US Drops To Unprecedented Press Freedom Low In RSF Index
The United States has dropped to its lowest recorded position in the Reporters Without Borders annual press freedom index, falling seven places to 64th among 180 countries — a ranking that places America below nations it has historically cited as models for democratic governance, and that arrives as the organisation declared a global press freedom […]
Fuel Costs To ‘Drop Like Rock’ After Iran War —Trump
American drivers paid an average of $4.30 for a gallon of gasoline on Thursday — more than a dollar higher than a year ago, the highest pump price in four years, and the most direct daily reminder that the war Donald Trump launched on February 28 is extracting a cost from ordinary Americans that no […]
How Omotosho Buried Justice In Kanu’s Case—Part 1
Extraordinary rendition is not a pathway to justice; it is the poison that turns jurisdiction into complicity. By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze The Poisoned Well: Extraordinary Rendition as Jurisdictional Fraud A court does not become a temple of justice because a judge sits elevated above the parties. It does not acquire legitimacy from robes, seals, court […]
Mali Rebels Issue Ultimatum For Russian Troop Withdrawal
Mali‘s Tuareg rebel alliance has declared its intention to expel Russia’s Africa Corps from the country permanently, framing the demand not as hostility toward Moscow but as a consequence of Russia’s decision to back a military government the rebels accuse of massacres and serious crimes against civilian populations. Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, spokesperson for the Azawad […]
Iran Military Operations Cost U.S. $25bn & Counting
Pete Hegseth sat before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday and spent several hours insisting the Iran war is not a quagmire while simultaneously invoking Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan as models of American endurance — apparently without registering the contradiction. The defence secretary’s appearance before the committee, alongside Joint Chiefs chairman General Dan Caine, […]
How Omotosho Buried Justice In Kanu’s Case—Overview
Power, Procedure, Judicial Capture, and the Constitutional Wound in Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze The most dangerous corruption in any country is not the type that steals money. It is the corruption that steals justice. Money can be traced, recovered, audited, or replaced. But when justice is stolen, the soul of a nation […]
King Charles Calls For Western Solidarity In Congress Address
King Charles III stood before the United States Congress on Tuesday and told the most powerful legislature in the world, with the careful precision of a man who cannot afford a single unguarded word, that executive power must be subject to checks and balances — and watched the Democrats rise to their feet while the […]
UAE Departure Dents OPEC+ Clout, Group Holds Together
In a statement issued Tuesday by its Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Abu Dhabi announced it was ending nearly six decades of membership in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and the broader OPEC+ alliance, effective May 1, 2026 — a decision that lands like a depth charge in an organization already straining under […]
UN Body Condemns Sweden’s Expulsion Of Disabled Minor
A boy diagnosed with autism, severe developmental disorder, cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus and epilepsy was deported from Sweden to Albania at the age of 10, and again at 14, without authorities first establishing whether the medication and care keeping him alive would be available on arrival. The United Nations Human Rights Committee said on Monday that […]
Royal-Presidential Summit Aims To Mend US-UK Rift
A state visit conceived to mark 250 years since Britain lost its American colonies opened on Monday with King Charles III being welcomed to the White House by a president openly at odds with his prime minister and a transatlantic alliance under more strain than at any point in recent memory. The pageantry held. Charles […]
Musk’s OpenAI Battle Reaches Jury Selection Stage
Elon Musk walked into a federal courtroom near San Francisco on Monday to begin a trial built on the claim that OpenAI was founded as a gift to humanity and quietly converted into a profit machine — and ran almost immediately into a jury pool with little patience for him. Asked whether they could weigh […]
Obasanjo: Nigeria Bankrolled Angola — Today, No Influence
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria has lost its place at the table of global decision-making, contrasting the country’s current standing with an era when it bankrolled Angola’s independence with a $20 million grant and extended comparable backing to South Africa. Speaking on News Central’s Soni Irabor Live at the weekend, Obasanjo recalled that under […]