The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has announced the acquisition of a JPY 1.6 billion (USD 12.1 million) grant from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to dev...
European defence ministers have reiterated that Russia’s ongoing military aggression remains a significant barrier to achieving a peace agreement in Ukraine, as the United States proceeds with diploma...
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...