•Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State When operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, moved against the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Mustapha Abdullahi, earlier this week, many initially assumed it was another major corruption investigation involving a senior government official and an enormous am...
•Pope Leo XIV and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in The Vatican Top US diplomat, Marco Rubio, went to the Vatican today for talks with the first US pope, Leo XIV, against the backdrop of sharp tensions between the White House and the Vatican. The US secretary of state’s visit comes after Trump’s extraordinary […]
A chieftain of the coalition-led African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dele Momodu, has warned that certain groups within the party are introducing what he described as “aggression and rambunctiousness” into the party, amid growing contestation over its 2027 presidential ticket. Momodu’s remarks come against the backdrop of increasing pressure fr...
•Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (left) and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tensions have been growing between arch-rivals Israel and Iran since the start of the war in Gaza, following the unprecedented attack on Israel launched by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Here is a roundup of key dates leading up to Iran’s barrage of […]...

