News as it breaks
The 37th Ordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) has opened in Abuja, Nigeria, with a call for renewed commitment to regional integration and institutional reform. The session, which runs from 15 to 17 June 2025, focuses on the mid-term evaluation of decisions, programmes, and projects across…
Nobel Laureate and human rights advocate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently investigate the unresolved, politically-linked assassinations of notable Nigerians, including Dele Giwa, Bola Ige, and Kudirat Abiola. Soyinka made the demand during an exclusive interaction with journalists in Lagos on Saturday, coinciding with…
In the build-up to the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES 2025), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has partnered with the Abuja and Lagos Global Shapers Hubs—initiatives of the World Economic Forum—to host the West Africa Youth Futures Roundtable. The high-level youth engagement was held on Friday, June 13, 2025, at…
As preparations intensify for a major regional workshop on agricultural risk management in West Africa, the Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture at the ECOWAS Commission, Massandjé TOURE-LITSE, has led a high-level mission to Togo’s Ministry of Agriculture. The visit, which took place on in Lomé, was part of broader…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed deep concern over the intensifying conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, calling for an immediate halt to hostilities to prevent further destabilisation of the Middle East region. In a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned…
In a diplomatic engagement aimed at deepening regional economic cooperation, Nigeria’s Special Envoy for the upcoming West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, was on Thursday, June 12, 2025, received by the President of Guinea-Bissau, His Excellency Umaro Sissoco Embaló. Ambassador Odumegwu-Ojukwu…
In a historic move aimed at national healing and reconciliation, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted a full posthumous presidential pardon to the late environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other members of the famed Ogoni Nine. The announcement was made on Thursday during an address to a joint session…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has cancelled his scheduled national broadcast originally planned for 7:00 a.m. on June 12, 2025, as part of activities marking Nigeria’s Democracy Day celebration. The announcement was made in an official statement by Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information and Public Relations, on Wednesday. According to the…
As Nigeria marks another Democracy Day, Hon. Francis Barthlomew Chima, popularly known as OmoBarca, has sent a powerful message of hope, reflection, and renewed commitment to democratic values, particularly to the people of Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area in Lagos State. In a statement made available to the press on…
Over one million students from polytechnics and technical colleges across Nigeria are set to march in Abuja on Wednesday, June 12, 2025, in a show of appreciation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his administration’s bold reforms in the education sector. Organized by the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS),…
