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Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, attracted global attention after meeting United States President Donald Trump at the 74th Annual National Prayer Breakfast on Capitol Hill. The encounter placed Nigeria firmly within international diplomatic discourse, highlighting soft power, faith diplomacy, and leadership visibility at a time of shifting global economic and political alliances. During the event,…
U.S. President Donald Trump has thrown his full support behind Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of Japan’s national election scheduled for Sunday, a move that adds a new international dimension to a closely watched vote with major economic and geopolitical implications. In a statement posted on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, Trump said…
In a landmark judgment with far-reaching diplomatic implications, the Enugu State High Court has ordered the United Kingdom to pay £420 million in compensation to the families of 21 Nigerian coal miners killed by British colonial forces in 1949. Delivering the ruling on Monday, Justice Anthony Onovo declared that the killings at the Iva Valley…
Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has said that Nigeria’s political leadership at independence largely failed to break from colonial patterns of governance, accusing early leaders of eagerly stepping into the roles vacated by departing British rulers. Soyinka made the remarks on Thursday in Lagos while speaking at “A Conversation with the Nobel Laureate”, held at…
President Bola Tinubu convened urgent high-level security deliberations on Thursday following the gruesome execution of over 160 residents in Kwara State. This unprecedented carnage targeted the rural villages of Woro and Nuku within the Kaiama Local Government Area late Tuesday. Reports indicate that suspected Islamic militants, identified by local lawmakers as the Lakurawa group, carried…
A rapid succession of seismic events recently rattled the residents of San Ramon, a suburban city in California. Geologists recorded over two hundred distinct earthquakes within a single twenty-four-hour window on Thursday morning. These tremors ranged significantly in intensity, though most remained below a magnitude of three point zero. Local authorities report no immediate casualties…
“In an emergency, the first hour is worth more than the next twenty-four.”— Thomas Edison On 1 January 2026, a direct flight from Gatwick Airport, London, to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, had barely settled into cruise when routine gave way to urgency. About an hour into the journey, the pilot announced a medical emergency…
The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill establishing the Anambra State Public Complaints, Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruption Commission, a new agency mandated to investigate corruption and financial crimes involving state government finances and assets. The bill was passed on Thursday following a resolution adopted during plenary, after lawmakers considered…
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission held a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja on Thursday, focusing on preparations for upcoming elections and measures to strengthen internal party democracy, even as a deepening leadership crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party continues to cast a shadow over the opposition’s structure. The…
American music superstar Chris Brown currently faces a significant lawsuit regarding alleged unpaid royalties for two major hits. The legal action involves the chart-topping singles “Sensational” and the popular “Monalisa” remix featuring Nigerian artist Lojay. Steve Chokpelle claims he was at Brown’s Los Angeles home in 2020 when Brown asked him to compose lyrics for…
