GHANA’S FORMER FIRST LADY, NANA KONADU AGYEMAN-RAWLINGS, DIES AT 76
By Aishat Momoh. O. Ghana’s former First Lady and prominent women’s rights advocate, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has died at the age of 76. She was...
CHINA HITS BACK AT US OVER SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN OIL COMPANIES
China said on Thursday it “opposes” recent sanctions slapped by the United States on the two largest Russian oil companies over Moscow’s war in Ukraine,...
UK CUTS POST-STUDY WORK PERIOD FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS TO 18 MONTHS FROM 2027
Agency Report The Government of the United Kingdom has announced that from January 1, 2027, the post-study work period for foreign students — including Nigerians...
UK LIFTS TERRORIST DESIGNATION ON SYRIA’S HAYAT TAHRIR AL-SHAM AFTER REGIME CHANGE
Agency Report The United Kingdom has officially removed Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from its list of banned terrorist organisations, following the group’s overthrow of...
ALGERIAN COURT JAILS OPPOSITION LEADER GHARES FOR TWO YEARS OVER FACEBOOK POST INSULTING PRESIDENT
By Aishat Momoh. O. An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Fethi Ghares to two years in prison for a Facebook post deemed to...
US STRIKES KILL COLOMBIAN FISHERMAN, SPARK DIPLOMATIC ROW WITH BOGOTÁ
Agency Report The family of Alejandro Carranza, a fisherman from Colombia’s Caribbean coast, is demanding justice after he was killed in a U.S. military strike...
FRANCE’S EX-PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY JAILED, PROCLAIMS HIS INNOCENCE
Paris, France — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been jailed, marking him as the first former leader of a major European state to receive...
HEARTBREAKING: US-BASED NIGERIAN MUM ARRESTED AFTER DAUGTHER’S HOT-CAR DEATH
A 36-year-old Nigerian woman, Gbemisola Akayinode, has been apprehended and charged with felony murder following the death of her 9-year-old daughter, Oluwasikemi, who succumbed to...
TRUMP DEMOLISHES PART OF WHITE HOUSE FOR NEW BALLROOM
Washington, D.C. — A section of the East Wing of the White House has been demolished as part of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan...