Australia Bows Out as Turkey Secures COP31 Host Role in Unusual Power-Sharing Deal
The 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) is now set to be held in Turkey after a surprise compromise ended months of stalemate over who would host the global summit. Australia agreed to withdraw its bid during tense negotiations at COP30 in Belém, Brazil — clearing the way for the conference to take place […]
Meta Begins Deactivating Teen Accounts Ahead of Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban
Australian teenagers under 16 are being warned their Instagram, Facebook and Threads accounts will soon be shut down, as the country prepares to enforce a first-of-its-kind social media ban for young people. Meta has started sending text messages, emails and in-app alerts to users it believes are aged 13 to 15, advising them that account […]
Pentagon Holds Quiet Meeting With Nigerian Security Chief After Trump Threatens Military Action
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine met privately Thursday evening with Nigeria’s national security adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, amid heightened tensions following President Donald Trump’s threat to deploy U.S. troops to Nigeria to “wipe out” Islamic militants he claims are targeting Christians. Two defense officials confirmed the meeting, which did […]
Nnamdi Kanu’s Life Sentence Was a Predictable Plot — Abaribe
Former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has described the life sentence handed to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for terrorism as a long-anticipated plot against the IPOB leader. In a statement issued in Abuja by his media adviser, Uchenna Awom, Abaribe said the ruling did not come as a surprise to the Igbo nation or many […]
Court Sentences Nnamdi Kanu to Life Imprisonment for Terrorism
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has sentenced the self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of terrorism charges brought by the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice James Omotosho delivered the judgment on Thursday, ruling that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt […]
Tinubu Sends Defence Minister to Kebbi as Search for Schoolgirls Intensifies
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to immediately relocate to Kebbi State to coordinate security operations for the rescue of the 25 schoolgirls abducted on Monday. The directive, issued on Thursday, comes as the federal government intensifies efforts to free the students taken around 4 am from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Sakaba Local Government […]
Rising Insecurity: US Congressman Criticizes Tinubu Administration
US Congressman Bill Huizenga has sharply criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing it of “sitting back” as insecurity worsens across Nigeria. Huizenga made the remarks on Thursday while testifying before the US House Subcommittee on Africa, which is reviewing Nigeria’s recent redesignation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). During the session, he said Nigeria’s […]
Kwankwaso Signals Openness to APC Return, Sets Conditions
The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) may consider realigning with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) if the party “mends” its ways, party leadership hinted on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference at the NNPP secretariat in Kano State, Chairman Hashim Dungurawa said former presidential candidate Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, […]
Trump Signs Bill Requiring Release of Jeffrey Epstein Files After GOP Pressure
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation forcing his administration to release previously undisclosed files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—an abrupt reversal that came only after mounting pressure from within his own party. The move compels the Justice Department to publish all records and communications related to Epstein, as well as materials tied to […]
Trump to Meet NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House this Friday, marking the first official encounter between the two since Mamdani’s upset victory earlier this month. “Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran ‘Kwame’ Mamdani, has asked for a meeting. We have agreed […]
