American Voters Head to Polls in Midterm Referendum
American voters filed into polling stations across fifty states on 3 November 2026 to deliver…
American Voters Head to Polls in Midterm Referendum
American voters filed into polling stations across fifty states on 3 November 2026 to deliver their verdict on Donald Trump’s second term in the White House. Voting operations opened across East Coast battlegrounds as both major political parties fought for control of Congress. Republican majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate face severe…
Senate Demands Direct Flights Between Nigeria and China
The Nigerian Senate threatened on 3 November 2026 to review the Bilateral Air Services Agreement with China unless Beijing grants reciprocal flight slots to local air carriers. Lawmakers directed the Federal Ministry of Aviation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to renegotiate existing bilateral pacts to establish direct commercial flights between both nations. Chinese airlines…
Dabiri-Erewa Kicks As Gambia Orders Banks To Drop Foreign Staff
Nigeria’s diaspora commission has formally protested a directive by the Central Bank of The Gambia that orders commercial banks to replace their non-Gambian employees with Gambian nationals, warning that the policy puts the jobs of 57 Nigerian professionals at risk before the year runs out. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), led by Abike Dabiri-Erewa,…
Tenerife Forward Dies Following Collision With Andorra Goalkeeper
Spanish football is in mourning after CD Tenerife confirmed the death of their striker Jesús de Miguel, who died on Tuesday morning, a day after a heavy collision during a league match against FC Andorra. He was 30. The club said De Miguel passed away at 8am at the University Hospital of Nuestra Señora de…
Bandits Afraid To Surrender For Fear Of Death, Says Gumi
Armed bandits terrorising northern Nigeria feel trapped in a cycle of revenge and are afraid to lay down their weapons for fear of being killed, according to the Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, whose latest comments have reopened a bitter national argument over whether the country should negotiate with its most violent criminal gangs….
Board Gamble As West Ham Axe Nuno Mid-Promotion Push
West Ham United have sacked their head coach, Nuno EspÃrito Santo, a decision the club confirmed on Tuesday even though the Hammers began the week sitting third in the Championship and firmly in the hunt for an immediate return to the Premier League. The club said in a statement on its website that a review…
Utomi To APC: Public Office Is No Licence For Extravagance
\Political economist and former presidential candidate Pat Utomi has accused the governing All Progressives Congress of tolerating lavish lifestyles among public officials at a time when most Nigerians are struggling to afford basic needs, reopening a long standing argument about the distance between the political class and the citizens it governs. In a post on…
NELFUND: Vice-Chancellors Challenge Shut-Out Of Private University Students
Two vice-chancellors have reopened one of the most persistent arguments in Nigeria’s tertiary education sector, pressing the Federal Government to extend the Nigerian Education Loan Fund to students in private universities. They say thousands of young Nigerians are being shut out of public support simply because of the type of school they attend. The…
NSC Confirms Payment Of Tinubu’s $100,000 Reward To Super Falcons
More than a year after it was promised, the cash reward pledged to Nigeria’s Super Falcons for their record-extending tenth Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title has been paid, the National Sports Commission has confirmed. The commission said each of the 24 players received the naira equivalent of 100,000 dollars, while members of the…
North Korea Calls FBI Binance Hack Claim A Provocation
North Korea has dismissed an assertion by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation that a state-linked hacking group was behind the theft of about $6 billion from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, casting the accusation as a political attack on the country. The rejection came in a statement from Kim Yo Jong, the influential…