The Global Governance Initiative addresses the core issues of transforming the Global Governance System
Xi Jinping formally proposed the Global Governance Initiative at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus Meeting held on September 1, 2025.
Sokoto youth group rejects poverty ranking, cites state’s recent interventions
The Sokoto Youth Emancipation Front (SYEF) has rejected as misleading a recent report making the rounds in the media, claiming that nine out of every ten residents of Sokoto State live in multidimensional poverty. In a statement issued by its spokesperson, Mallam Hamisu Sani, and made available to newsmen, the group described the figure as […]
Borno attack: Tinubu orders armed forces to review military operations against terrorists
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has directed the armed forces to review security operations, including the deployment of advanced military hardware and surveillance equipment to eliminate terrorist groups across the country.
Merchant banking, backbone of Nigerian businesses – FSDH
With the resurgence of merchant banking in Nigeria’s financial landscape in recent years, the sector operators are beginning to indicate that it actually plays crucial role in the country’s economy especially in funding businesses.
Food: FG tackles N3.5trn annual post-harvest losses with systems programme
THE federal government, weekend, said plans were to tackle post-harvest losses currently estimated at over N3.5 trillion.
US further tightens rules for immigrant visa
UNITED States Department of State, DoS, has said that starting November 1, 2025, all immigrant visa applicants must attend their interviews in the consular district where they live or, if requested, in their country of nationality.
Russia hits seat of Ukraine govt in war’s biggest air attack
Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early yesterday, killing four people and setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv ablaze in an attack President Volodymyr Zelensky warned would prolong the war.
Lagos church attack: APC acting like terrorist organisation — ADC
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of ‘acting like a terrorist organisation, following an attack on its members at a church premises in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State last week.
LG funds: Osun NULGE warns OAGF, CBN over plot to pre-empt S-Court
THE Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, in Osun State, yesterday, accused the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation of plotting to “pre-empt the Supreme Court” by allegedly preparing to pay withheld local government allocations in Osun into the accounts of court-sacked All Progressives Congress, APC, chairmen and councillors.
Don’t give officers money on duty — FCT Police
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has cautioned members of the public against offering money or any form of inducement to its personnel while discharging their official duties.
25 Years After: How to make NDDC better — Senator Owie
Political interference has been the albatross around the Commission’s neck. Successive administrations have sought to hijack the NDDC
