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FG declares state of emergency on Suleja-Minna Road construction, revokes contract with Salini Company
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Federal Government has declared a state of emergency on the construction of the Suleja-Minna road due to the poor quality of work and abandonment of the project by the contractor, Salini Nigeria Limited. Minister of Works,...

FG declares state of emergency on Suleja-Minna Road construction
The Federal Government has declared a state of emergency on the construction of the Suleja-Minna Road. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this known on Saturday during the inspection of the road that has become dilapidated and almost...

OBITUARY: Aminu Dantata, Kano billionaire businessman who owned lands ‘all over the world’
Aminu Alhassan Dantata, the iconic Kano-born businessman, began his journey in commerce before he was ten. It was a family tradition. His father taught him and his siblings the basics of trade early, encouraging them to understand the value of...

Yeslem Beisat: Championing Sahrawi people’s foreign interests, By Owei Lakemfa
Yeslem Beisat So, what is the current state of affairs? Beisat said that since November 2020 when Morocco again attacked Western Sahara, seizing more lands, hostilities between the two armies have resumed. He pointed out that while Morocco claims...

Nigerian Govt declares state of emergency on Suleja-Minna road construction
The Federal Government has declared a state of emergency on the construction of the Suleja-Minna road. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this known on Saturday during an inspection of the road. Umahi explained that the road project was...

Terrorism, insecurity: The need for Nigeria to fence up
In the face of Nigeria’s deepening security crisis, especially the recent killing in Yelwata and Daudu villages in Benue State, where it was claimed that the killer herdsmen are foreign mercenaries who come in from Cameroon, strike, and then go...

Tinubu Confers Prestigious National Honor on Afreximbank’s President Oramah
In a stirring keynote address at the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings, Nigerian President H.E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu celebrated the African Export-Import Bank as a cornerstone of continental sovereignty while bestowing Nigeria’s second-highest...

Obi faults Tinubu’s Saint Lucia trip, says he should focus on tackling poverty
Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s planned trip to Saint Lucia. President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja on Sunday for Saint Lucia, a country in the Caribbean. A statement...

Nigerian President hails Afreximbank as pillar of African sovereignty, honours outgoing President Prof. Benedict Oramah
Tinubu honours Afrexim Bank President, Prof Benedict Oramah. Abuja, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT | Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday described the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) as a symbol of African sovereignty and...

Gaza ceasefire talks intensify as Trump suggests a deal may be within reach
Gaza ceasefire talks being held in Cairo have moved up a gear, with US President Donald Trump saying an agreement could be reached within a week and mediator Qatar speaking of a window of opportunity that should be seized. Speaking from the Oval...

Consumed by Terror: Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall faces crucial threat (1)
Qosim Suleiman, Abdullah Tijani, Amma Moussa & Gaston Sawadogo Five years ago, Aliyu Garba, 45, was summoned to his village head’s palace to receive some exciting news: He would now participate in a massive tree-planting project commissioned by...

Kenya to play its CHAN Group A match in Kasarani
NAIROBI – Kenya will host all of its African Nations Championship (CHAN) Group A matches at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, according to the official fixtures released Friday by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The...

EditorialThere must be no let-up in the fight against terrorism
Scenes of panic, pools of blood and religious icons shattered by gunfire – the images from Sunday’s appalling terrorist attack on worshippers gathered in Damascus’s Mar Elias Church are reminiscent of previous outrageous attacks committed against...

The Implications for Global Governance of China and Russia’s Post-2022 Alignment
Executive Summary The political alignment of China and Russia is best defined as a friendship rather than a classical alliance. While they are committed to coordinating and supporting each other, the relationship does not entail the strict...

Nigeria At War; But With Itself
Nigeria is a big name. Quote me anywhere. It is destined to be great. A brief journey into its past would expose one to this reality. Its epithet “Giant of Africa” is not a mistaken epithet. Calling Nigeria a giant is not only well thought out, it...

How Tinubu’s foreign policy benefits the common man, By Ademola Oshodi
Presidents Tinubu and Macron in Paris. Some may ask: What is Tinubu’s foreign policy really about? It is about results. Nigerians are seeing cheaper food, more stable currency, safer borders, and new jobs. These diplomatic missions have yielded...

Highways to hell: west Africa’s road networks are the preferred battleground for terror groups
What’s the connection between roads and conflict in west Africa? This may seem like an odd question. But a study we conducted shows a close relationship between the two. We are researchers of transnational political violence. We analysed 58,000...

UN chief says those seeking food in Gaza must not face 'death sentence'
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that any operation that funnels desperate civilians seeking aid into militarised zones in Gaza is “inherently unsafe”, and that “it is killing people”. While Mr Guterres did not identify any...

Don debunks acclaimed Igbo-Jewish ancestry
BY SAM OTUONYE An erudite anthropologist and veteran journalist, Prof. Peter-Jazzy Ezeh, has punctured the notion that the Igbo share ancestral relationship with the Jews, even as he declared that Hausa language is closer to Hebrew than Igbo. He...

Conversations with Yeslem Beisat, Championing Sahrawi People’s Foreign Interests
I went to a meeting in Abuja with the visiting Western Sahara –Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic- Foreign Minister. It was arranged by Ambassador Brahim B. Buseif, the country’s ambassador in Nigeria. I was received by Buseif and a friend,...