By Joke Kujenya CONTROVERSIAL NEW global conflict resolution plans were unveiled on Thursday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos with the launch of the Board of Peace by United States President Donald Trump. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the initiative, which Trump will chair, is intended to mediate and resolve international conflicts t...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent TOUCHING DOWN in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu prepared to participate in the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, opening on Monday. The President’s aircraft landed at the Presidential Wing of Zayed International Airport at 11:30pm local time, a stateme...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent SECURITY DISCUSSIONS dominated the agenda in Abuja as a visiting United States (US) congressional delegation met with Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to examine steps for strengthening nationwide protection. The US Congressman, Riley Moore described the meetings as focused on ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FRESH DIPLOMATIC appointments advanced at the federal level as a new roster ofm32 ambassadorial nominees moved to the Senate for screening. President Bola Tinubu transmitted the consolidated list of 32 envoy candidates to the Senate for confirmation, following the earlier submission of the firs...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNews0 FLUCTUATIONS IN the Nigerian capital market are part of normal cycles and not triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about Nigeria, the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has stated. Speaking on Channels Television’s Business Morning, Oyedele explained...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FRESH DETAILS have emerged on a bilateral understanding that allows Ghana to act as a receivership hub for West African nationals deported from the United States of America (USA). President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed that his government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the...
By Joke Kujenya HIGH-LEVEL talks between United States (US) President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded in Alaska on Friday without an agreement on a ceasefire in Ukraine, despite both leaders describing the meeting as constructive. The three-hour summit, their first in-person encounter since 2019, produced expressio...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu LESS THAN a decade ago, the detention centre of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Scheveningen on the outskirts of The Hague could easily have been mistaken for a committee meeting of leaders of the African Union. One of its long-term guests was Laurent Gbagbo, a former president of Côte d’Ivoire. […]
SPEAKING at the 149th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Related Meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, Nigerian Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, emphasized the pivotal role of congressional diplomacy in achieving world peace and resolving conflicts. Akpabio, also the chairman of Nigeria’s National Assembly, underscored the significanc...
