•Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump The US has offered Ukraine “solid” security guarantees for 15 years with a possibility of an extension, but Kyiv is seeking a longer period, President Volodymyr Zelensky said today after meeting Donald Trump. Zelensky held talks with Trump in Florida, where the US leader said...
•Trump and US jet fighters Nigerians across Sokoto state awoke to loud blasts last night, worried their village was being attacked by one of the multiple armed groups that plague northwest Nigeria. They were, in fact, strikes by the United States, in a Christmas Day bombardment targeting militants in several places, reports AFP. Our correspond...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the federal government to effectively communicate with Nigerians on the U.S strike on terrorists. A press statement today signed by Comrade Ini Ememobong, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP noted that the party is concerned about a communication structure where foreign powers break the news of ...
•A Powerball is displayed at a newsstand A lucky lottery player in the US state of Arkansas has won the $1.8 billion Powerball prize, the second-largest US lottery jackpot ever won, the gambling game’s organiser said yesterday. “With final ticket sales, the Powerball jackpot reached $1.817 billion, making it the second-largest US lottery jackp...
•Tinubu and Trump The Nigerian foreign ministry confirmed the United States had launched “precision hits on terrorist targets in Nigeria by air strikes” after US President Donald Trump announced the operation against Islamic State militants. “Nigerian authorities remain engaged in structured security cooperation with international partners, in...
•Trump, Tinubu and US fighter jets United States President Donald Trump said US forces conducted “powerful and deadly” strikes against Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria yesterday, after he warned the group to stop killing Christians in the country. The Department of Defense said “multiple ISIS terrorists” were killed in an attack...
•Thierry Breton The US State Department said yesterday it would deny visas to a former EU commissioner and four others, accusing them of seeking to “coerce” American social media platforms into censoring viewpoints they oppose. “These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states — in each case tar...
•Trump, US military jets and Tinubu The U.S. has been conducting intelligence-gathering flights over large parts of Nigeria since late November after Donald Trump’s intervention threat, according to flight tracking data and current and former U.S. officials, in a sign of increased security cooperation between the countries. It could not howev...
•US Visa The United States will partially suspend the issuance of certain visas to Nigerian nationals starting January 1, 2026, following Presidential Proclamation 10998 on border and national security. The US Mission in Nigeria announced yesterday that the restrictions will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, under the proclamati...
A Nigerian national in the United States without approval to remain in the country has pleaded guilty in a federal court to making false statements while attempting to purchase a firearm. According to a statement released yesterday by the United States Department of Justice, court records showed that the defendant, Laurel Echezonam, 25, entere...

