•Nigerian passport Nigeria’s passport may have dropped to 90th place in the latest Henley Passport Index, but holders can still travel to 44 destinations without obtaining a visa before departure. The July 2026 global ranking, released by Henley & Partners yesterday, gave the Nigerian passport a visa-free score of 44. This means that citiz...
•US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump today pledged that the United States would bomb Iranian civil infrastructure every time Tehran fires at ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. “From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, […]
•Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham Britain’s annual inflation rate fell more than expected in June, driven by lower fuel prices, official data showed today, in a boost to new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s cost-of-living push. The Consumer Prices Index rose by 2.6 percent in the 12 months to June, down from 2.8 percent in May, […]...
•Atiku, Tinubu and Trump A Washington-based lobbying firm engaged by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says it has begun sharing documents relating to a long-running United States forfeiture case involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with officials of the Donald Trump administration, members of Congress and congressional staff. The firm, Vo...
•Wildfire in southern France A fast-moving wildfire erupted yesterday in southern France, forcing hundreds out of their homes as nearly 1,000 firefighters and water-bombing aircraft battled to stop the blaze. The fire swept through wooded hills in the Var region, burning 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres) in just a few hours and prompting the evacua...
•Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky (R) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday sacked his Soviet-trained army chief Oleksandr Syrsky following a political crisis triggered by the removal of a popular, young and tech-savvy defence minister. The Ukrainian l...
A court in Kuwait has convicted and sentenced two unnamed Nigerians to seven years in prison for their involvement in an armed robbery at a money exchange office in Mahboula, located in the country’s southern district. The ruling was delivered yesterday by a court presided over by Counsellor Nasr Salem Al-Haid, reports Vanguard. According to [...
•Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a tax cut to ease cost-of-living pressures as he was set to convene his first cabinet meeting today. After a day earlier replacing Keir Starmer in Downing Street and purging the government of his predecessor’s loyalists, the 56-year-old this morning said h...
•British Prime Minister Andy Burnham New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham took power yesterday, purging the cabinet of his predecessor’s loyalists as he promised a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and signalled a tilt to the left. He immediately got to work after replacing Keir Starmer in Downing Street, holding separate calls with ...
•Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was sentenced today to life in prison by a federal court in New York for co-founding and leading the powerful Sinaloa cartel. The 76-year-old “El Mayo” is the former top associate of the organisation’s founder, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who is serving a life […]...
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