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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has disclosed that Africa loses a staggering $88.6 billion annually to corruption and illicit financial flows (IFFs). This amount represents 3.7 per cent of the continent’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a figure that highlights the significant economic and social challenges posed by these issues. The revelation was made by ECOWAS’ Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, during a regional certification training on financial investigation for anti-corruption institutions in Niger state on Monday, April 7. Represented by Ebenezer Asiedu, the head of the commission’s Democracy and Good Governance Division,…

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Adolphus Wabara, has strongly criticised President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima for their recent foreign travels, accusing them of being unprepared for governance at a time when the country is facing significant challenges. Wabara expressed his dismay over the timing of their trips, with Tinubu on a two-week working visit to France and Shettima in Dakar, Senegal, to represent the President at the country’s 65th Independence Day celebrations on April 4. The PDP leader described the dual absences of both the President and the Vice President…

The newly crowned Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Olatunji Owoade, has expressed deep gratitude for his ascension to the throne, attributing it entirely to divine will rather than political manoeuvring or external influence. In his first public statement after being crowned the 46th Alaafin, Owoade made it clear that his emergence was not influenced by any political connections, notably stating that he had never met Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde or former Senator Monsurat Sunmonu during the selection process. Oba Owoade, who was crowned on Saturday, April 5, after completing all the required rites and ceremonies, shared his thoughts during…

The Minister of Youth, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, has called on the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to adjust its orientation programme, advocating for a later start to daily activities in a bid to improve the welfare of corps members. Speaking at the 2025 annual management conference in Abuja, themed ‘Transforming the NYSC Scheme to Meet the Yearnings of Contemporary Nigerian Graduates and Society’, Olawande suggested that camp drills begin at 7:00 am instead of the usual 4:00 am. He argued that this adjustment would allow corps members to rest properly, making them more active and engaged during…

Two prominent figures of the Labour Party (LP)—Peter Obi, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, and Alex Otti, the Governor of Abia State—have called for a crucial meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). The meeting is set to take place on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. According to a notice jointly issued by Obi and Otti, the NEC meeting will be followed by an interactive town hall engagement with major stakeholders and other key party organs. The engagement will be held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, providing a platform for broader discussion on…

A powerful wave of dissent swept across the United States on Saturday as coordinated anti-Trump protests erupted in all 50 states, marking the largest nationwide demonstration of Donald Trump’s second term. The protests were a response to what organizers described as a sweeping attack on Americans’ rights, economic stability, and democratic values. More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” protests took place across cities including Washington D.C., New York, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles, with an estimated 600,000 people participating. Demonstrators also gathered in solidarity across international cities like London, Paris, Berlin, and Toronto. The mass mobilization came just days after President…

Anti-abortion campaigner Livia Tossici-Bolt was convicted for protesting outside a Bournemouth clinic, despite support from the White House A pro-life activist backed by the White House has said she is fighting for free speech. Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, was convicted on Friday for protesting outside an abortion clinic by holding a sign that read: “Here to talk if you want to.” The mother of three was handed a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £20,026 in costs after the 2023 protests in Bournemouth, Dorset. On Saturday, she told BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme: “What I’m going to do [now]? There isn’t much…

Trump administration has waded into Britain’s heated abortion rights debate by throwing its support behind a UK-based anti-abortion activist recently convicted for breaching protest restrictions. The U.S. intervention has triggered renewed diplomatic friction between the two countries and could complicate ongoing trade negotiations. Livia Tossici-Bolt, a 64-year-old dual UK-Italian citizen and retired NHS medical scientist, was handed a two-year conditional discharge and fined over £20,000 for violating a buffer zone law outside a BPAS abortion clinic in Bournemouth. Her sign simply read, “Here to talk if you want to.” A UK court ruled that her presence breached legislation prohibiting protests…

Moscow — With the faint hope of a ceasefire in Ukraine on the horizon, Russia is preparing for what it sees as an early Christmas gift: the lifting of U.S. sanctions. Behind the scenes, Kremlin officials are already compiling wish lists of which penalties they hope Washington will remove first. The Biden-era restrictions, followed by more under Trump’s second administration, have left Russia facing the world’s most extensive sanctions regime—over 6,500 U.S. measures since February 2022. But recent diplomatic gestures, including a statement from White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Russia’s promise to ensure safe passage through the Black Sea,…

IT IS becoming an odd tradition: America’s secretaries of state use their final days to catalogue their failings in the Middle East. John Kerry did it in 2016. Antony Blinken took his turn on January 14th. In a speech at the Atlantic Council, a think-tank, he described a litany of problems in Gaza: the misery of civilians; the failure to find an alternative to Hamas; the lack of a broader peace plan. As a piece of analysis, it was spot-on; as a farewell from America’s top diplomat, it was self-indictment. Joe Biden never worked out how to exert American power to achieve…