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The White House is engineering a diplomatic breakthrough between Israel and Lebanon, with President Donald Trump announcing that leaders from both nations will speak on Thursday. This potential dialogue follows the first direct, high-level meeting between officials from the two rivals since 1993, held in Washington on Tuesday. Trump stated on his Truth Social platform…
Joint military forces have dismantled several camps belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), across the South-East. The operation, conducted under the banner of Operation Eastern Sanity, resulted in the recovery of anti-tank explosives, firearms, and millions in cash. Troops used bulldozers and chainsaws to…
The Federal Government will use this week’s IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, to lobby for lower borrowing costs and fairer global financial terms. This diplomatic push comes as the escalating US–Israel–Iran conflict disrupts energy markets and tightens capital flows to emerging economies. Finance Minister Wale Edun aims to convince global lenders…
The Nigerian Navy has arrested 26 crew members and seized three motor tankers following a midnight raid in the Calabar-Akwa Ibom maritime corridor. Troops from the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, intercepted the vessels while they were reportedly siphoning crude oil from a wellhead on April 8. This operation marks one of the most…
The Nigerian Naira began the trading week with measured stability, opening at N1,358.84 per Dollar in the official market on April 13. Early volatility saw the currency touch N1,362.08 before central bank liquidity management tethered it back to its starting range. This official rate reflects the ongoing effort by monetary authorities to curb wild fluctuations…
Pope Leo XIV has declared a “moral obligation” to shield Lebanese civilians as diplomatic efforts to end the Middle East war falter. His appeal follows a collapsed summit between Iran and the United States in Pakistan. The 70-year-old pontiff spoke to crowds at St Peter’s Square during a period of escalating regional bloodshed. He insisted…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has successfully propped up the naira through aggressive Open Market Operations (OMO), despite a worrying $1.14 billion slide in external reserves. Over a four-day trading week, the local currency gained 1.76 per cent to close at N1,356.89 per dollar at the official window. This recovery suggests that the central…
Pope Leo XIV departs Rome on Monday for an 11-day, 18,000-kilometre tour of Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea. The trip marks the American-born pontiff’s first major foreign mission since his election in May 2025 and comes at a moment of acute global instability. Over the course of the four-nation visit, the 70-year-old head of…
A high-ranking Nigerian Army officer, Brigadier General O. O. Braimah, has been killed following a midnight assault by Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgents in Borno State. General Braimah, the Brigade Commander of the Joint Task Force in Benisheikh, reportedly fell during a fierce exchange of fire as terrorists overran military formations in Kaga Local Government…
The Irish actor and writer Michael Patrick has died at the age of 35 following a two-year battle with Motor Neuron Disease (MND). His wife, Naomi Sheehan, confirmed he passed away peacefully at the Northern Ireland Hospice on Wednesday, surrounded by family and friends. Patrick, perhaps best known internationally for a role in the sixth…