By Ayomide Otitoju Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has dismissed suggestions that Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the party’s leader and former Kano governor, could ally with President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Galadima accused the Tinubu administration of working…
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least 14 people on Monday, authorities said, just hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington for talks with US President Donald Trump. In Kharkiv, a drone strike destroyed part of a five-storey apartment block, leaving several floors ablaze, regional governor Oleg Synegubov said. Rescuers pulled survivors from the…
Burkina Faso’s military junta on Monday declared the United Nations’ top representative in the country, Carol Flore-Smereczniak, “persona non grata” over a report alleging the recruitment of children in the country’s jihadist conflict. The March UN report, titled Children and Armed Conflict in Burkina Faso, documented grave violations against minors, including child recruitment, sexual violence,…
Former US President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to lead a “movement” against mail-in voting, escalating his long-running attacks on a system used by nearly a third of Americans in the 2024 elections. Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he planned to issue an executive order targeting both mail-in ballots and electronic voting…
By Ayomide Otitoju Nigeria has maintained crude oil production above the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) assigned quota for two consecutive months, according to the group’s August 2025 Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR). The report showed that the country’s average daily crude output rose to 1.505 million barrels per day (mbpd) in June…
By Ayomide Otitoju WAGL Energy Limited, a joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and Sahara Group, has announced a major expansion of its fleet capacity, which now exceeds 160,000 cubic meters. The announcement was made on Monday via NNPCL’s official , where the company said the development reinforces WAGL Energy’s role…
By Ayomide Otitoju U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached an agreement on what officials described as “robust security guarantees” for Ukraine during their summit in Alaska, a senior White House envoy said Sunday. Speaking on CNN, special envoy Steve Witkoff said Russia had offered unspecified concessions on five contested Ukrainian regions,…
At least eight people have died and four remain missing after a flash flood swept through a campsite in Inner Mongolia, Chinese state media reported on Sunday. According to Xinhua, 13 people were camping in Urat Rear Banner when the flood struck around 10 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) on Saturday. One survivor was rescued,…
By Ayomide Otitoju Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday joined other Nigerians in celebrating former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), on his 84th birthday. Jonathan, who visited Babangida at his Hilltop residence in Minna, described the former leader as a nationalist and one of Nigeria’s most outstanding statesmen. “We thank God that since…
