President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Claudia Sheinbaum on her historic election as Mexico’s first female President. In a statement on Wednesday by Tinubu’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, he stated that the election of Sheinbaum as Mexico’s first female leader has cemented the voices of women in government and broken the political glass ceiling. The president also…
President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the passing of President Ebrahim Raisi; Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials who died in a helicopter crash. Raisi and nine others On Sunday lost their lives after a helicopter conveying them crashed due…
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei assigned vice president Mohammad Mokhber to assume interim duties after the death of president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash a day earlier. “In accordance with Article 131 of the constitution, Mokhber is in charge of leading the executive branch,” said Khamenei in a statement, adding that Mokhber will…
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have finalised plans to form a new confederation, the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States, marking a geopolitical shift in the region. This move showed their departure from their former colonial ruler, France, and a turn towards closer relations with Russia. The announcement was made following a meeting of…
The United States has announced the unveiling of an Air Transport Agreement with Nigeria. The Public Diplomacy Department of the US Mission in Nigeria, which disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, said the agreement had provisionally been applied since 2000. The bilateral agreement establishes a modern civil aviation relationship between the two countries. The mission…
The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, visited Kaduna State on Friday and met with wounded and injured Nigerian soldiers at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital. Newsmen reported that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, visited Kaduna State on Friday, where they were welcomed by Governor Uba Sani, who gifted the…
A Boeing 737-300 aircraft has reportedly crashed during take-off in Senegal, causing injuries to 11 individuals, four of whom sustained severe injuries. According to a statement released by the airport authorities, the incident occurred as Air Senegal flight HC 301, destined for the Malian capital Bamako, veered off the runway at Dakar’s Blaise Diagne airport…
Chad will hold presidential election on Monday to stop the three years of military administration and usher in democracy. It was gathered that General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, who seized power in 2021, suspended the constitution, and was installed as the president of the Transitional Military Council, is the favourite among the 10 candidates. The…
Denmark plans to extend the legal limit for abortion from 12 to 18 weeks, the health ministry said on Friday, a move that comes as several countries seek to restrict access to abortion. “After 50 years, it’s time for the rules governing abortion to change and to strengthen women’s right to decide,” Health Minister Sophie…
The death toll from flood-related incidents in Kenya has crossed 200 since March, the interior ministry said Friday, as a cyclone barrelled towards the Tanzanian coast. Torrential rains have lashed much of East Africa, triggering flooding and landslides that have destroyed crops, swallowed homes, and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Some 210 people have…