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A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has reversed his own decision authorizing a senior advisor to United States President Donald Trump to visit imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro, following warnings from the Brazilian government that the meeting could constitute undue foreign interference in the country’s internal affairs during an election year. Justice Alexandre de Moraes…
The Bank of England has announced plans to remove Winston Churchill from the £5 banknote, replacing the wartime leader with images of British wildlife including badgers, otters, and barn owls in a sweeping redesign that has triggered fierce criticism from senior parliamentarians. The decision, revealed on Thursday, forms part of a broader move to…
The Federal Government has moved to extract Nigerians from Iran as the Middle East crisis deepens, escorting willing citizens across the Armenian border in what officials have described as the safest available route out of the country. The land corridor through Armenia has become the primary channel for evacuation after airspace over the region…
Mobile internet disruptions spreading across Russian cities are not going away any time soon. The Kremlin made that plain on Wednesday, telling the public that network outages will continue for as long as the authorities deem them necessary, a formulation that offered no timeline and no ceiling on how far the restrictions could go. Kremlin…
A Norwegian court has sentenced Daniel Daga, a Nigerian professional footballer and former Flying Eagles midfielder, to six months in prison after finding him guilty of committing a sexual act without consent. The verdict, delivered on Tuesday, marks one of the more high-profile criminal cases to touch Nigerian football at the junior international level…
Global crude oil markets recorded their first significant decline since the escalation of Middle East hostilities, with benchmark Brent crude falling 8.45 percent to 90 per barrel and United States West Texas Intermediate (WTI) dropping 8.58 percent to 86.77 per barrel on Tuesday. The correction follows Monday’s dramatic surge that pushed prices past 100…
Controversial Kaduna-based Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi has asserted that the Nigerian government maintains comprehensive intelligence on the identities and precise locations of terrorists operating within the country, claiming that security agencies accompany him during engagements with armed groups in forest hideouts. In an interview with DRTV that began circulating on Tuesday, Gumi defended…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally submitted the 2026 statutory budget of the Federal Capital Territory Administration to the Nigerian Senate, seeking legislative approval for an estimated N1.9 trillion spending plan focused on infrastructure, healthcare, education, and poverty reduction programmes. Senate President Godswill Akpabio read the President’s letter on the chamber floor during Tuesday’s plenary…
The Ruwais refinery in Abu Dhabi, described by state oil company Adnoc as the world’s fourth-largest single-site refinery, has halted operations as a precautionary measure following a drone attack on the nearby industrial complex, a source confirmed on Tuesday. The shutdown comes as Saudi Aramco’s chief executive warned that the escalating Middle East conflict could…
President Bola Tinubu has described the death of former Super Eagles head coach and renowned football administrator, Festus Adegboye Onigbinde, as a profound loss to Nigerian football, praising the late sports icon for his pioneering contributions to the development of the game in the country. In a condolence message issued through his Special Adviser…
