Year: 2025

As African countries and institutions rapidly evolve, so too must Canada’s engagement. In a time of global economic and geopolitical uncertainty, Canada must seize opportunities to strengthen economic and national security, including by diversifying its markets; improving supply chain resilience; enhancing peace, security and human rights; and contributing to efforts that build and maintain corridors…

House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee Chairman, Representative Bamidele Salam, has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former presidential spokesperson and a close political mentor. The lawmaker conveyed his sadness in a message shared on his personal Facebook handle @BamideleSalam late on Friday. According to him, “I was waiting for…

The Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District of Bauchi State, Ahmed Abdul Ningi, has expressed his intention to contest for the gubernatorial seat under the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Bauchi State come 2027. Abdul Ahmed Ningi made the declaration on Friday during a meeting with party stakeholders from Ganjuwa LGA,…

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has complained about the treatment meted out to Nigerian passengers by some international airlines, insisting that Nigerians can not be paying the highest fee across Africa and still get maltreated. The aviation regulator said Nigerians pay a humongous amount to fly more than any other country in Africa. The Director…

In the United States, the minimum wage is the amount legally authorised to be paid to employees per hour. The wage system is controlled by three-tier laws; the federal, state, and municipal. The federal minimum wage ($7.25) which applies to all employees has been regarded as too low to feed an individual and not to…

A lecturer from the Department of Economics at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Dr Abdullah Lamido, has called for the use of waqf (Islamic endowment) to tackle poverty in Nigeria. The don made the call at the 22nd Annual National Unity Ramadan Lecture of the Al-Habibiyya Islamic Society of Nigeria, themed “Poverty: The Islamic Solution” which…

A 52-year-old man, Salihu Byezhe, has tragically passed away after collapsing during Subhi prayers at a mosque in Gudaba village, Kuje Area Council, Abuja. According to eyewitnesses, Byezhe attended the community mosque for the early morning prayers on Thursday, after partaking in Sahur, the pre-dawn meal observed during Ramadan. During the prayer session, he suddenly…

Kinsmen of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, under the umbrella of Afe Annang, a foremost socio-cultural organisation of the Annang nation in Akwa Ibom State, has reacted to the six-month suspension of Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, stating that it is not sufficient punishment for a senator who, in their view, has disrespected a revered institution…

The former Presidential spokesperson to former Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Doyin Okupe, is dead. Okupe, from Iperu-Remo, Ikenne Local Government area of Ogun State, who was said to have been sick for some time, died in the early hours of Friday in Lagos at the age of 72. The Chairman of Ikenne…

The Ogun State Government has sealed indefinitely Quantum Steel Industry in Ogijo in Sagamu Local Government and Xinfeng Plastics Limited along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway following two industrial accidents that occurred at the factories. The government in a statement made available to our correspondent on Thursday, said it had closed down the factories to enable it…