Fire from Power Bank Sparks Midair Panic on Flight

  A trending video showing a fire outbreak caused by a power bank inside an aircraft cabin has reignited concerns about passenger behaviour and safety compliance on domestic flights, with aviation experts calling for stricter enforcement of baggage rules. The footage, widely circulated on social media in recent days, captured moments of panic midair as…

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Canada Modernises Asylum Process As Bill C-12 Takes Effect

  Canada has enacted sweeping immigration and asylum reforms through Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, which received royal assent on March 26, 2026, introducing stricter eligibility criteria that will affect Nigerians and other foreign nationals seeking entry or protection. According to a report from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s website,…

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Edo State Grants Coal Power Licences To Chinese Firms

  Edo State has granted licences to Chinese firms to generate electricity from coal deposits, marking a significant shift in the state’s energy and industrial strategy under Governor Monday Okpebholo’s administration. Commissioner for Mining, Andrew Ijegbai, disclosed that the licences form part of efforts to boost electricity supply to residents. According to him, a feasibility…

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Congo Court Confirms Nguesso’s 94.9% Landslide Victory

  Congo-Brazzaville’s Constitutional Court has confirmed President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s re-election with 94.9 per cent of the vote, extending the 82-year-old leader’s four-decade rule over the oil-rich central African nation. The March 15 election gave Nguesso a new five-year term, court president Auguste Iloki announced at a public hearing at the weekend. “Nguesso won an…

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Kwankwaso Joins ADC, PDP Convention Vows 2027 Comeback

  Nigeria’s opposition landscape shifted dramaaaaaaatically at the weekend as two major political developments unfolded simultaneously: former New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) leader Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso formally defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held its national convention in Abuja amid internal divisions and renewed calls for party unity….

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Trump to Sign U.S. Dollar Bills This Summer

  For the first time in American history, a sitting president’s signature will appear on U.S. paper currency, with President Donald Trump set to sign dollar bills beginning this summer as part of a sweeping redesign timed to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence. According to a Reuters report, the new notes will carry…

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Survivors Drag DOJ, Google To Court Over Epstein Records

Survivors linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have sued the United States government and Google after confidential victim identities were allegedly exposed in a large online document release tied to the federal investigation into the disgraced financier. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday, follows the US Department of Justice’s January publication of more than three…

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Africa Wins Historic UN Vote On Slavery

  Nigeria joined Ghana and 122 other member states of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to adopt a landmark resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity and calling for reparatory justice for people of African descent. The resolution, led by Ghana, was adopted with 123 votes in favour, while…

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