Global Tensions Drive Arms Industry To Record Revenue Highs
Global defence manufacturers recorded unprecedented returns last year as conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza reshaped military spending patterns and spurred a surge in procurement. A new assessment by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute places combined revenues for the world’s hundred largest arms producers at six hundred seventy nine billion dollars, the highest figure SIPRI […]
Nigeria’s Breaking Point: Why America Must Step In—Part 6
When Silence Becomes Complicity A 7-Day Investigative Series by Prof. MarkAnthony Nze The Collapse of the Center Nigeria today stands at a precipice, its institutions hollowed out, its laws selectively applied, and its citizens increasingly alienated from the very government meant to protect them. The country’s collapse is not sudden; it is the slow consequence […]
IGP: 11,566 Officers Withdrawn From VIP Protection Details
In a bold move to strengthen nationwide security, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the withdrawal of 11,566 police officers from VIP protection duties. The redeployment aims to redirect manpower to regions grappling with escalating crime, including kidnappings in Kwara, Kebbi, Niger, and other northern states. Following the directive, several high-profile Nigerians are now seeking […]
Former President Jonathan Safe, Left Guinea-Bissau – Govt
Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has left Guinea-Bissau after the sudden military takeover that toppled the country’s civilian authorities. His departure was confirmed late Thursday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which disclosed that he boarded a special flight alongside members of his delegation. According to the ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, Jonathan and his team, […]
Ex-Binance Rep Loses Suit Against NSA, EFCC In Court
The Federal High Court in Abuja has thrown out a rights enforcement suit brought by Tigran Gambaryan, the former Binance executive in charge of financial crime compliance, after concluding that his case had no basis in law and amounted to an abuse of judicial process. Justice Mohammed Umar delivered the ruling, explaining that the National […]
Putin: No End To War Unless Ukraine Gives Up Territory
Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled on Thursday that Moscow would halt its war in Ukraine only if Ukrainian troops abandon territories Russia insists belong to it. If Kyiv refuses, he warned, Russian forces will push forward until those areas are taken through combat. His remarks came during a trip to Kyrgyzstan and framed the conflict […]
Peru’s Ousted ‘President Of Poor’ Gets 11-Yr Coup Sentence
Peru’s long-running political turmoil deepened on Thursday as the Supreme Court handed former president Pedro Castillo a prison term of more than eleven years for attempting to dissolve Congress and govern through decree. The ruling closes a dramatic chapter that began in December 2022 when Castillo, a former rural schoolteacher who rose to power on […]
Trump Halts Immigration From ‘3rd World,’ Reviews Green Cards
United States President Donald Trump has moved to widen the government’s immigration clampdown, saying he intends to halt immigration from what he called “all Third World countries”. His declaration came a day after officials identified an Afghan national as the suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC, an incident that […]
Nigeria’s Breaking Point: Why America Must Step In—Part 5
The Failure of Intelligence — Why Nigeria Can’t Protect Its Citizens A 7-Day Investigative Series by Prof. MarkAnthony Nze In every nation that collapses, there comes a moment when truth dies before the state does. Nigeria has reached that point. Its intelligence community, the hidden machinery built to detect danger before it strikes, has become the […]
Miss Universe Owners Face Fraud, Trafficking Allegations
The Miss Universe organisation finds itself under a heavy cloud of legal trouble, a saga that unfolded almost as soon as the spotlights dimmed on its most recent pageant. What should have been a quiet cooldown period after the coronation has instead become a swirl of court orders, financial alarms and cross-border investigations involving two […]
Bangladesh Shantytown Fire In Dhaka Leaves Thousands Homeless
A massive blaze tore through one of Dhaka’s most crowded informal settlements, reducing roughly 1,500 makeshift homes to ashes and forcing thousands into sudden displacement, officials said on Wednesday. The fire erupted in the Korail settlement on Tuesday evening, and responders battled the flames deep into the next day, struggling against smoke, heat, and the […]
Two Soldiers Shot Near White House, Suspect In Custody
A shooting near the heart of Washington threw one of the city’s busiest corridors into chaos on Wednesday, leaving two National Guard members fighting for their lives and a third person wounded. The gunfire erupted just a short walk from the White House, jolting commuters around Farragut Square, a crowded hub framed by office towers, […]