•USA flag The United States plans to spend N587 billion ($413.046m) on counter-insurgency operations in Nigeria and other African countries in 2026 amid worsening security conditions across West Africa. The allocation is contained in the US National Defence Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2026, obtained by our correspondent. The funds were a...
•US President Donald Trump The United States has completed the first sales of Venezuelan crude oil under a recently agreed $2 billion energy deal with Caracas, a US administration official told Reuters yesterday. The initial transactions, valued at about $500 million, mark the opening phase of the broader agreement reached earlier this month b...
•Trump and US visa The United States said today it was suspending the processing of immigrant visas from Nigeria and 74 countries, President Donald Trump’s latest move against foreigners seeking to come to America. The United States has long rejected visas from people who appear likely to end up needing government welfare, but the State [&hell...
•The aircraft arrived Nigeria today The United States has delivered military supplies to Nigerian security agencies to bolster security operations in several parts of the country. This was disclosed in a post via X today by the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). “U.S. forces delivered critical military supplies to our Nigerian partners in...
•Rodriguez and Trump Venezuela said yesterday it launched talks with the United States on restoring diplomatic ties, days after US forces deposed Nicolas Maduro as its president. It was the latest sign of cooperation following the leftist leader’s capture and US President Donald Trump’s claim to be “in charge” of the South American country, re...
•President John Mahama of Ghana Ghana’s former finance minister, who is wanted at home on suspicion of corruption, has been detained by US immigration, his lawyers said. Ken Ofori-Atta, 66, has been in the United States since January last year to receive medical treatment including prostate cancer surgery. The former minister, who was declared...
•Venezuelans living in Argentina wave Venezuelan flags as they celebrate, yesterday Some of the nearly eight million Venezuelans who fled economic collapse and repression under Nicolas Maduro gathered in their thousands in cities worldwide Saturday to celebrate the strongman’s ouster by US forces. Thousands massed in the Chilean capital, Sant...
•Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump Iran today warned against any US intervention in the country, vowing a response after President Donald Trump said he would come to the aid of protesters in the Islamic republic. “Any interventionist hand that attacks Iran’s security under any pretext whatsoever will be e...
•Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali and US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump said today that the United States is “locked and loaded” to respond if Iran kills protesters, after cost-of-living demonstrations in the country turned deadly. Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities yesterday, with six reported k...
•US President Donald Trump An alleged leader of the notorious Sinaloa cartel wanted by the United States has been arrested in Mexico on drug and terrorism charges, Mexican government sources said yesterday. Pedro Inzunza Noriega was accused by the United States in May of trafficking large amounts of fentanyl, cocaine and heroin into the countr...
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