HAJJ 2026: PILGRIM NUMBERS SURGE TO OVER 1.5 MILLION DESPITE MIDDLE EAST WAR
By 'Sefiu Ajape More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia from outside the kingdom ahead of this year’s hajj, according to Saudi...
US TELLS NIGERIANS, OTHER FOREIGNERS SEEKING GREEN CARDS TO APPLY FROM HOME COUNTRIES
By 'Sefiu Ajape The United States has directed Nigerians and other foreign nationals seeking green cards to return to their home countries to process their...
TRUMP DECLINES TO ATTEND SON’S WEDDING, CITES OFFICIAL DUTIES
Agency Report United States President Donald Trump has announced that he will not attend the wedding of his son, Donald Trump Jr., citing official government...
SENEGAL PRESIDENT FAYE SACKS PRIME MINISTER SONKO, DISSOLVES GOVERNMENT
Agency Report Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government following months of growing tensions within the country’s leadership....
TULSI GABBARD RESIGNS AS U.S. INTELLIGENCE CHIEF OVER HUSBAND’S CANCER DIAGNOSIS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The United States Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has announced her resignation, citing the need to support her husband, Abraham...
PLASTIC POLLUTION OVERTAKES FISHING LIVELIHOODS ALONG CONGO RIVER IN DRC
Agency Report Fishermen along the Congo River near the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, say they are increasingly hauling in more plastic waste than...
SIERRA LEONE RECEIVES NINE US-DEPORTED WEST AFRICAN MIGRANTS UNDER TRUMP CRACKDOWN
Agency Report Sierra Leone on Wednesday received a group of migrants expelled from the United States under President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement policy, becoming...
IRAN GUARDS WARN OF WAR BEYOND MIDEAST AS TRUMP REPEATS THREATS
Agency Report Iran warned on Wednesday that the Middle East war would spread far beyond the region if the United States and Israel resumed their...
TRUMP SAYS IRAN STRIKE PAUSED AS GULF STATES PUSH FOR NEGOTIATIONS
Agency Report US President Donald Trump has said he has halted imminent plans to resume military strikes on Iran, citing intervention from Gulf Arab allies...
US TIGHTENS EBOLA CONTROLS AS OUTBREAK IN DRC WORSENS
Agency Report The United States has announced new precautionary measures aimed at preventing the spread of Ebola, including enhanced airport screening for travellers arriving from...