•Deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló Guinea-Bissau’s deposed president, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, has arrived in Senegal, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed, a day after a group of military officers in Guinea-Bissau seized power in a coup. Senegal’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement last night night that Embalo had arriv...
•UK flag Migrants seeking to settle in the UK will have to have a job, not claim benefits, and undertake community work under plans to be unveiled by the interior minister today. Currently, those with family in Britain and who have lived there for five years qualify for “indefinite leave to remain” — permanent residence […]
•Israeli Army soldiers stand guard at the scene of a shooting attack Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the army must draw up a plan to prevent Iran from threatening Israel again after the arch-foes fought a 12-day war last month, in comments released today. The Israeli military’s “current mission is to prepare an enforcement […]...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has lamented that Nigerians have been turned into refugees in their own country even when it is not at war. He also called on members of the Obidient Movement to keep faith and hope alive despite the outcome of […]
•Big Thumb Network Speakers at the Big Thumb Network (BtN) roundtable have called on Nigerians to take back their country from self-serving politicians who care less about the people’s interests. The roundtable was held yesterday in Lagos in collaboration with Save Democracy Mega Alliance (SDMA) and the Indigenous Food and Allied Processors As...
•Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers stand guard All Pakistani citizens in India must leave the country by April 29, New Delhi’s foreign ministry said today, in the latest diplomatic measure taken after an attack it blames on Islamabad. “In the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Government of India has decided to suspend […...
•Captain Ibrahim Traoré Burkina Faso’s president, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has declared that his country is not operating under a democratic system but is undergoing what he described as a “popular, progressive revolution.” Speaking during a flag-raising ceremony at the Koulouba Palace recently, Traoré challenged the widely held belief that dem...
Niger’s ruling military junta has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to leave the country immediately. Niger has “terminated its agreements” with the ICRC and some foreign staff have started to leave the West African country, the source said, adding the organisation had closed its office in the capital, Niamey, on Tuesda...
•President Yoon Suk Yeol South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was banned from leaving the country today, the justice ministry said, less than a week after he plunged the country into chaos by briefly imposing martial law. Yoon sent special forces and helicopters to parliament on the night of December 3 before lawmakers forced him […]...
•Prof Pat Utomi Professor Pat Utomi, former presidential aspirant, a professor of political economy and management expert is worried by Nigeria’s state of affairs and wants urgent action to halt the country’s slide to economic abyss. Utomi, who is currently on Woodrow Wilson’s fellowship in the United States and won’t return till May 2025, tol...

