From poverty to wealth: X-raying China’s rapid economic growth
Chinese President Xi Jinping By Mark Longyen, Foreign Affairs Editor, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) When UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, eulogised China as “the country...
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The urgency of a new Pan-Africanism
By Ipole Amajama It was Marcus Garvey, the Jamaica-born British political activist, that said, “We have a beautiful history, but we will create one that...
First black South African Miss World representative during apartheid dies
Cynthia Shange, the first black woman to represent South Africa at Miss World during apartheid, has died at the age of 76.The multi-award-winning actress and...
South Africa: Court sentences Malema 5 years in prison
By Myke Uzendu, Abuja A court in South Africa has sentenced opposition leader Julius Malema to five years’ imprisonment, in a ruling that is expected to...
President Xi urges closer, stronger China-Russia strategic coordination to defend interests, uphold Global South unity
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Beijing, China, April 15, 2026. /Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday...
M’East conflict: Pope calls for peace
By Daniel Tyokua Pope Leo XIV has called for end to the ranging Middle East conflict that affects activities. In his first Easter blessing as...
Iran’s Retaliation Hits Gulf States Harder Than Israel
By MU Abubakar Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have borne the overwhelming impact of Iran’s retaliation in the ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict, receiving 83 percent of...
Donald Trump threatens to obliterate Iran’s power plants, gives 48 hour deadline
The US president, Donald Trump, posted on Truth Social, Saturday night, saying that the US will “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the country doesn’t open...
Khamenei to be buried in Shiite shrine in home city of Mashhad
The body of the slain Iranian religious leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei is to be buried in a Shiite shrine in his home city of Mashhad,...
U.S. military says it has struck nearly 2,000 targets in Iran
U.S. Central Command (CENTOM) on Tuesday said U.S. forces had struck nearly 2,000 targets in Iran since the United States-Israel large-scale offensive against the country...