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NIGERIA’S security agencies last week arrested seven suspected commanders of Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) who were returning from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage through the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in...
THE Federal Government is finalising arrangements to airlift another batch of stranded Nigerians in South Africa.     Over 300 Nigerians have already been evacuated in two different flights, one conveying 268 by the Federal Government and another...

Trump Allies Defend Him To Israelis Anxious Over Iran Deal

AMERICAN allies of President Donald Trump have defended him to an Israeli public anxious about a US interim deal with Iran, and White House criticism that together...

Rubio Faces Tough Task Selling Iran Reset To Wary Gulf Allies

UNITED States (US) Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, faces a delicate mission this week pitching Washington's Iran peace deal to Gulf Arab leaders who...

US Waives Iran Sanctions, Trump Says He Will ‘Do What I Have To’ If Tehran Misbehaves

THE United States (US) has waived sanctions on Iran for 60 days from Monday, June 22, after the first talks under a ​nascent peace...

British PM, Starmer, To Step Down

*Burnham Puts Himself Forward As Successor BRITISH Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, on Monday, June 22, announced that he will resign, but remain in place until...

US-Iran Deal Redraws Middle East: Iran Gains, Rivals Alarmed

THE United States (US)-Iran agreement, the first signed by an American and an Iranian President since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, is being hailed by...

Musk Emerges World’s First Trillionaire As SpaceX Soars In Stock Market Debut

ELON Musk, on Friday, June 12, became the world's first trillionaire after shares in his SpaceX Rocket Company soared during the biggest-ever stock market...

US Strikes Iran In Response To Military Helicopter Downing

THE United States (US) said it has carried out a series of strikes on Iranian military and surveillance sites in response to the downing...

Judge Rules Trump Officials Must Restart Asylum, Immigration Processing

A FEDERAL Judge in Rhode Island, on Friday, June 5, struck down a slate of immigration policies enacted by the administration of President Donald...

US, Iran Strikes Exchange Test Ceasefire Deal

*US Grants Iran's World Cup Football Team Visas THE shaky ceasefire between the United States (US) and Iran has been tested further, with American forces...

Human Role Narrowing: Anthropic Urges Global AI Pause, Fears Systems Could Escape Control

THE developer of the Claude chatbot has said that a global pause in the AI race would "likely be a good thing," warning that...

Congolese Found Guilty Of Stabbing Nigerian Student To Death In UK

A CONGOLESE, 28-year-old Benjamin Katabana, has been found guilty of murdering Nigerian student, Uchenna Okirie, following a fatal stabbing at a shared accommodation in...

U.S. Says Actively Working With Nigeria On Counterterrorism Efforts

THE United States (US) Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said his country was actively collaborating with the Nigerian government and security forces on counterterrorism...

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