By Samuel Okechukwu, ABUJA, NIGERIA – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has offered a stark and emotional assessment of the presidential election 2025 in Guinea-Bissau, describing the aftermath of the attack as dramatically more painful for him personally than his historic 2015 presidential election defeat to Muhammadu Buhari. Dr. Jonathan, who serves as the Economic Community […]

By Gbenga Oresanya MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Russia is reportedly considering a total ban on WhatsApp, the popular messaging application owned by Meta Platforms, as part of its ongoing efforts to tighten control over digital platforms and data within its borders. The threat comes amidst a broader campaign by Russian authorities to compel technology companies to […]

TUNISIA, AFRICA– Tunisian court has handed jail terms to dozens of opposition leaders, lawyers and businessmen accused of attempting to overthrow the nation’s president. Forty people including opposition leader Jawahar Ben Mbarek were handed sentences ranging from four to 45 years over the alleged conspiracy to oust President Kais Saied. Twenty of those charged have […]

By France24 GUINEA-BISSAU, AFRICA– Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday announced a new junta leader for the country, cementing a forceful takeover of power that began after the country’s presidential election. General Horta N’Tam was sworn in as the transitional president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, an army statement said, one day after army officers deposed the country’s president Umaro Sissoco […]

By France 24 AMERICA- President Donald Trump ordered a sweeping review of green card holders from what his administration calls “countries of concern”, the head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Thursday, directing the agency to reassess vetting procedures for permanent residents from those nations. A woman clutches a US flag as she […]

Sources: BBC GUINEA-BISSAU– The former Portuguese colony has witnessed at least nine coups or attempted coups over the last five decades. Shortly after gunshots were heard in the capital, Bissau, government sources told the BBC that Embaló had been detained and the officers then appeared on state TV, saying they had suspended the electoral process, as […]

Fox, President Donald Trump paused a busy Oval Office day to greet visiting children, handing out small gifts and saying, “My name is Donald,” in a sweet moment captured and shared online by communications advisor Margo Martin. The short clip, viewed hundreds of thousands of times within hours of being posted, struck a lighter note […]

By BBC, In her Soviet-era apartment block on the outskirts of eastern Kyiv, Oksana Zinkovska-Boyarska lives with daily power cuts. The lift to her eighth-floor apartment often stops, the lights go out and sometimes the pumps maintaining pressure in the gas central heating fail. She has a big rechargeable battery pack to keep appliances going, […]

By Nonye Okonkwu Vatican City—Pope Francis held a private audience with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican on Thursday, with discussions focusing intensely on the escalating crisis in the Middle East and the urgent need for a two-state solution. The meeting, which underscores the Holy See’s consistent commitment to dialogue, took place amid renewed […]

By Gbenga Oresanya, United States President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Nigeria on Saturday, November 1, 2025, threatening to deploy U.S. military forces and immediately halt all aid if the Nigerian government fails to stop what he described as the “mass slaughter” and persecution of Christians in the country. Trump had, on Friday, […]