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Nigeria has called for global cooperation to disrupt the network of financial support and counter terrorist travel in Africa. Nigeria made a call in his statement at a meeting of senior diplomatic officials from the small group of global coalitions to defeat ISIS/Daesh in Madrid, Spain. The statement text from the meeting, released by the United States and the Spanish …

Aliko Dantate and Dapo Inhabitun The president of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Aliko Dongite, will retire from the Board of Directors starting from 16 June 2025, after two decades of leadership. According to the company, the decision has aligned itself with principles of good company of corporate government and succession. The secretary of the company, Temitope Hassan, who announced it …

A political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, on Thursday urged President Tinubu Bola to restructure the country before the 2027 General Election. He made a call on June 12: National Dialogue Annual Democracy Day in Ikeja, Lagos. Utomi said Nigerian democracy would be strengthened by total restructuring. He said: “Agitation for total restructuring will stabilize and advance democracy in the country. …

The richest person in Africa, Aliko Dangote, has retired from the Dangote Sugar Refinery Council (DSR). The billionaire businessman has served as Chairman of the DSR Council for the past 20 years and helped shape the company’s growth. DSR announced retirement of dangote in the disclosure of the company dated June 11, 2025, submitted to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) …

Lemmy ughegbe, phd, anipr The address of the Democracy Day of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, delivered on June 12, 2025, was, in the center, a valiant attempt to reconnect with the Nigerian people, reminded us of our fought democratic journey and affirmed a moral authority for the government that guides. He told the story of our democratic struggles, greeted the …

The International Labor Organization (ILO) on Thursday called for collaborative efforts to eliminate child labor, especially in cocoa farming and the artisanal mining sector. The Director of the ILO office for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Dr. Vanessa Phala-Moyo, made a call in a program to commemorate World Day 2025 against child labor in Minna, Niger state. Phala-Moyo, who …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred posthumous national honors of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) to the deceased Shehu Umaru Musa Yar’adua. The president who announced him in his speech on democracy, also conferred a posthumous honor of the commander of the Federal Republic (cf.) on Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, widow of the late Mko Abiola. Others who …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the State of Anambra has threatened to challenge in the court of introducing the N50 Million Campaign Permit for the Governor Candidate by the State Government. Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency (AnsAA) on Wednesday ordered the Governor candidate for the November 8 election to pay the N50 Million Campaign Permit fee. At least …

The local police chief in Ahmedabad states that 204 bodies were recovered from the Air India 171 flight website. The flight crashed shortly after taking off from the Indian city, transporting at least 242 people. The airline declared in a declaration that the plane transported 169 Indian citizens, 53 British citizens, one Canadian and Seven Portuguese. The London authorities confirmed …

Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) recorded N5.89 trillion revenue in April. The company also recorded profit after tax (PAT) N748 billion for the same period. State-owned oil company revealed this in a new report entitled: ‘Summary of NNPC-April 2025 Limited Monthly Reports. It pays a legal payment of N4.22 trillion between January and March. “All financial numbers are …