urges Immediate End To UN Minusma Peacekeeping Mission
Mali’s foreign minister has called on the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping force from his country “without delay”. Abdoulaye Diop accused the force, Minusma, of having “become a part of the problem in fuelling intercommunal tensions”. He was addressing the UN Security Council. Minusma has more than 13,000 troops. Its decade-old mission has failed to […]
Uganda School Attack: 40 Killed By Militants Linked To Islamic State Group
Around 40 people, mostly students, have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group. A further eight people remain in a critical condition after the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe. Boys who were staying in dormitories at the school are among the dead. The Allied […]
Shettima Apologizes To Muslims Over NASS Leadership Comment
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has apologised to the Muslim community for his comment regarding the election of the 10th Assembly leaders. During a meeting with lawmakers in the buildup to the National Assembly election, Shettima had said, “Under the current dispensation, the worst incompetent Southern Christian is better than the most puritanical Northern Muslim for the […]
Asari Dokubo Asks Tinubu Not To Release Nnamdi Kanu
A Niger Delta leader, Asari Dokubo, on Friday, asked President Bola Tinubu not to release the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Nnamdi Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since his re-arrest in 2021, standing trial for terrorism. The IPOB leader was initially granted […]
Court Sets Aside Order Sacking IGP
The Federal High Court in Awka has reversed its previous order sacking the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Usman Alkali Baba. In a judgment delivered on May 14, Fatun Riman, the presiding judge, had ordered Baba to stop parading himself as Nigeria’s IGP. Riman held that Baba’s continued stay in office after clocking the […]
