The scheduled capacity for flights would be cut by 10 percent from Friday in 40 busy air traffic areas, US officials said on Wednesday. This is due to an ongoing government shutdown, which has resulted in major staffing woes. “There is going to be a 10-percent reduction in capacity at 40 of our locations,” Transportation […] More
The Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has claimed it would be diplomatically unacceptable for the United States to carry out any military operation in Nigeria without consent. Bwala stated this in an interview with BBC World Service on Monday. He insisted that Nigeria is a sovereign nation and that […] More
The Chad Government has announced an immediate closure of its border with Nigeria on heightened security concerns fueled by rumors of purported U.S. forces’ movement in parts of West Africa. Military sources in N’Djamena confirmed on Monday that President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ordered a military lockdown on the Nigerian border after intelligence indicated that […] More
Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has reacted to the designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) by United States President Donald Trump. Ejimakor said only those with something to hide would feel threatened by Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a CPC. Over […] More
Russia and China have been testing nuclear warheads behind the scenes, according to President Donald Trump. Dismissing the assertion that what Russia did recently was only a test of essential delivery systems for nuclear weapons, Trump accused Moscow and Beijing of secrecy. “North Korea is testing constantly. Russia’s testing, and China’s testing, but they don’t […] More
Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has warned President Donald Trump of the United States, US, against carrying out his threat of military incursion into Nigeria following allegations of Christian genocide. Asari warned that Nigeria will be the grave yard of Trump and any US military if they dared to attack the country. In […] More
The Middle Belt Forum has hailed the declaration of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, saying it is a welcome development that would help the Nigerian government be on its toes. In a statement on Sunday, the National President of the Forum, Bitrus Pogu, regretted that the Federal Government had failed to use its […] More
Mixed reactions have continued to trail United States President, Donald Trump’s threat of military intervention in Nigeria. Trump had, on Friday, designated Nigeria as Country of Particular Concerns, CPC, saying that Christians in the country are facing an “existential threat”. The US President called on American lawmakers to investigate the “mass slaughter” of Christians. A […] More
United States of America-based tech billionaire Elon Musk has apologised for frustrations experienced by users of his social media platform X. He disclosed this in a terse statement on Friday. He said his team is working too ‘hard’ to fix the challenges faced by the X algorithm. “My apologies for frustrations with the algorithm. We […] More
Russia on Thursday advanced its conditions to end the 44-month war in Ukraine, maintaining that there’s still no alternative to the ongoing special military operation. Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zakharova told the United States and other countries contributing to a political and diplomatic resolution that Moscow would not back down. According to Zakharova, Russia wants […] More
In furtherance of its support for Ukraine, the European Union Council has adopted the 19th package of sanctions against Russia, targeting energy, finance, and the military industrial complex. The Council, which is also firming control over the movement of Russian diplomats across the EU, imposed further measures on Belarus to restrict its support for the […] More
A Nigerian financial adviser, Kalu Aja, has urged Western nations to consider purchasing Nigerian crude oil as part of a strategic move to weaken Russia’s ability to finance its ongoing war in Ukraine. In a post on X on Thursday, he wrote: “The EU is still buying Russian gas, hard to go cold turkey agreed, […] More