Author: Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Federal Government of Nigeria has congratulated the President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on his election as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, Nigeria described President Faye’s emergence as a significant milestone for the regional bloc and reaffirmed its commitment to supporting his leadership. According to the statement, Nigeria commended the ECOWAS leadership for ensuring a seamless transition,…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has reaffirmed its commitment to driving youth economic transformation in Africa by strengthening its Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme to equip young Nigerians with skills for the evolving global economy. The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, made this known during an interactive session between the Scheme’s top management and stakeholders at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja, where he stressed that the SAED programme would be repositioned to meet emerging economic realities through innovation, entrepreneurship and digital inclusion. General…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has inaugurated a National Working Group on Human Rights and Climate Change, declared that climate change is no longer just an environmental challenge but a human rights issue that demands urgent action. Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja, the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Chief Tony Ojukwu, said the devastating impact of climate change on lives and livelihoods required a people-centred approach to policy and action. According to Ojukwu, climate change is about families losing their homes, farmers losing their livelihoods, communities being displaced…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Rt. Honourable Andy Burnham on his assumption of office as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, expressed confidence that Nigeria and Britain will deepen their longstanding strategic partnership under the new administration. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ministry’s Spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, said President Tinubu also congratulated the Government and people of the United Kingdom for what he described as a peaceful, orderly and seamless leadership transition, noting that it reflected the strength of the…

The Office of the Minister of Defence has dismissed as false and malicious reports circulating on social media claiming that the Minister, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd), planning to resign from office. In a statement signed by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister of Defence, Leah Katung-Babatunde, the ministry described the claim as a fabricated rumour designed to mislead the public, stressing that the minister has no intention of stepping down from his position. The statement said General Musa remained fully focused on his national security mandate, deeply committed…