IATA has launched “Save a Life, Not a Bag” – a passenger safety campaign urging travelers not to take cabin baggage during an aircraft evacuation.
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Boeing has commenced its first tranche of advanced technical training program in Lagos for Nigerian airline engineers as part of its continued commitment to strengthen aviation safety, operational readiness and workforce development across Africa.
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Breaking her silence through her counsel, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, Alison-Madueke insisted that there was no such thing as “Diezani loot” and maintained that she had no…
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The Federal Government has committed N50 million to a newly launched Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Fund for Cancer Patients, aimed at easing the non-medical financial burdens that often prevent patients from accessing or completing treatment in Nigeria. The initiative was unveiled in Abuja on Wednesday by the Minister of State for Health and Social […]
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The 52nd G7 Summit in France concluded on Wednesday with leaders issuing a shared position on geopolitical issues in Ukraine, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific.
The Heads of State reiterated their unwavering support for Ukraine in defending its freedom, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, and solidarity with the Ukrainian population.
Commending Ukraine for its progress on the battlefield in recent months, the G7 agreed to increase the delivery of air defence capacities, additional systems and interceptors, and long-range capabilities
The alliance promised to boost Ukraine’s energy resilience, extend licenses to allow for an increase in its military production, and intensify the pressure on the Russian war economy.
On the Middle East situation, the G7 expressed pleasure with the news of a deal between the United States and Iran, praising the efforts of President Donald Trump and mediating countries.
The leaders say the pact provides an historic opportunity to prevent Iran from acquiring any nuclear weapons and tackling the threats related to its regional and ballistic activities.
The G7 insists the right of transit without restrictions or tolls is the bedrock of international trade, adding that the France-UK-led defensive initiative can help restore normalcy in the Hormuz Strait.
The bloc believes a robust and comprehensive diplomatic follow-on agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding, brokered by Pakistan, can bring peace and security for all in the region.
“We underline the need for negotiation to this end to address the threats posed by Iran,” the joint statement reads. “We reaffirm that Iran will never obtain a nuclear weapon.”
The G7 called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon, declaring support for the leadership’s efforts to achieve the disarmament of Hezbollah and protect Lebanon’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
The leaders want an end to the violence in the West Bank, vowing to hasten humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in Gaza, as well as the swift implementation of relevant political and security measures.
The G7, however, echoed its opposition to any unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas and across the Taiwan Strait, urging peaceful resolution through dialogue.
The body also reaffirmed its commitment to the “complete denuclearization” of North Korea programs, and to collectively address North Korea’s “cryptocurrency thefts and cybercrimes.”
In attendance were President Emmanuel Macron (France), the host; President Donald Trump (US), Prime Minister Mark Carney (Canada); PM Giorgia Meloni (Italy); PM Sanae Takaichi (Japan), PM Keir Starmer (UK), and Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Germany).
Invited Leaders: PM Narendra Modi (India), Presidents Luiz Lula da Silva (Brazil), Volodymyr Zelensky (Ukraine), Yoon Suk Yeol (South Korea), Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (Egypt), William Ruto (Kenya), Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahya (UAE), Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Qatar), and top EU officials.
G7 reaffirms Ukraine support, backs US-Iran deal, Lebanon ceasefire
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has successfully executed the airlift of sensitive electoral materials for the 2026 Ekiti State Governorship Election, as well as a series of senatorial and federal constituency by-elections scheduled for Saturday, June 20, 2026. This information was shared in a statement issued to Defence Correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday by the […]
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In April 2025, Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev sat down in Windhoek to deepen a nuclear-energy partnership between Africa’s largest uranium producer and one of the world’s foremost nuclear powers. Months before, Tanzania had already taken its seat at Moscow’s table: The Russia–Tanzania Intergovernmental Commission, established in 2022, has now convened twice — in Dar es Salaam and St. Petersburg — with Arusha pencilled in for 2026.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s recent visit to Moscow has, by her own ministers’ account, breathed new life into Rosatom’s long-dormant Mkuju River uranium project in the Ruvuma Region.
