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  • Anti-Corruption

    Auwal Ibrahim Musa-Rafsanjani

    Nigeria records gains against illicit finance, asset recovery: CISLAC

    Nigeria has recorded significant progress in tackling illicit financial flows, recovering assets and strengthening anti-money laundering enforcement, CISLAC says.

    Rights

    Isreal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

    Gaza: Israel prevented genocide, didn’t commit it, says Netanyahu

    Mr Netanyahu says Israel has worked to prevent a genocide, denying claims that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, describing the accusation as “the greatest lie of the century”.

    OPINION

    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.

    Can Nollywood embrace AI without losing its cultural identity?

    Culture is not an aesthetic preset. You cannot prompt your way into a lived experience.

    World

    German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul

    German foreign minister visits Ottawa for talks on security, tech

    German foreign minister Johann Wadephul is visiting Canada on Friday, on a side trip during his participation in the UN General Debate in New York.

    Africa

    Nigeria says financing key to realising Africa’s development aims

    The Nigerian government has said funding gaps remain an impediment to sustaining growth, with available resources used to service debt to the detriment of other development needs.