News as it breaks
European champions Paris Saint-Germain delivered a footballing masterclass on Wednesday night, thrashing Real Madrid 4-0 at MetLife Stadium to book their place in the Club World Cup final against Chelsea. In a match that reunited the Parisians with former star Kylian Mbappé, it was Spanish midfielder Fabian Ruiz who stole…
Nigeria’s innovation sector took center stage in Abuja as the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) showcased the winners of the NextGen Innovation Challenge 2025, declaring the era of intellectual capital as Nigeria’s new frontier for global relevance. In a welcome address, the Director General of NBTI, Dr. Kazeem Kolawole…
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to positioning innovation at the core of Nigeria’s development strategy, declaring that the nation’s future will be driven by local ingenuity, not foreign dependency. Speaking at the National Exhibition of the NextGen Innovation…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed concern over the recent decision by the United States to reduce the validity of certain categories of visas issued to Nigerian citizens. Under the revised U.S. visa reciprocity schedule, non-immigrant visas — including B1/B2 (business and tourism), F (student), and J (exchange visitor)…
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, on 7 July 2025, hosted Dr. Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja, in a strategic meeting aimed at deepening cooperation in scientific monitoring, peacebuilding, and disaster risk reduction…
The West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO), in partnership with the Coalition Secretariat Partners (CSP), the ECOWAS Commission, and Member States, successfully convened a two-day Strategic Communications Workshop in Abuja, Nigeria, from June 30 to July 1, 2025. The event served as a key preparatory engagement for the upcoming 2nd Lassa…
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, on Monday, July 7, 2025, chaired a high-level strategy meeting with the Steering Committee of the ECOWAS Project Preparation and Development Unit (PPDU) at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. The session, convened under the leadership of Hon. Commissioner…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially launched the Lomé phase of its ongoing Information and Awareness Campaign for Small-Scale Cross-Border Traders along the Abidjan–Lagos corridor. The campaign, now in its third edition, was unveiled on July 4, 2025, in Lomé, Togo. The launch ceremony was attended…
Nigeria and China have begun technical discussions to kick-start the implementation of the Lekki Low-Carbon Demonstration Zone, a pilot initiative under the China-Africa Solar Belt Initiative aimed at accelerating Nigeria’s transition to renewable energy. The Chinese delegation, led by Wang Zuguang, Deputy Division Chief at China’s Foreign Environmental Cooperation Centre,…
Chevron Nigeria Limited, CML, and the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Federal Capital Territory Council, have trained over 70 journalists on harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to boost efficiency, quality reporting, and curb misinformation. The training which was held in Abuja, with the theme, “Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Journalism,” is aimed…
