President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday inaugurated the newly completed 180 megawatts (MW) Afam II Power Plant, located in Afam community, Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers. The President, who inaugurated the project virtually from Abuja, described the plant as a crucial addition to the national grid and a vital step …

THE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to partner the private sector to ensure effective implementation of economic policies in West Africa. Tuggar disclosed this during the virtual private-sector roundtable held in Lagos, as part of build-up to the West Africa Economic Summit …

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation on Wednesday evening banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States. The countries affected are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Nationals from these countries will be “fully” restricted from entering the …

THE Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, has donated 3,000 rams to the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Zamfara to bolster the Sallah festivities. Distributing the rams on behalf of the minister in Gusau on Thursday, the APC State Chairman, Alhaji Tukur Danfulani, said that 100 rams …

A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the U.S. cast its veto. The text was co-sponsored by Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Somalia, collectively known …

THE Federal High Court will begin its 2025 annual vacation from July 28 to Sept. 16. A statement from the court’s Director of Information, Mrs Catherine Oby Christopher made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja said that the court would resume sitting on Sept. …

THE National Hydro Electric Power Producing Development Areas Commission (N-HYPPADEC) has donated food items and N5 million to the victims of flood disaster that occurred in Mokwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger. The acting Managing Director, N-HYPPADEC, Haruna Jimoh-Gabi, presented the items and money to the Niger State Government …

GHANA’S Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has declared former finance finister Ken Ofori-Atta a wanted person and a fugitive from justice after he failed to honour a scheduled appearance at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) on Monday, June 2. The OSP has now triggered an Interpol red notice and initiated extradition proceedings in …

GHANA has earned more than $1.1bn in foreign exchange in just one month from the export of over 11 tonnes of gold, following the full activation of its Goldbod initiative, Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson announced in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. The windfall is being hailed as a …

THE UK has launched a major overhaul of its engagement with Africa, revealing a strategy aimed at boosting trade, security and shared influence in a fast-changing global order. The new approach, announced on June 2 by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), follows an extensive five-month consultation process involving 47 …