The United States and China announced Monday an agreement to drastically reduce tit-for-tat tariffs for 90 days, de-escalating a trade war that has roiled financial markets and raised fears of a global economic downturn. After their first talks since US President Donald Trump launched his trade war, the world’s ...

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday invited Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine during their first phone call, in which he also thanked the newly installed pontiff for urging peace in Ukraine.   “I invited His Holiness to make an apostolic visit to Ukraine. Such a visit would bring real ...

  The Ondo State Muslim Welfare Board says the first batch of 316 pilgrims have departed to Saudi Arabia.   State Board Chairman, Alhaji Dhikirulahi Chandy-Adam, made the disclosure in a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday.   Chandy-Adam, who explained that the pilgrims had already ...

  A man has lost his life while two others sustained varying injuries in an accident that occurred along the Trade Fair–Agbara route at Iyana Era Bus Stop, Lagos State.   The accident, which involved a commercial blue Mack truck with the registration number AKD 579 XM, and a private ...

  The Electoral Committee of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said candidates for the Lagos Mainland Local Government Area and the Yaba Local Council Development Area will emerge by consensus.   This followed the failure of the candidates to emerge on Saturday at the primaries ...

  Stakeholders at a one day legislative media symposium organised in Abeokuta by the Forum for Governance, Leadership and Values have decried the subservient nature of the legislative arm to the executive arm of the government in the country.   They insisted that this undemocratic posture is a major hindrance ...

  The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, has strongly dismissed claims that he intends to join the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.   Ganduje stated that the PDP was dead while the APC is gearing up for a decisive victory in the 2027 elections.   This was ...

  President Bola Tinubu has bagged the Lifetime African Achievement award from the Millennium Excellence Foundation based in Ghana, NAN reports on Monday.   Tinubu, while receiving the award, commended the patron of the Foundation, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, for the invitation extended to him and the success of ...

  Some city returnees who are currently undertaking rainy season farming in the South-South region have decried lack of support from the government.   The farmers made the expression while responding to a News Agency of Nigeria survey on the challenges being faced by wet season farmers in South-South region. ...

  Some bank users in Abuja have declared they will opt for electronic mail alerts from their banks to cut costs and reduce charges on their accounts.   Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday said they would deactivate the Short Message Services ...