Category: Politics

ʙʏ ᴇɴɪᴏʟᴀ ᴀᴋɪɴᴋᴜᴏᴛᴜ(𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡) Tensions in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State may be easing after weeks of political uncertainty and protests. Behind closed doors, President Tinubu and Fubara are engaging in quiet diplomacy that could reshape the region’s leadership. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu met with Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara, whom he suspended on 18...

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has announced that it successfully thwarted what it described as a “major coup plot” targeting junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, according to a report by the BBC on Tuesday. Burkina Faso’s Security Minister, Mahamadou Sana, disclosed in a televised address on Monday that both active and retired soldiers, allegedly working in...

Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Monday after the federal government said it was freezing $2.2 billion in grants and sought what university officials described as “unprecedented and improper” control over the Ivy League institution. “The consequences of the government’s overreach will be severe and long-lasting,” Harvard President Alan Garber said in a message Monday announcing the lawsuit. The...

Today, with a heavy heart, I join the Catholic faithful and Christians worldwide in mourning the passing of Pope Francis, a humble servant of God, tireless champion of the poor, and guiding light for millions. His passing, coming just after the celebration of Christ’s Resurrection, is a sacred return to his Maker at a time...

China has just issued warnings to countries siding with the United State in the trade war, threatening to retaliate against countries that cooperate with the U.S. on Tariffs in ways that compromise Beijing’s interests. This came from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Monday stating:  “China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the...

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela on Sunday, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept imprisoned for what he called “political prisoners” in Venezuela. In a post on the social media platform X, directed at President Nicolás Maduro, Bukele listed off a number of family members...

In 1989, several months after winning the Nigerian version of Miss Intercontinental, Bianca Onoh opted to resign rather than end it, after it emerged that she was in a relationship with Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, a political associate of her father who was 34 years her senior, a certain tabloid falsely reported that she...