Chad's transitional authorities and rebel groups have signed a peace agreement in Qatar ahead of a broad national reconciliation dialogue due to begin later this month. Monday's signing ceremony for the agreement - which included the parties agreeing to take part in a national, inclusive dialogue - was attended by more than 30 rebel groups

Monday, August 8, 2022 Yohanna Margif The Plateau State Police Command has revealed that the arrest of the embattled Labour Party aspirant, Yohanna Margif, was not politically motivated.  Mr Margif was whisked away by armed policemen on Thursday in Abuja.  A family member who spoke to Peoples Gazette confirmed the arrest, but couldn’t immediately confirm

Monday, August 8, 2022 Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the 14th Emir of Kano, has charged Nigerian youths to keep holding public officials accountable in order to salvage their future. “As citizens of this country, the future is in our hands; if care is not taken, there will be no country for the youths

Monday, August 8, 2022 Ese Brume Ese Brume has won gold for Team Nigeria in the women’s long jump event of the ongoing Commonwealth Games In Birmingham. Brume leapt 7.00 metres to break the Commonwealth Games record, winning the event with a jump to spare after doing a no jump, 6.99 metres, 6.81 metres, 6.99

Monday, August 8, 2022 Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at Red Line Train Project Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Sunday said that the Red Line Train project would begin a test-run of conveying passengers by January 2023. Mr Sanwo-Olu said this while addressing journalists, after the inspection of the Red Line Train Project at Agege

Monday, August 8, 2022 A Fulani group, Association of Matasan Fulani of Nigeria (AMFON) on Sunday condemned the incessant killings being perpetrated by some criminal elements across the country. Aliyu Ibrahim-Shaibu, the AMFON Secretary-General, made the condemnation while addressing reporters shortly after the association’s meeting in support of the APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in

document By Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Today we solemnly remember the lives -- Americans, Kenyans, Tanzanians, and others -- that were violently taken from us 24 years ago. The terrorist attacks against our Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania claimed 224 innocent victims and injured more than 4,500 others. Among

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in South Africa on Sunday, the first leg of his three-nation African tour. In addition to South Africa, Blinken is also set to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. Blinken is slated to deliver a major speech in South Africa on Monday on U.S. strategy toward

BELEDWEYNE [SMN] - Ethiopian warplanes have bombed parts of the Hiran region in central Somalia today. The shelling took place in the areas of Bagda, Qabno, and Cowmaad located between the districts of Mataban and Mahaas in the Hiran region. According to local residents, the airstrike targeted areas where Al-Shabaab militants were present. There is

MOGADISHU [SMN] - Somalia's parliament voted to approve the newly cabinet recently appointed by the new prime minister Hamza Abdi Barre. Somalia Parliament Speaker, Aden Madobe said that 229 members voted in favour of Prime Minister's request to have his cabinet passed, noting that 7 rejected and one abstained. The new Somalia premier had named

The governors were concerned about the deteriorating state of the economy and the ripple effect on the nation ahead of the 2023 general elections. Nigerian governors advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to take some urgent steps as part of coordinated efforts to instil fiscal discipline and prevent the nation from economic collapse. The governors

Sunday, August 7, 2022 Odunayo Adekuoroye and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo has congratulated Ondo state-born Olympian and Nigerian wrestling star Odunayo Adekuoroye for winning gold at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by his chief press secretary, Richard Olatunde. Adekuoroye on