President Bola Tinubu formally announced on Monday the establishment of diplomatic relations with Saint Lucia, describing it as a “symbolic bridge that will provide a gateway in fostering closer ties between us.” President Tinubu stated this while addressing a special joint session of the Senate and House of Assembly of Saint Lucia at the William
Alvina Reynolds, President of the Saint Lucian Senate has underscored Nigeria’s and Saint Lucian ancestral links by quoting the result of a British census conducted on the island in 1815, which showed that most of the residents came from Nigeria. “Of the 16,282 enslaved people in Saint Lucia that year, 3,488 were born in Africa.
As conversations around the 2027 presidential election gather momentum, political observers are beginning to ask tough questions, one of them being whether Vice President Kashim Shettima will retain his place beside President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the APC ticket. The growing silence around Shettima’s name, especially during recent party endorsements for Tinubu, has only added
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Dozens of Israeli settlers rampaged around a military base in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, setting fires, vandalizing military vehicles, spraying graffiti and attacking soldiers, the military said. Sunday night’s unrest came after several attacks in the West Bank carried out by Jewish settlers and anger at their arrests by security
The naira fell from about ₦460 to over ₦1,600 per dollar in just two years and this has left many Nigerians worried. rFood is more expensive, imports cost a fortune, and even basic services have become harder to afford. But amid the daily struggles, could there actually be some benefits hidden in this sharp depreciation?