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...
GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION BUDGET CUT BY 30%, $1.7BN FUNDING GAP LOOMS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a partnership that includes World Health Organization (WHO) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will...
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...
DOZENS KILLED AS PAKISTAN–AFGHANISTAN BORDER CLASHES ENTER SECOND WEEK
By Aishat Momoh. O. Dozens of soldiers and civilians have been killed in intensified border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as hostilities entered their second...
FLORIDA MOTHER FACES 41 COUNTS OVER SHOCKING CHILD EXPLOITATION OF 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
A woman in St. Petersburg, Florida, has been arrested and charged with 41 counts related to the alleged exploitation and abuse of her 11-year-old daughter....
NATIONWIDE STRIKE GROUNDS FLIGHTS, DISRUPTS TRANSPORT IN BELGIUM OVER GOVERNMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Agency Report A nationwide strike over a government savings plan brought air travel and public transport to a standstill in Belgium on Tuesday, as tens...
WORLD NEWS: MADAGASCAR’S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTES TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT
Madagascar’s lower house of parliament voted Tuesday to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty, in a session dismissed by the presidency as “devoid...
JUST IN: FORMER PREMIER LEAGUE REFEREE DAVID COOTE PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD INDECENCY CHARGE
Agency Report Former Premier League referee David Coote has pleaded guilty to creating an indecent image of a child during a court appearance on Tuesday....