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US President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is dispatching special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a new proposal aimed at ending the four-year-old war in Ukraine.The diplomatic initiative marks Washington’s latest push to break a deadlock in the conflict, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.According to reports, Witkoff and Kushner are scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday before traveling to Kyiv on Sunday to hold discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.The Kremlin declined to comment on the visit. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump expressed optimism about the mission. “I sent Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, two great negotiators. They’ve done a...

The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution encouraging the use of world maps that more accurately represent the relative size of Africa and other continents.The “Correct the Map” resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by members of the African Union, was supported by 164 countries, including France and the United Kingdom. The United States was the only country to vote against the resolution, while Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine abstained.Although the resolution is non-binding, it encourages governments, schools, international institutions and technology companies to move away from map projections that significantly distort the relative size of countries and continents. The campaign has focused particularly on t...

The African Democratic Congress has unveiled its governorship and deputy governorship candidates for the 2027 general elections in 28 states, including former presidential aide Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour in Lagos, former Kaduna State governorship candidate Isa Ashiru and former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.The party also fielded former Delta State governorship candidate Great Ogboru, Senator Ahmad Babba Kaita in Katsina.The candidates were announced in a statement on Friday, with the party saying they would carry its banner and commitment to providing Nigerians with credible leadership and a “real alternative” in the 2027 elections.A release by the party’s spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi also shared on X disclosed this.Other notable candidates include S...

Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has claimed that the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, which is fielding Peter Obi as its presidential candidate for the 2027 election, knows it cannot secure victory at the polls.Olayinka, who made the remark on Friday when he featured on Arise TV’s Morning Show, said all NDC candidates including Peter Obi are only trying to register their presence in the 2027 contest.“Even NDC, the party of Peter Obi, they know they cannot win the election. They are just contesting to try to register their presence,” he said.Olayinka stated that the party after failing to field governorship candidates in about 15 states across the country, knows it has no political structure to ...