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FG hints at US govt blackmail as full list of 31 African countries affected by 3-month US visa policy emerges

Nigeria will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees or third-country prisoners from the US, foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar...

Ceasefire brokered by Trump under threat as Iran and Israel trade blame for renewed strikes

The fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel, brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, appeared to be on the brink of collapse just hours after...

Why Trump rejected Israeli plan to kill Iranian supreme leader, and keeping distance, US officials say

President Donald Trump opposed an Israeli plan to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to two sources, amid ongoing waves of tit-for-tat strikes...

After Israel pounding and Iran’s payback: Pakistan calls for Muslim unity amid conflict

In the shadow of missiles streaking across skies and cities shuddering beneath explosions, a new voice of solidarity is rising from South Asia. As...

Why I was sent back to Nigeria by Saudi authorities – Gumi

Earlier in the week, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a well-known cleric based in Kaduna State, was barred from participating in the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage after...

UK Supreme Court backs ‘biological’ definition of woman

Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law. It marks the culmination of...

US govt funded Boko Haram through USAID, says Congressman

In a benumbing disclosure, a United States Congressman, Scott Perry, has thrown up a spectre of United States government funds being used to oil...

ECOWAS depleted as Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger formally leave bloc

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, says the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from ECOWAS becomes effective from Jan. 29th,...

Israel, Hamas reach deal, ending 15-month old war that claimed 46,000 lives

Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war, to begin on Sunday 19 January. US President Joe...

Boko Haram’s attack on Chad’s presidential complex crushed, 19 dead

Attack on Chad’s presidential complex in N’Djamena leaves 19 dead Gunmen attempted to storm the presidential complex in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Wednesday, sparking a...

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