Amid the deepening military conflict with Israel, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly shortlisted three clerics as potential successors, while choosing not to nominate his son Mojtaba. The revelation, cited in a New York Times report, comes at a time when Khamenei is said to be operating from a secure underground bunker due…
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has unbundled its Department of Mass Communication from the Faculty of Social Sciences to establish a new Faculty of Communication and Media Studies (FCMS). Professor Oloruntola Sunday, former Head of the Mass Communication Department, was unanimously elected as the pioneer Dean of the newly created faculty, while Dr. Ebony Oketunmbi…
The Federal Government is set to sign over 30 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) as Nigeria prepares to host the second session of the Nigeria-Brazil Strategic Dialogue Mechanism (SDM), scheduled to begin on Monday, June 23, 2025. Key sectors driving this renewed investment initiative include agriculture, energy, defence, innovation, and the creative economy. The three-day event…
Nigeria has called for a global cooperation to disrupt financial support networks and counter terrorist travel among African sub-regions. Nigeria made the call in its statement at a meeting of senior diplomatic officials from the Small Group of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS/Daesh in Madrid, Spain. The text of the statement from the meeting,…
Differences between President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa came to a head Wednesday afternoon in a tense exchange in the Oval Office, as Mr. Trump confronted him over whether White genocide is taking place in South Africa. Mr. Trump and Rampahosa met for a critical conversation — with South African-born billionaire Elon Musk…
BRICS is expanding – but perhaps inevitably, more members mean more opportunities for disagreement, including between African members. This became apparent at the recent BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro. Unusually, the gathering failed to issue a consensus communiqué because of objections from the two new African members who joined in 2023 –…
The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, has harped on the imperative of enhanced collaboration between China and Nigeria in unlocking the potential of Nigeria’s Solid Minerals sector through the establishment of electric vehicle factories in Nigeria. Ambassador Dunhai disclosed this while paying a courtesy visit to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele…
This was revealed in a memo from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, dated February 28, 2025, The new platform, named Treasury Management & Revenue Assurance System, is designed to streamline and manage federal revenue collections and payments across ministries, departments, and agencies, including those benefiting from donor funds, trust funds, social…
President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare workers from 60 to 65 years. The National Publicity Secretary, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Mannir Bature, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos State. Mr Bature said the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate,…
•okays €30m concessional loan to support student housing projects •FG to harmonise, prioritise economic reform agenda The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the issuance of a Federal Government bond worth N758 billion to settle outstanding pension liabilities owed to retirees under the old Defined Benefit Scheme. This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance…
