By Kestér Kenn KLOMEGÂH Under a signed bilateral agreement, China has completed and will hand over, in February 2026, the new headquarters (building) located in Abuja, Nigeria, to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It is significantly part of Beijing#8217;s strategy to project China#8217;s policy influence through gifting prestigious presidential palaces and parliamentary buildings considered ?unique? in its historical relations with Africa. Reports show that since 2000, Beijing has bankrolled the construction or renovation of nearly 200 government complexes. Several of such projects were funded through various...

Army-aligned government returns to the capital, which was quickly overrun by the RSF in the early days of war in 2023.

Nigeria | 11 minutes ago Boniface Okoro in Umuahia A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Chief Chijioke Chukwu, has said that the party would win Abia in 2027 to enable the state to enjoy the benefits of being aligned to the centre. Chukwu said in an interview in Umuahia that he would rather prefer a scenario where the APC in the 2027 election would field a governorship candidate to face Governor Alex Otti of the Labour Party. The former...

Morocco coach Walid Regragui has angrily rejected suggestions his team is benefiting from favorable...

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Morocco coach Walid Regragui has angrily rejected suggestions his team is benefiting from favorable refereeing decisions as the Africa Cup of Nations host. Regragui says, ?We?re the team to beat. As the team to beat, people will try to find ......

As Nigeria enters 2026, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set the stage for a cautiously optimistic economic trajectory, reflecting both the resilience of the domestic economy and the bank's proactive policy measures. ......

Dollar supply rebounded by 38 percent month on month in December 2025 as increased foreign exchange sales by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) helped support market liquidity, data from FMDQ showed. ......

Despite the gains recorded in the country's aviation sector under the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, concerns over multiple taxations have remained. ......

Bafana Bafana and Banyana Banyana will return to major tournaments this year ? the Fifa World Cup and WAFCON ? in North America and Morocco respectively. Bafana will be back at the global showpiece in June for the first time since hosting the tournament in 2010. They need to ensure that their return is worthwhile by competing well in Mexico in June. It is imperative for them to show up at the World Cup due to the fact that they had a very disappointing outing at AFCON, exiting in the last 16 when they...

Forward Bryan Mbeumo says Cameroon's first-half performance cost them in the quarter-final defeat by Morocco at the Africa Cup of Nations. ......

After the intervention of the Federal...

Super Eagles winger, Moses Simon has revealed that Nigeria is not seeking revenge ahead of the quarterfinal clash against Algeria at the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco. ......

Some Nigerians have condemned the new US visa Bond...

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*Tips the Atlas Lions to win today's Q'final fixture in Rabat ......

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft operating under the joint task force of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully hit terrorist targets at Abbajiri in the Timbuktu Triangle of Lake Chad, clearing the way for a ground offensive by troops. ......

Mr Trump had disclosed to the world through a post on Truth Social that the attack was part of the US effort to stop the operations of radical Islamic groups in the country. ......

As anticipation builds ahead of the Africa...

The Super Eagles will continue their...

Egypt and Jordan on Saturday called for the deployment of an international stability force in the Gaza Strip and the formation of a Palestinian technocratic committee to manage the territory under the framework of US President Donald Trump#8217;s ceasefire plan. In a telephone call between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of...

OFFA, Nigeria ? When President Donald Trump announced U.S. airstrikes in Nigeria on Christmas night, he declared that his newly rebranded War Department had conducted ?numerous perfect strikes? against ?ISIS Terrorist Scum.? But warheads in four of the 16 Tomahawk missiles that were fired that night appeared not to explode, according to Nigerian officials, analysts and imagery reviewed by The Washington Post. Residents said one of the unexploded munitions landed in an onion field in the village of Jabo, in northwest Nigeria, while another hit residential buildings in Offa, around 300 miles to the south. The third Tomahawk crashed in an agricultural field outside Offa, according to a state...

A stronger hand in fighting insurgency, but a possible loss of sovereignty and internal political division if not properly managed. ......

Algeria 0-2 Nigeria...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) ? In the end, even Samuel Eto?o was happy. ......

RABAT, Morocco (AP) ? Victor Osimhen scored one goal and set up another for Nigeria to down Algeria 2-0 on Saturday for a place in the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations. ......

RABAT, Morocco (AP) ? Mohamed Salah scored and Egypt eliminated defending champion Ivory Coast to move into the Africa Cup of Nations semifinals with a 3-2 victory on Saturday. ......

The UK government reportedly co-owns a strategic port controlled by the UAE in the breakaway region of Somaliland, which is part of a network of Emirati infrastructure used to supply weapons to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that are committing genocide in Sudan. The United Kingdom?s share in the Port of Berbera is held through the government?s foreign investment arm, British International Investment (BII), which jointly owns the Horn of Africa port with the UAE?s logistics behemoth DP World and the so-called Government of Somaliland. This is while the UK?s partnership with DP World in...

Hundreds of activists have staged a mass rally in Morocco to express their solidarity with the Palestinian nation amid relentless Israeli acts of aggression in the occupied West Bank and war-torn Gaza Strip. The demonstrators marched through the streets in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, on Friday, roundly rejecting their...

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