On paper, the arithmetic is seductive. Namibia and Tanzania sit on enormous uranium reserves; Russia carries decades of nuclear know-how. Pair the two, the script runs, and you get value addition, energy independence, jobs and industrial lift-off. Yet before Windhoek and Dodoma sign on the dotted line, a question more basic than sovereignty or security deserves an honest answer: is Russia an economically reliable partner at all, or is its much-advertised African footprint largely a mirage?
The numbers are unkind to the romance. In 2024, total trade between Russia and the entire African continent came to roughly $24.5 billion — a rounding error beside Africa’s $355 billion in trade with the European Union. More telling is the shape of that trade: Russian exports dwarf what Moscow buys from Africa by a factor of seven, and more than 70 per cent of the whole relationship is concentrated in just four countries — Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and South Africa. Russian foreign direct investment accounts for less than 1% of all capital flowing into the continent.
At the inaugural Russia–Africa summit in 2019, President Vladimir Putin vowed to double trade within five years. He missed the target comfortably.
This is the business model Namibia and Tanzania are being invited to trust. At its core, it is extractive and lopsided — grains, arms, fuel and yellowcake flowing one way, with little of the patient, job-creating capital that builds an economy. The reason is structural, not incidental. Russia has no equivalent of China’s EXIM Bank or America’s development finance arm; it lacks the credit lines, concessionary loans and capital guarantees that bankroll the kind of capital-intensive nuclear plant now being dangled before Windhoek. And Moscow is making these promises while sanctioned, cash-strapped, and pouring its treasure into a war in Ukraine that shows no sign of ending.
Tanzania, of all places, should read its own file. Rosatom acquired Mkuju River more than a decade ago, then quietly walked away when uranium prices collapsed after Fukushima. The project sat dormant for over ten years. It has stirred back to life now only because uranium prices have recovered — not because Moscow rediscovered a devotion to Tanzanian development. The pilot plant launched in 2025 yields a token five tonnes a year, and commissioning of the main complex has already slipped to 2029. A partner that abandons a flagship project the moment the market turns, and reappears only when the numbers again suit Moscow, is telling you precisely what your “long-term” partnership is worth.
For the clearest preview of the model, look north to the Sahel. It is there — in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, now welded together in the Alliance of Sahel States — that Russia’s footprint runs deepest. As the Pan-African researcher Oumarou Sanou warns, partnerships anchored primarily in security cooperation without parallel institutional reform risk deepening political stagnation.
The Sahelian bargain has been resources and access in exchange for guns and regime protection, not value chains or industry. The results are damning: these states now record among the highest terrorism-related casualties on earth, insecurity has worsened rather than eased, and the contagion spills steadily toward coastal West Africa, Nigeria included. Where Russia’s economic presence grows, press freedom shrinks, and accountability evaporates — Moscow has even taken to publicly attacking African journalists for critical reporting. That is not the conduct of a partner invested in a nation’s prosperity.
None of this means Africa should bolt the door against Moscow, or anyone else. Every nation may court whom it pleases. But courtship is not marriage, and a glossy communiqué is not a development plan. Namibia’s own president put it bluntly to Trutnev: the trade figures, she noted, do not match the warmth of the political talk. That gap — between announcement and delivery, between promise and capital — is the whole story of Russia’s economic engagement in Africa.
So Windhoek and Dodoma must do what too few have done: read the fine print, demand transparent terms, insist on genuine value addition and real financing, and weigh Russian overtures honestly against what Western firms, regional African initiatives and multilateral frameworks can credibly deliver. Uranium is a blessing only if it is mined on terms that enrich Namibians and Tanzanians — not Moscow’s balance sheet, and certainly not its war and geostrategic interests.
Both presidents are gambling. The least they owe their citizens is to know the true odds before the dice leave their hands.
