Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has decried the rising insecurity in Nigeria, saying that the international community has the right to come and help Nigeria tackle insecurity. The former president said that since the government has failed to protect the lives Read more…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is being staged in United States, Canada and Mexico, with Washington, DC hosting December’s draw. Iran is to boycott next week’s World Cup finals draw in Washington because the United States refused to grant visas Read more…
Military authorities in Guinea-Bissau have reopened the country’s borders, 24 hours after seizing power and disrupting the electoral process in the coup-prone West African nation. General Lansana Mansali, Inspector General of the Armed Forces, reversed Wednesday’s closure of all land, Read more…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has left Guinea-Bissau after the military coup that toppled the country’s government, says the federal government. The update was given by Kimiebi Ebienfa, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a chat with members Read more…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and other African leaders have condemned the Coup d’etat in Guinea-Bissau. Jonathan and the leaders, in a joint statement, decried the attempt by the coupists to disrupt the democratic process and gains achieved barely days after Read more…
Professor Akinyemi warns terrorists operate freely in some states and urges penalties for officials and governors allegedly engaging them directly. Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, elder statesman and former Foreign Affairs Minister, has accused some state governments of enabling terrorist operations by Read more…
Japan was going ahead with its plans to deploy missiles to a military base near Taiwan, its defence minister said, prompting China to fume that Tokyo had “crossed a red line”. Shinjiro Koizumi travelled to Japan’s military base on the westernmost island of Yonaguni, nearly 11km from Read more…
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE Ahead of the national launch of the Federal Government’s Ward Development Programme, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as the Renewed Hope Ambassador. In his role as ambassador, he will double as Read more…
The plan would dissolve the security services and threaten the country’s own roadmap for ending the war, the commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces has said The commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has rejected a plan presented by Read more…
An armed terrorist group has released a new video claiming responsibility for the recent student abductions in Kebbi and Niger states, while threatening further attacks on soldiers and political office holders. The video, which emerged on Monday and has since Read more…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio boasted “tremendous” progress after a day of meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Geneva on a proposal to halt the Ukraine war, but numerous uncertainties remain. The head of Ukraine’s delegation Andriy Yermak Read more…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, has slammed the 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his comments on the conviction of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. DAILY POST reports Read more…