GUINEA SHUTS DOWN 40 POLITICAL PARTIES, TARGETING KEY OPPOSITION
Agency Report Guinea dissolved 40 political parties including the three main opposition groups in a late-night decree, less than two months after former junta leader...
GADDAFI’S SON MURDER: LIBYA REVEALS THREE SUSPECTS
Agency Report Libyan prosecutors said Thursday they had identified three suspects in last month’s killing of the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, without specifying...
15 MILITARY PERSONNEL KILLED IN BENIN BY AL-QAEDA-AFFILIATED GROUP
By: Fasasi Hammad Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists killed 15 soldiers in an assault on a military base in northern Benin, the West African nation’s armed forces reported...
MIGRATION STUDIES KEY TO STRENGTHENING DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT – DABIRI-EREWA
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has underscored the importance of Migration Studies in strengthening diaspora...
CHINA DISMISSES US APPEAL FOR TALKS ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
By: Fasasi Hammad China has stated that it currently sees no need to join nuclear disarmament talks initiated by the United States, the Foreign Ministry...
NIGERIA DECLARES BID FOR 2027 UNHRC SEAT, CITES RECORD OF PROTECTING FREEDOMS
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR Nigeria has officially entered its name in the race to get a spot on the United Nations Human Rights Council for the...
US COURT JAILS FORMER NNPC GM FOR 87 MONTHS OVER $2.1M BRIBE FROM CHINESE FIRM
HOTJIST NEWS A U.S. district court has given Paulinus Okoronkwo, a Nigerian American, an 87-month prison sentence for taking a $2.1 million bribe from Addax...
ALLEGED UK PROPERTY FRAUD: OZEKHOME SLAMMED WITH 12 ADDITIONAL COUNTS
By: Fasasi Hammad The Federal Government of Nigeria has filed a new 12-count charge against Chief Mike Ozekhome and Ponfa Useni, also known as Tali...
GERMANY’S MERZ MEETS CHINA’S XI AFTER PRIOR VISITS BY CARNEY AND STARMER
By: Fasasi Hammad German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping during an official visit to China from February 25 to...
NIGERIAN FASHION DESIGNER SHOT DEAD AT BROOKLYN NIGHTCLUB DURING BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Agency Report A 30-year-old Nigerian fashion designer based in the United States, Sheriff Shittu, has been shot dead following an altercation with a drunk patron...