U.S. President Donald Trump has said Iran still possesses roughly 21 to 22 per cent of its missile arsenal, despite recent military confrontations and ongoing tensions in the region. Speaking in an interview with NBC News on Friday, Trump said Iran continues to maintain some offensive capabilities, including missiles and drones. “They still have capacity….
By Ayomide Otitoju The 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the approval of 1,000 forest guards for Oyo State, describing the move as a reactive response to the country’s worsening security challenges. In a statement posted on his X account on Friday and titled “What…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a rare open letter aimed at reviving stalled efforts to end the war between the two countries. In the letter published on Thursday, Zelensky called for direct engagement with Putin and proposed setting a specific date for talks, while offering…
The United States Senate has approved a $70 billion funding package to support President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda, delivering a major legislative victory for the administration after months of political wrangling over border security and deportation policies. The measure, passed on Friday, provides funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol…
By Ayomide Otitoju In a statement on Thursday by its National Secretary, Barr. Ikenna Enekweizu, the party said all aspirants were given equal opportunity to participate in what it described as a transparent and consultative process. The NDC maintained that its National Secretariat was not involved in selecting or imposing candidates, stressing that nominations were…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched a $518 million joint response plan to contain the Ebola outbreak spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighbouring countries. The coordinated plan, announced on Friday, will run from June to November and is aimed…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Federal Government has commenced plans to repatriate more than 1,000 Nigerians from South Africa amid growing concerns over renewed xenophobic tensions and anti-immigrant sentiment in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Friday that screening for a voluntary repatriation programme began on Thursday, with officials expecting the number of…
By Ayomide Otitoju NNPC Limited, through its CSR arm, the NNPC Foundation, has commissioned and handed over a state-of-the-art 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala, Kano State. The intervention is aimed at strengthening healthcare delivery and improving diagnostic capacity for orthopaedic, neurological, trauma, musculoskeletal and gynaecological conditions, while…
By Ayomide Otitoju Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has cautioned Nigerian youths against ethnic and religious divisions, urging them not to be manipulated into promoting narratives that threaten national unity. Obi made the appeal in a post on his X account on Thursday amid growing social media criticism directed at the General Overseer…