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  • Politics

    Aleksandar Vucic

    Serbia’s Vucic resigns as president to run for prime minister

    “Tomorrow morning I will hand over my duties to the parliament speaker,” Mr Vučić said on Sunday. “This is the last evening for me in this building.”

    Rights

    NAPTIP agents

    NAPTIP uncovers suspected child trafficking ring in Cross River

    The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has uncovered an alleged child trafficking operation involving newborn babies in Cross River.

    Economy

    Vice-President Shettima’s delegation drives public-private dialogue at Flutterwave’s UNGA 2026 Roundtable

    The roundtable brought together government, business, and investment leaders to advance infrastructure, capital, and partnerships for Africa’s next decade of growth.

    Health

    Four Africans shortlisted as finalists for engineering innovation prize

    Four innovators have been named finalists for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for developing healthcare and agricultural technologies.

    Education

    Tunji Alausa

    FG targets 10 million globally certified Nigerians by 2030

    “Nigeria’s greatest asset is its people: a young, ambitious, English-speaking and increasingly digitally capable population,” Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, said.

    OPINION

    The Black Queen of Hearts: Why Mia Mottley captures the global spirit

    For Africa and its diaspora, Mottley now represents something larger than the politics of Barbados.

    What shall we do about South Africa?

    A mob is a failure of policing. A death in custody is the state performing the violence itself, in a building, on a record, with a docket number.

    What Nigeria loses as Tinubu skips UNGA yet again

    If Africa remains central to Nigeria’s foreign policy, the UN cannot be peripheral.

    Vice President Shettima’s United Nations General Assembly Speech (A Rejected Draft)

    For those of you who have approached me since I arrived to ask whether everything is alright with my president, let me assure you that all is well.

    Deaths that have become ordinary

    The citizens who died in Odigbo were not numbers. Neither were the 37 people who died in Niger.

    Tinubu finally solves his Chicago problem

    Sometimes, the best diplomatic strategy is simple: don’t show up.

    Lagos

    Stakeholders in Orile-Agege and Agege council areas

    Lagos Assembly Polls: Agege stakeholders urge Egunjobi, Yusuf to return to APC

    Stakeholders in Orile-Agege and Agege council areas of Lagos have urged former chairman Ganiyu Egunjobi and Azeez Yusuf to return to the APC.

    Abuja

    Shettima disembarking from plane

    Shettima returns to Nigeria after UNGA81

    Vice-President Kashim Shettima has returned to Nigeria after representing President Bola Tinubu at the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, held in New York.

    States

    NAPTIP agents

    NAPTIP uncovers suspected child trafficking ring in Cross River

    The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has uncovered an alleged child trafficking operation involving newborn babies in Cross River.