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Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensuring that all 25 vice-chairmanship positions in the forthcoming local government elections will be occupied by women. Bago, who has consistently championed gender inclusivity, made this known in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Print Media, Aisha Wakaso. He stated that Niger LG poll: Gov Bago reiterates ceding vice-chairmanship to women

Russian officials will join representatives from China and Iran in Beijing on Friday to discuss a proposed deal on Tehran’s nuclear weapons programme. The US has sought to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, though US President Donald Trump previously cancelled a 2015 agreement that would have seen Iran scale down its nuclear ambitions in Russian officials head to Beijing for Iran’s nuclear talks

Armenia and Azerbaijan have announced that they have agreed on the terms of a peace treaty to end nearly four decades of conflict. The South Caucasus countries are expected to provide a timeline for signing the deal, which will formalise the truce reached after multiple wars. A statement issued by Armenia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to end decades-long conflict

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has claimed that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, is “afraid” to tell U.S. President Donald Trump that he wants to continue the war. Zelenskyy made this statement on Thursday evening, following Putin’s response to the ceasefire deal earlier in the day. The Ukrainian president described Putin’s words as “very predictable” and Putin afraid of Trump — Zelenskyy

A 25-year-old man, identified as Toye Dominic, has allegedly taken his own life by hanging himself in a forest near Alagbodagbo village, in the Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun State. Toye’s lifeless body was discovered hanging from a tree at about 4:30 pm on Thursday by a local hunter. The spokesperson of the Ogun State Man hangs self in Ogun forest