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With fighter jets, a red carpet and a hopeful slogan — “Pursuing Peace” — plastered on the wall, President Donald Trump welcomed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for a summit in Alaska on Friday whose results remained entirely unclear once it abruptly ended. After meeting for nearly three hours, the two men emerged to proclaim progress. But they exited their scheduled news conference without …

•Says: Heed WTO DG’s call for growth, jobs, social safety nets The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to focus on the overlooked aspects of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s recent assessment of the Nigerian economy, accusing the Federal Government of cherry-picking her remarks for political gain. The party faulted the government for celebrating Dr. Okonjo-Iweala’s acknowledgment of economic …

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump failed to secure an agreement from Vladimir Putin on Friday to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, falling short in his most significant move yet to stop the bloodshed, even after rolling out the red carpet for the man who started it. “There’s no deal until there’s a deal,” the U.S. president …

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased for the fourth consecutive month in July 2025, falling to 21.88 per cent from 22.22 per cent in June, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. The latest Consumer Price Index report released on Friday revealed that the July rate was 0.34 percentage points lower than the previous month and 11.52 percentage points …

Rice is a staple food for many households in Nigeria, and demand for it continues to rise as Nigeria relies heavily on imports to meet local consumption Ndianaabasi Innocent stared forlornly at his rice farm in Ekoi Atan Ubom, a village in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State in south-south Nigeria. “I invested about N400,000 in the four …

National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Nuhu Ribadu, has noted that national security has beyond arms and ammunition, rather it is about human security. Ribadu stated this at the second edition of the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), a strategic meeting with stakeholders on the Executive Order for Critical national information infrastructure, held in Abuja. The meeting …

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has praised President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms for stabilising Nigeria’s economy despite widespread hardship, and called on the government to focus next on growth and protecting vulnerable citizens. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigeria finance minister, said this on Thursday while speaking to journalists after her meeting with Mr Tinubu. “You cannot …

…Vows to end Tinubu’s administration in 2027 Former Governor of Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto South, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, on Friday entered Sokoto metropolis to a welcome by supporters from Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states, in what political observers describe as a show of force ahead of the 2027 general elections. Tambuwal addressing his supporters. The return of the …

The US military is deploying more than 4,000 Marines and sailors to the waters around Latin America and the Caribbean as part of a ramped-up effort to combat drug cartels, two US defense officials told CNN — a dramatic show of force that will give the president a broad range of military options should he want to target drug cartels. …

By Eben Enasco Edo by-election is shaping up to be a fiercely contested battle, with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), leaders confident of victory ahead of the August 16, 2025, National Assembly Poll. The party’s leaders, led by Chief Tony Aziegbemi, at an enlarged rally in Oluku, Ovia Federal Constituency, said they are determined to vote, stand by their votes …