CHINA and the United States reopened high-stakes trade talks in Madrid on Monday, as the world’s two largest economies struggle to resolve disputes over tariffs and technology that have roiled global markets. The negotiations resumed at Spain’s foreign ministry, a day after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng launched the […]
NIGERIA and Angola have signed two landmark agreements to boost cooperation in the fight against illicit drugs and to deepen cultural ties, marking a new phase in bilateral relations between the two nations. The accords were concluded in Luanda during the 5th Session of the Nigeria–Angola Bilateral Economic Joint Commission, which reconvened after a 24-year […]
AMUOKPOKPOR-ELUME community in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State is in uproar after a major road project constructed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) collapsed barely a year after completion, leaving residents stranded and economic life in ruins. The road, which was designed to connect several agrarian communities within the local government, had […]
WHAT unfolded in Delta State over the weekend was not just a bureaucratic squabble—it was an open power clash at the heart of the state’s education system, and the casualties are neither the Commissioner nor the Chairman, but the teachers and students caught in the middle. On Saturday 13 September, the Post Primary Education Board […]
WHEN George Wallace was shot in 1972, America performed a curious ritual. The same segregationist governor who once stood in a schoolhouse door vowing “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” suddenly became a figure of pity. Paralyzed from the waist down, he lived the rest of his life in a wheelchair. And in that frailty, […]
WE live in a land where the dead are forgotten, where shallow graves hold the voices of innocents, while their killers are welcomed into halls of power. In Katsina State today, terrorism has been rewarded with handshakes, smiles, and state recognition. What should be a firm stand against bloodshed has become an embrace of it. […]
THE streets of Kathmandu did not erupt by accident. They exploded under the weight of betrayal. For days, young Nepalis poured into the streets, their anger ignited by corruption, inequality, and the arrogance of rulers who had mistaken silence for obedience. They carried no grand ideology; they carried the scars of hunger, the bitterness of […]
THE foreign ministers of the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have held high-level consultations aimed at resolving Sudan’s two-year civil war, pledging stronger international efforts to restore peace and stability in the country. The talks, convened at the invitation of the United States, produced a joint statement outlining a shared […]
BY GLORY UGOBA THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted a spell of thunderstorms and rainfall across the country from Monday through Wednesday, cautioning residents, motorists, farmers, and airline operators to take necessary precautions. In its weather outlook released Sunday in Abuja, NiMet said isolated thunderstorms with moderate rains are expected Monday morning in Kaduna, […]
THE Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has delivered a stinging critique of Nigeria’s political class, blaming decades of “lousy leadership” for the nation’s economic hardship, social divisions, and stalled progress. Speaking on Saturday at the second edition of the Kano International Poetry Festival (KAPFEST), organised by the Poetic Wednesdays Initiative, Sanusi said Nigeria’s trajectory […]