The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, has described the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza as “hell on earth”, warning that the organisation’s ...
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has expressed deep concern over the failure of Nigeria’s commercial banking system—and by extension, that of Africa—to support yo...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued a 21-day deadline to land allottees to settle all statutory Right of Occupancy (R of O) charges or risk forfeiting their allocations. Mr ...
More than a thousand Sudanese refugees have either arrived in or attempted to reach Europe in the early months of 2025, according to a report from the United Nations refugee agency on Friday. The agen...
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has cautioned that the ongoing trade war between the United States and China may lead to a reduction of nearly 7% i...
OPay, one of Nigeria’s foremost financial technology institutions, has been recognised as the Fintech Company of the Year 2024 by Leadership Newspapers, emerging as the sole fintech recipient at this ...
The Nigerian naira weakened further in the parallel market on Thursday, exchanging at N1,621 to the US dollar, marking a sharp decline from the N1,580/$1 rate recorded just a day prior. This represent...
Somalia has signed a $306.5 million debt relief agreement with the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), marking a significant step in the country’s ongoing economic reform agenda. The deal, described by the Soma...
Peace talks scheduled for Wednesday in Doha between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have been postponed, despite initial expectations that this would mark their ...
The Federal Government of Nigeria is preparing to launch a new electronic visa (E-Visa) system as part of a broader effort to streamline the visa issuance process and enhance airport security across t...