Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has called for efforts to strengthen political guidance and deepen innovation-driven development to advance the high-quality modernization of national defense and the armed forces. Xi, who is also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission,Continue Reading
By Lawal Sale There is no policy by the current administration to increase electricity tariffs beyond their present levels, Minister of Power Joseph Tegbe has said. Speaking in Lagos on Friday, Tegbe stated that the Federal Government’s immediate priority is not tariff increases, but improving electricity service delivery, achievingContinue Reading
Nigeria’s ongoing power sector reforms will accelerate infrastructure development, strengthen the national grid, and restore investor confidence, Minister of Power Joseph Tegbe said on Friday, expressing confidence that the measures will improve electricity supply in Africa’s most populous country. Speaking to the media in the southwestern state of Lagos,Continue Reading
People’s Daily While a handful of powers are still busy suppressing the development of others through protectionism and geopolitical confrontation, China has been steadfastly pushing forward shared development through advancing the Global Development Initiative (GDI). Five years on, this initiative has evolved from a Chinese proposal into a majorContinue Reading
The total import and export value of Yiwu City, known as the “world’s supermarket” in east China’s Zhejiang Province, reached 486.42 billion yuan (about 71.64 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2026, up 19.9 percent year on year, according to customs statistics. Its exports hit a recordContinue Reading
By Tanimu Yakubu I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL ERROR Senator Mohammed Tahir Monguno has argued that the Executive’s failure to spend the budget as appropriated amounts to a breach of law sufficiently grave to justify impeachment. The concern is understandable. Citizens expect budgets to produce roads, hospitals, schools, security and otherContinue Reading
By our Correspondent Katsina State has taken a significant step toward becoming a technology and innovation hub with the inauguration of the Katsina State Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship, making it the first state in Nigeria to fully operationalise a Startup Law. In a statement by the PressContinue Reading
By Kou Jie People’s Daily Online released its annual blue book on China’s intelligent internet development on July 29. The book offers a detailed analysis of China’s AI progress and explores practical smart solutions for emerging challenges. The report has been published annually for 12 years and was renamed theContinue Reading
China’s steady first-half growth in 2026 underscored the resilience of the world’s second-largest economy and the growing role of new growth drivers as it embarked on a new five-year development period, Chinese officials said. Despite mounting external uncertainties, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.7 percent year onContinue Reading
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi on Wednesday inaugurated a Chinese-built water treatment plant in Kamina, capital of the southern province of Haut-Lomami. Tshisekedi toured the plant’s operational sections, inspected its water treatment equipment and also examined a water sample before officially switching onContinue Reading
