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About 31 people have been confirmed dead after an explosion at a barbecue restaurant in north-west China. The explosion happened on Wednesday night, on the eve of the three-day Dragon boat festival when families and friends gather for celebrations. According to a preliminary investigation by the fire department, a restaurant employee smelled […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says energy transition must be “country-led and owned”.  Speaking at the financial pact summit in Paris on Thursday, Ramaphosa said the experience and challenges of poor countries must be considered as the world makes the shift to clean energy. He said transition means different things for different […]

A witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) told the presidential election petition court on Thursday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deliberately deleted presidential election results from the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines.  Testifying as the petitioners’ 26th witness, Hitler Nwala, a digital forensic analyst, said he inspected 110 BVAS […]

Dele Alake, the special adviser to the president on communications and strategy, says President Bola Tinubu has not approved a salary review for political office holders and judicial officers. In a statement on Thursday, Alake said while it is the constitutional duty of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to review […]

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister publication of The Economist of London, says Lagos, Nigeria’s economic nerve centre, is now the fourth worst city to live in the world. According to the EIU’s 2023 Global Liveability report, Lagos was ranked above Algiers, the capital of Algeria; Tripoli, Libya’s capital; and Damascus, the […]

Richard Montgomery, the British high commissioner to Nigeria, says Tinubu’s “big economic decisions are being noticed”  globally. Montgomery spoke on Wednesday during a visit to Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the presidential villa in Abuja. Tinubu recently introduced some reforms in the oil and gas and financial sectors believed to be critical for […]

Usman Baba, immediate past inspector-general of police (IGP), says he left the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) better than he met it on his appointment in 2021. Baba spoke on Wednesday in Abuja while handing over to Kayode Egbetokun, newly-appointed acting IGP. Baba said he had set out to positively change policing narratives […]

The West African Elders Forum (WAEF) led by former President Goodluck Jonathan has arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital ahead of the country’s general election scheduled for June 24. In a statement on Wednesday, Wealth Dickson Ominabo, communications officer of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, said the delegation also includes Kadre Ouedraogo, former Burkinabe […]