•Nigerian Senate Three hundred billion naira of the N700 billion added to the 2025 budget is for procurement of drugs and vaccines, a report by the National Assembly’s joint committee on appropriations has revealed. The report, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent, said this and the requests to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, [&helli...
The United States Department of Justice has disclosed that a Nigerian, Edwin Okoronkwo, who was sentenced to 75 months imprisonment for defrauding some Americans, will be deported after completing his jail term. Okoronkwo was said to have connived with his wife, Julie Okoronkwo, who was also sentenced to 25 months imprisonment for her role in ...
•An aeroplane Crews in Alaska were searching today for a small commercial plane that went missing with 10 people on board, local authorities said, in the latest US air incident. The Bering Air Caravan with nine passengers and one pilot on board was reported overdue yesterday on a flight from Unalakleet to Nome at 4:00 […]
•US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court yesterday for “illegitimate and baseless” investigations targeting America and its ally Israel, the White House said. Trump signed an executive order saying the court in The Hague had “abused its power” by issuing an arrest warrant for Is...
•US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump revealed an extraordinary plan yesterday for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip, resettle Palestinians in other countries – seemingly whether they wanted to leave or not — and turn the territory into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump made the stunning proposal to audible [&hell...
•U.S. President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House US President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organis...
•Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate The federal government today said that Nigeria is steadily being positioned as a growing hub for quality healthcare and now attracting patients not just from the West African subregion but also from countries as far as the United States and the United Kingdom. This Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, [&...
•A young genetically altered pig looking out from a warming box Two US biotech companies say the Food and Drug Administration has cleared them to conduct clinical trials of their gene-edited pig kidneys for human transplants. United Therapeutics along with another company, eGenesis, have been working since 2021 on experiments implanting pig ki...
•Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and US President Donald Trump The United States has agreed to delay the start of tariffs on Mexican goods for one month, presidents Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump said today after holding talks. As part of a series of agreements between the closely connected neighbours, Mexico will reinforce security al...
•Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump Colombia has offered to pay for the “dignified” deportation of its citizens from the United States, the foreign ministry said yesterday, a week after a public spat between presidents Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump over the removal of migrants. The two leaders had issued threats and counter threats of major [&hel...

