2 days ago Renowned Nigerian gospel sensation, Minister Mercy Chinwo, has once again captivated audiences with the release of her latest single, My Lover. Released on 14 February, the song blends worship with a heartfelt expression of love for God, making it a fitting anthem for Valentine’s Day. With her signature powerful vocals and deep lyrical message, My… 2 days ago Nigerian music legend, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has found himself at the centre of fresh controversy as his mother, Rose Idibia, has publicly pleaded with Nigerians to help her beg Edo lawmaker, Natasha Osawuru, to leave her…
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28 mins ago A former three-term member of the House of Representatives, Daniel Reyenieju, has described allegations of funds mismanagement against the management of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, as unfounded. Reyenieju in a statement, said those making the allegations do not understand the complexities involved in developing the country’s oil and gas industry. The… 49 mins ago The agrarian community of Ifon in Ose Local Council Area of Ondo State was engulfed in crisis over the weekend following the alleged torture 53 mins ago Worried by the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) across the Federal…
Germany’s conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz pledged a stronger role for Berlin in the EU and muscular support for Ukraine as he outlined his foreign policy vision at the Munich Security Conference. In what German media dubbed Merz’s “diplomatic speed-dating”, the CDU leader hoping to be the next chancellor joined speaking panels and met a long list of international policy-makers at the annual event. Merz, 69, is a committed European and trans-Atlanticist who has argued the EU must be united to deal confidently with US President Donald Trump, whom he has labelled “predictably unpredictable”. He may soon get to…
Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London to the United States embassy on Saturday to protest against President Donald Trump’s proposal that the US “take over” Gaza. Waving Palestinian flags and placards saying “Hands off Gaza,” several thousand people walked from Whitehall in Westminster over the River Thames to the embassy in Nine Elms. Earlier this month, Trump stunned the world when he suggested the US could redevelop the war-ravaged Gaza Strip into the “Riviera of the Middle East”. His proposal envisages resettling Palestinians elsewhere, with no plan for them ever to return. Other western leaders and the…
Their voices monotone and their faces staring mostly ahead, three Israeli hostages spoke in Hebrew on a Gaza stage before walking to freedom on Saturday, after more than 16 months of captivity in the Palestinian territory. The carefully choreographed handover to the Red Cross in Gaza came as part of an ongoing ceasefire deal with Israel. Compared to three emaciated captives released last week, Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen, Israeli-Russian Sasha Trupanov and Israeli-Argentine Yair Horn appeared in better health as they emerged from a white car. They clutched gift bags and a certificate to mark the end of their captivity,…
A ninth mayor from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM party, the third largest in parliament, has been removed from office because of alleged links to a “terrorist organisation”, the interior ministry said on Saturday. The suspension of the mayor of Van, a majority Kurdish city in the east of the country, came with negotiations underway between the government and the historic head of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has been in an armed struggle with the state since 1984. “Sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for aiding a terrorist organisation, the mayor of the municipality of Van,…
Iran said Saturday that it had received messages from the new government in Damascus following the ouster of its longtime Syrian ally, former president Bashar al-Assad. “The Islamic Republic of Iran is indirectly in contact with Damascus,” Tehran’s special envoy for Syrian affairs Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani was quoted as saying by the state-run IRNA news agency. The diplomat said Iran had “also received messages” from Syria, but did not specify the intermediary country facilitating the communication. Sheibani was responding to a question about recent comments by Syria’s foreign minister, Asaad al-Shaibani, regarding communications with Iran, according to IRNA.…
Amid angry European reactions to US Vice President JD Vance’s combative speech in Munich, Switzerland’s president said on Saturday she shared many of the “liberal values” he expressed, seeing the speech as a “plea for direct democracy”. Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference Thursday focussed on key themes of Trump’s election campaign and was seen as a combative broadside against Europe and Germany in particular, accusing them of limiting free speech and excluding parties that voice strong concerns over immigration. While the speech elicited strong rebukes from German and other leaders, Karin Keller-Sutter, Switzerland’s finance minister who currently…
2 days ago Renowned Nigerian gospel sensation, Minister Mercy Chinwo, has once again captivated audiences with the release of her latest single, My Lover. Released on 14 February, the song blends worship with a heartfelt expression of love for God, making it a fitting anthem for Valentine’s Day. With her signature powerful vocals and deep lyrical message, My… 2 days ago Nigerian music legend, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has found himself at the centre of fresh controversy as his mother, Rose Idibia, has publicly pleaded with Nigerians to help her beg Edo lawmaker, Natasha Osawuru, to leave her…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Saturday for the creation of a European army, as he insisted Kyiv and its backers on the continent must be listened to in peace talks with Russia. Speaking at a gathering of top policymakers in Munich, the Ukrainian leader said that with the return of President Donald Trump to the White House Europe could no longer count on Washington to always have its back. Trump stunned allies and upended the status quo of US support for Ukraine this week when he announced he would likely soon meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin to start truce…