Russian Bombing of Ukrainian Aid Centre Kills 26
Russian aerial strikes obliterated a humanitarian distribution hub in southern Ukraine on 2 November 2026,…
Russian Bombing of Ukrainian Aid Centre Kills 26
Russian aerial strikes obliterated a humanitarian distribution hub in southern Ukraine on 2 November 2026, killing at least 26 civilians and destroying hopes for a wider regional truce. Nine guided aerial bombs slammed into a former school used as an aid delivery centre in the village of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia. Russian forces launched a second…
Trump Announces End to Israeli Military Aid
US President Donald Trump announced on 3 November 2026 that Washington will terminate its 3.8 billion dollar annual military aid package to Israel by the end of the year. Speaking during a television interview on American election day, Trump stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to phase out the long-standing security grant early….
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…