Saturday, December 13, 2025

REGION

Nigerian Singer-Songwriter, Jones, Makes Debut In Saudi Arabia

  The Saudi Museums Commission, one of 11 sectors under the Ministry of Culture, has presented Nigerian singer-songwriter Keziah Jones at the Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art at Jax (SAMoCA), as part of its SAFAR live music program. In a statement made available to this newspaper by Muhammad Alshabi of the Embassy of Saudi […]

Nigeria’s Tinubu Attends Ghana’s Presidential Inauguration

  Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu is attending the inauguration of Ghanaian President-elect John Mahama on January 7, 2025. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga. Mahama, who served as the 12th president of Ghana between 2011 and 2017, was reelected in December 2024. He will succeed President Nana Akuffo-Addo […]

DIPLOMATIC SECTIONS

French Agency Supports ECOWAS In Livestock Development

  As part of the implementation of the Regional Agricultural Policy (ECOWAP) and the regional strategy for livestock development and securing pastoral systems in West Africa and the Sahel, the ECOWAS Commission has received a financial grant of eighteen (18) million euros from the French Development Agency (AFD) to implement two flagship regional projects for […]

Saudi Embassy, University, Conclude Quranic Competition In Nigeria

The Religious Attaché Office at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Abuja has concluded the National Competition for the Memorization and Interpretation of the Holy Qur’an, organized in cooperation with the Center for Islamic Studies at Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto. A statement from Embassy’s Head of Media Attache and spokesperson Muhammad […]

NEWS SECTION

KIDVARC 40th Anniversary Programmes Kick Off Thursday

The 15th remembrance anniversary of the schools’ Proprietor, Dr. Samuel Oyedokun Omotoso, will be observed as part of the celebrations.   The authorities of KIDVARC Nursery, Primary and High Schools, Iree, has announced activities to commemorate the 40th anniversary of KIDVARC Nursery and Primary School and the 30th anniversary of KIDVARC High School, both located […]

An Eulogy For Suleja’s Matriarch

  By Jibrin Abubakar, PhD In Suleja Emirate, a solemn quiet prevails as the final bell tolls for an educational matriarch. Hajiya Ramatu Awwal Ibrahim, the last of the Mohicans took a celestial bow Friday November 21, 2025, and joined her ancestors. Streets that once echoed with the vibrancy of schoolchildren now seem hushed in […]