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United States President Donald Trump has announced that the US has carried out a “large-scale strike” against Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, claiming they have been flown out of the country. In a statement posted on his Truth Social account on Saturday, Trump said: “The United States of […]
Pope Leo XIV today called for a global truce on Christmas Day, expressing “great sadness” that “apparently Russia rejected a request” for one. “I am renewing my request to all people of good will to respect a day of peace — at least on the feast of the birth of our Saviour,” Leo told reporters […]
Nigeria’s exports to the United States fell by N940.98bn in the first nine months of 2025, even as imports from America more than doubled, reversing the trade balance that favored Nigeria a year earlier, findings from the National Bureau of Statistics’ foreign trade data have shown. An analysis of the NBS figures for Q1–Q3 2024 […]
President Donald Trump has suspended the green card lottery, that allowed Claudio Neves Valente come into US. This decision was confirmed by the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem. Noem noted that it was at Trump’s direction she is giving the directive for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause the program. Valente, who […]
Former US President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), accusing the broadcaster of defamation and election interference over a documentary that allegedly edited his January 6, 2021 speech ahead of the US Capitol riot. The lawsuit, filed on Monday at a federal court in Miami, seeks damages […]
The United States congressional delegation, led by Congressman Riley Moore has concluded its fact-finding mission to Nigeria over alleged genocide and is expected to brief President Donald Trump before the end of the month. The delegation, made up of five members of Congress, arrived in the country on Sunday and visited Internally Displaced Persons, survivors […]
At least 22 people were killed overnight when two four-story residential buildings collapsed in the Moroccan city of Fez, officials said yesterday — the second fatal building collapse in the city this year. The homes, which housed eight families, crumbled without warning late Tuesday night. Sixteen survivors were pulled from the rubble and transported to […]
The Government of Canada is taking steps to address critical health workforce shortages by creating a streamlined path to permanent residence for international doctors already working in the country. According to a statement by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on Tuesday, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lena Diab and the Parliamentary Secretary […]
The marketing firm handling the sale of Nigeria’s presidential Boeing 737-700 Business Jet has withdrawn the aircraft’s listing. The jet, previously listed on the company’s website, could no longer be found when our correspondent visited. In an email response to the newsmen, Manager of Market Research at JetHQ, Laurie Barringer, confirmed that the company no […]
The Federal Government has confirmed the release of three Nigerians detained in Saudi Arabia since August 2025 after authorities found they had no connection to an attempted drug smuggling case at Jeddah’s King Abdul Aziz International Airport. According to Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Kimiebi Ebienfa, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Consulate General of […]
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