Xi, Putin eye stronger partnership talks unlock visa-free pilot » Capital News

BEIJING, Sep 3 — President Xi Jinping expressed on Tuesday Beijing’s willingness to step up high-level exchanges with Moscow and ensure the further success of major cooperation projects, saying that China-Russia ties... Read more »

PDP govs talk tough, inaugurates convention committee,

From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has said it would not allow anyone take the party to the slaughter slab. The chairman of the forum and Bauchi... Read more »

Obasanjo, Abubakar, Jonathan demand support for tech-driven healthcare solutions

Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, along with former Head of State, retired General Abdulsalami Abubakar, have called on Nigeria Government to adopt technology-driven healthcare solutions as a strategy to improve... Read more »

Kenya: From Cool Kid to ‘Failed Governor’, Sakaja’s Nairobi Nightmare

Nairobi — Once Nairobi’s golden boy, Johnson Sakaja now faces impeachment as MCAs accuse him of incompetence, corruption, and betraying city residents. When Johnson Arthur Sakaja swept into office in August 2022,... Read more »

Nigeria pushes indigenous languages into AI with homegrown LLM

At GITEX Nigeria in Abuja on Monday, Nigeria reaffirmed its ambition to become a continental leader in artificial intelligence (AI) with a multilingual large language model (LLM) designed to process indigenous languages.... Read more »

Pension assets in government debt hit Sh1 trillion amid diversification push

Hosea Kili, Managing Director/CEO CPF group, during the launch of Salih Shariah Compliant Retirement Fund. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] In his comical self, CPF Group managing director and chief executive Hosea Kili... Read more »

CSOs say Ruto has failed to implement constitution fully

Part of the members of 21 Civil Society Organisations while addressing the media on Katiba At 15 at Methodist Resort and Conference Centre in Nairobi on Wednesday 27/08/2025.[Edward Kiplimo, Standard] Civil... Read more »

BN Prose: Love Wasn’t The Plan (V) by Victor Ogu

This is the final episode of Victor Ogu’s fiction series, “Love Wasn’t The Plan.” You can catch up on episodes 1, 2, 3, and 4. If somebody had told Ada that her... Read more »

Don’t cause division between two traditional rulers

By Christopher Oji The Kuseku Royal Family of Okanran town in Ado Odo, Ogun State, has  raised the alarm over attempts by unscrupulous members of the town to create enmity between the... Read more »

Governors urge govt to withdraw e-procurement circular » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 1 – Governors have called for the suspension of the Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system until proper consultations and capacity building are undertaken. In a statement issued Monday, Council... Read more »