The United States, European Union, United Kingdom and other members of the International Contact Group have warned that there is no military solution to the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
President Tinubu has appointed a five-member delegation led by SGF George Akume to represent Nigeria at the burial of U.S. civil rights icon Jesse Jackson in Chicago.
Germany says it will not join the U.S.–Israel offensive against Iran, stressing limits in military capacity and calling for caution as tensions rise.
The Defence Headquarters says about 100 U.S. military personnel have arrived in Nigeria to provide training, technical support and intelligence-sharing assistance to the Armed Forces.
As the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations kick off across the Federal Capital Territory, emergency officials place all station commanders on red alert to prevent festive domestic fire accidents.
Former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi flatly rejects the African Democratic Congress presidential primary results, slamming the process as an internal electoral sham.