Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede celebrated Eid-el-Kabir with 2,000 troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in Sokoto, Sokoto State, ordering an intensified 100% offensive against 1,000 bandits in
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, led 100,000 Muslims in Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the Sokoto Central Mosque, calling for Nigeria’s 36 governors and 200 federal lawmakers to seek
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia, in a Makurdi broadcast, accused an unnamed politician of instigating 70% of 200 attacks in 2024, killing 500 and displacing 10,000 across Guma and Agatu.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denounced a U.S. travel ban expansion under President Trump, labeling it a “racist mentality” targeting 90% of 1.2 million Iranian diaspora applicants. The ban,
President Donald Trump, speaking at a Mar-a-Lago press conference, claimed Elon Musk had “lost his mind” over Musk’s opposition to a $2 trillion GOP domestic policy bill, intensifying their public
On June 4, 2025, Ireland deported 35 Nigerian nationals from Dublin to Lagos for immigration offences, including 60% visa overstays and 30% fraudulent asylum claims, costing €500,000. The group, comprising
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, granted the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Vivek Ramaswamy, access to Social Security Administration (SSA) data to streamline
Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah mourned the passing of Igbo folk music icon Gentleman Mike Ejeagha, who died at 95 in Enugu. Born in 1930 in Imezi-Owa, Ezza North, Ejeagha,
former Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), speaking in Minna, described the May 28-29 Mokwa flood in Niger State as an “act of God,” urging 50,000 affected residents to rebuild. The
On June 6, 2025, a Let L-410 Turbolet, registered as TG-TJG, crashed near Pavencul, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, killing all three crew members aboard. The aircraft, operated by a regional pest