-Amajama, a social and policy commentator, writes from Abuja, and can be reached via amajamaip@gmail.com
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The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed a total of ₦2.30 trillion to the three tiers of government from the revenues generated in May 2026, marking a ₦43 billion increase from the ₦2.26 trillion shared in the previous month. The latest allocation, which represents a 1.9 percent month-on-month growth, continues a steady upward trajectory […]
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Two suspected cultists have been wounded during an exchange of gunfire with Operatives of the Delta State Police Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit, VCRU.
Twenty-five suspected cultists were also arrested by the operatives, while others escaped the crime scene.
The suspects were arrested at their initiation ground in the early hours of June 16, DAILY POST reports.
The Police also recovered one (1) pump-action shotgun and one (1) cut-to-size firearm from the suspects.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, confirmed the report in a statement sent to Our Correspondent in Warri.
The Police Image maker said the suspects were allegedly linked to recent killings in Agbor Community in the State.
“Acting on credible intelligence in the early hours of 16 June 2026, operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) stormed a suspected cult initiation ground at Agbarho following intelligence that members of the Eiye Confraternity, allegedly linked to recent cult-related killings in Agbor, were planning further acts of violence and the initiation of new members.”
According to SP Edafe, “Upon arrival at the location, the operatives came under gunfire from some of the suspects. The police team responded professionally, during which two of the suspects sustained gunshot injuries.”
He explained that, “The operation resulted in the arrest of twenty-five (25) suspects, while several others fled the scene.
“Exhibits recovered during the operation include one (1) pump-action shotgun and one (1) cut-to-size firearm.”
SP Edafe noted that, “The injured suspects are receiving medical treatment.”
He also said, “Investigation is ongoing.”
Two suspected cultists wounded in gunfight with Police, 25 others arrested
Stakeholders across Delta State have agreed to unite against terrorism, kidnapping and other forms of criminality at a summit that brought together heads of security agencies, local government chairmen, traditional rulers, community leaders, civil society groups, youth and women organizations, and members of the business community.
Stakeholders at the summit organised by the government to deliberate on strategies for strengthening peace and security across the state, on Wednesday, in Asaba, condemned all acts of terrorism across Nigeria,
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori while delivering his keynote address, with the theme, “Security: A Collective Responsibility” declared that security remains a collective responsibility that requires the active participation of government, security agencies, traditional institutions, community leaders and citizens.
He said the security of lives and property remains fundamental to sustainable development, noting that no society can prosper in an atmosphere of fear and instability.
“Security remains the foundation of every prosperous society. Without peace and stability, economic growth slows, investments decline, and communities struggle to thrive. This is why the protection of lives and property remains one of the most important responsibilities of government,” he said.
The governor stressed that while government and security agencies have constitutional responsibilities to maintain law and order, lasting peace can only be achieved through collaboration among all stakeholders.
Calling for greater public cooperation with security agencies, the governor emphasised the importance of intelligence gathering and timely information sharing.
Oborevwori said; “If you don’t share information, security agencies are not magicians. They operate based on intelligence and credible information. Criminals thrive when communities remain silent and stakeholders work in isolation.
“The strongest security systems are built on trust, cooperation, vigilance and timely sharing of information. If you see something, say something.
“Let me make a resounding statement that Delta State condemns every act of terrorism recorded in any part of our country. We will continue to unite against terror until our nation is fully safe and secure for all citizens.
“I call on every resident of Delta State to be security conscious and report suspicious activities to law enforcement agencies. Together, we can enhance peace and security in our communities”.
Earlier, Secretary to the State Government, Dr Kingsley Emu, said the summit was convened in response to growing security concerns across the country and the need for proactive engagement with critical stakeholders.
According to him, the gathering was designed not only to identify security challenges but also to develop actionable solutions that would enhance peace and security throughout the state.
Without peace, security, economic growth slows – Gov Oborevwori