UPDATE: FINNISH COURT SETS MAY 2025 AS DEADLINE FOR SIMON EKPA’S TRIAL
According to Finnish authorities, Simon Ekpa, a pro-Biafran separatist leader, will be on trial in Finland by May 2025. Ekpa is still being held at...
JUST IN: SENATE COMMENCES DEBATE ON TAX REFORM BILLS
President Bola Tinubu sent the tax reform bills to the Senate in October 2024, and the Senate has begun debating them. The MPs had already...
OPEC+ POSTPONES MEETING TO DECEMBER 5
The Vienna-based Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced Thursday that the OPEC+ alliance's ministerial meeting, which was originally set for Sunday, will now...
CHINA DISMISSES TOP MILITARY OFFICIAL OVER CORRUPTION
Beijing announced Thursday that a top Chinese military officer, the most recent high-ranking apparatchik to be fired in a broad campaign against corruption in the...
FORMER LIBERIAN WARLORD, PRINCE JOHNSON DIES AT 72
Agency Report Prince Johnson, a former Liberian warlord who played a significant role in the back-to-back civil wars from 1989 to 2003, passed away on...
NEWS: VP SHETTIMA RETURNS TO ABUJA FROM COTE D’IVOIRE
After attending the first International Exhibition of Extractive and Energy Resources (Salon International des Ressources Extractives et Énergétiques) in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Vice President Kashim...
NEWS: UK OPENS AFRICA’S LARGEST VISA APPLICATION CENTRE IN LAGOS
On Wednesday, the UK announced that, through its new business partner, VFS Global, a new Visa Application Centre (VAC) had opened in Ikeja. It was...
(JUST IN) SPORTS: LAMPARD APPOINTED AS COVENTRY MANAGER
In an attempt to restart his coaching career, Frank Lampard was named manager of Coventry City, a Championship team, on Thursday. After an unsuccessful second...
MACRON WELCOMES TINUBU TO FRANCE
After a string of defeats with old allies on the continent, President Bola Tinubu embarked on a two-day visit to France on Thursday, with both...
JUST IN: EFCC TO ARRAIGN YAHAYA BELLO AGAIN OVER ALLEGED N80.2BN FRAUD
Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the immediate former governor of Kogi State, will be charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) this morning before the...