By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu is currently holding a closed-door meeting with Nigeria’s top security chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja amid rising concerns over school abductions and attacks in northern states. Attending the session are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyode; Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Kelvin Aneke;…
By Ayomide Otitoju French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that the G20 is “at risk” as the group struggles to find common ground on major global crises, speaking at a summit in South Africa on Saturday that was notably boycotted by the United States. Macron joined more than two dozen world leaders in Johannesburg for…
A growing rift between the United States and Europe over the future of Ukraine is set to overshadow the G20 summit opening in Johannesburg on Saturday, compounded by the pointed absence of US President Donald Trump. The gathering — the first G20 summit to be hosted on African soil — is drawing world leaders including…
By Ayomide Otitoju The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised the Federal Government’s handling of the case involving the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, warning that his conviction could heighten national tension. In a post on X on Saturday, Obi said Kanu’s arrest, detention and eventual conviction…
By Ayomide Otitoju Ukrainian and United States officials are expected to meet in Switzerland in the coming days to discuss Washington’s proposed plan to end the war with Russia, Kyiv announced on Saturday, as it seeks revisions to provisions seen as accommodating some of Moscow’s toughest demands. US President Donald Trump has given Ukraine less…
By Ayomide Otitoju The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barr. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, joined a delegation of party leaders to celebrate the 80th birthday of Chief Olabode George on November 21, 2025, in Victoria Island, Lagos. Chief George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP and a prominent figure in…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr. Alfred Adewale Martins, has called for immediate and decisive measures to tackle the growing wave of insecurity across Nigeria. Archbishop Martins highlighted recent terrorist attacks and mass abductions as evidence of the urgent need for the federal government and security agencies to identify and…
By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been awarded an honorary Doctorate in Business Administration by Rome Business School, Nigeria. The accolade was presented on Saturday during the school’s 2025 graduation ceremony at Victoria Island, Lagos. Prof. Antonio Ragusa, founder of Rome Business School and its Nigerian chapter, said the honorary degree recognizes…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Eleventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded in Geneva on November 22, 2025, with 160 Parties adopting critical measures to strengthen global tobacco control. The six-day meeting, held from November 17–22, focused on combating the global tobacco epidemic and…
