Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar is scheduled to visit Niamey on Wednesday, April 16, marking a new phase in diplomatic efforts to restore cooperation between the two countries. This upcoming visit builds on earlier engagements, including a March meeting between Niger’s Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangaré and Nigeria’s ambassador to Niamey, Mohammed Sani Usman….
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has commended the World Bank for its continued support in driving development across the state through a diverse portfolio of donor-funded projects. Speaking on Wednesday during a courtesy visit by the World Bank Regional Vice President, Mr Ousmane Diagana, at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Governor Sani expressed appreciation for…
Al Shabaab fighters on Wednesday attacked a town in central Somalia that government forces have been using to drive back the militants. Adan Yabaal, the town attacked, lies around 245 kilometres north of Mogadishu and has been used as an operating base for raids on al Shabaab. Advances by the al Qaeda affiliate, which included…
Some women in Rivers state today April 16 staged a protest against the Emergency rule in the state. The women who said to be members of the Rivers Women Unite Prayer Group, kicked against the suspension of Siminalayi Fubara as governor. The women thronged major streets in Port Harcourt to protest against the imposition…
Michael Sang Correa, a former member of an elite Gambian military unit known as the “Junglers,” has been convicted by a U.S. jury for his role in the torture of political prisoners following a failed coup attempt in 2006. The verdict, delivered on Tuesday, marks a historic moment as the first trial under the U.S….
