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Russia President Vladimir Putin has praised African countries for achievements across various sectors of their economies. Putin spoke in a congratulatory message on Monday to African Heads of State and Government to mark the 2026 Africa Day celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Africa Day, celebrated annually on May 25, marks the 63rd anniversary of the African Union’s …

National Publicity Secretary of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has dismissed claims of a factional leadership within the party. Abdullahi insisted that ADC recognised only the leadership headed by a former Senate President, David Mark, as legitimate and constitutionally-recognised. Abdullahi made this known during a pre-collation of ADC presidential primary election news conference held in Abuja on Monday, ahead …

  In a public advisory issued on Monday, May 25, 2026, the agency warned that traffickers and organized criminal groups are using deceptive promises of jobs, education, and better living opportunities abroad to lure unsuspecting victims into forced labour, sexual exploitation, and other forms of human trafficking. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has raised fresh concerns over the growing wave …

  -President Donald Trump faces mounting criticism from both Republicans and Democrats over a potential Iran peace deal that may fall short of his original war aims. -The proposed agreement would reopen the Strait of Hormuz but leave Iran’s nuclear program largely unresolved, according to critics. -Trump’s political challenges intensify as gas prices rise and his approval ratings decline ahead …

CAIRO (AP) — A deal appears to be emerging between the United States and Iran to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend said it had been “largely negotiated.” It is not clear when or how the deal might be finalized and when its various parts will take effect. Trump …

Yesterday, President Bola Tinubu won the presidential primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in style. In the party’s direct primaries requiring all registered members to participate, Tinubu amassed 10,999,162 votes while Mr Stanley Osifo, his lone challenger, trailed distantly with 16,503 votes. The party currently has 12,643,316 registered members If the president can get about 11m votes from …

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.” Past popes have apologized for Christians’ involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But no pope had ever publicly acknowledged, …

The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed that gunmen have kidnapped 10 people from the Yashikira Emir’s palace in Baruten LGA of the state. According to a statement on Monday by the spokesperson of the state’s command, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the gunmen also attacked the Yashikira police station simultaneously around 2am on Monday. “The armed criminals, in a coordinated and desperate …

Warri, Delta State – Renowned peace and conflict scholar, Prof. Cyrille Dalex Ngamen Kouassi, has called for urgent and strategic grassroots peace-building initiatives to guarantee a peaceful and credible 2027 general election in Nigeria. Prof.  Kouassi made the call while delivering a guest lecture at the inauguration of the Niger Delta Peace Network (NDPN) and a one-day peace summit held …

Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) says the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion does not supersede Nigeria’s labour laws. The association said the country retains the sovereign authority to regulate industrial actions through its existing legal framework. The Director-General of NECA, Mr Adewale Smart-Oyerinde, said this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja and made available to the …