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“The fighting in Yemen is spreading across multiple fronts, triggering a rapidly growing refugee crisis and causing more than 130,000 people to flee their homes since early September,” UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch told reporters in Geneva. The mass displacement follows the rapid advance of Iran-backed Houthi fighters up Yemen’s west coast to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in recent weeks and …

That Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukrainewho provided an update to the council, said that Russia’s repeated attacks on energy infrastructure are making Ukraine’s civilians more vulnerable to winter ahead of a brutal winter in 2025-2026 in which temperatures will drop by 20°C and millions of people will experience prolonged power and heating outages. The dangerous winter is coming …

Ikemefuna Okeke, Karl Von Batten, Karl Marx, George Edward, Karl ME Okeke or any of your many names you choose to call yourself this week, consider the following. You said our President was smuggling drugs into America – that is false. Prove it. You said that our President was CHARGED for drug trafficking in America: this is false. Prove it. …

NIGERIA is in the intensive care unit and her nurses don’t seem bothered. No. They are actually involved but not caring for seriously ill patients. They pay lip service to keeping their promises, but are committed to fulfilling their desires and hedonistic pleasures. This is 146 days [in November 2023 when this article was first published] since another group of …

There is gossip. There is political gossip. And then there is gossip by the President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Those are not the same thing. When ordinary people gossip, friendships may collapse, marriages may suffer, reputations may be damaged, and WhatsApp groups may catch fire. But when the holder of one of Nigeria’s highest constitutional …

Peter Obi … Urges NDC presidential candidate to quit the race The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC – PCC) has described the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, as unfit for leadership anywhere. He said disclosures by the Anambra State Government during its eight-year tenure exposed unpaid workers’ salaries and undisclosed external borrowings behind …

The Plateau State Government has imposed an immediate dusk to dawn curfew on three local government areas following emerging security concerns in some parts of the state. The affected local government areas are Barkin Ladi, Bokkos and Mangu, where residents have been ordered to restrict their movements between 6pm and 6am until further notice. The directive, which came into effect …

The deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners should force Northern leaders to confront a failure far greater than illegal mining: the failure to protect the people and lands from which their wealth originates. Earth is patient. It keeps its secrets under granite, schist and laterite, beneath plant roots and riverbeds. Gold lies dormant in its geological matrix. Lithium waits in …

The trial of Bauchi State Accountant General, Sirajo Muhammed Jaja continued on Monday, September 21, 2026 at the Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu with witnesses revealing how Jaja diverted state funds to private companies. Jaja is facing prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) along with Aliyu Abubakar, Abubakar Muhammed Hafiz, Ari …

Donald Trump The White House has launched a 24-hour streaming channel known as “Trump TV,” giving viewers direct access to videos, announcements and other content from President Donald Trump’s administration. The White House announced the launch on its official X account on Monday, describing the platform as a real-time stream featuring past presidential moments, major announcements and other highlights from …