Category: Politics

Ukrainian officials on Thursday confirmed that Russia conducted a “massive” attack against the country’s energy infrastructure, firing nearly 200 missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households without power.Russia’s second major aerial attack on Ukraine’s power grid in less than two weeks amplified fears that the Kremlin aims to cripple the country’s power generation capacity before...

United State President-elect Donald Trump declared a win on stopping illegal immigration through Mexico on Wednesday after talking with that country’s leader, Claudia Sheinbaum.However the Mexican President affirmed Mexico was already doing its part and had no interest in closing its borders.The two spoke just days after Trump threatened to impose sweeping new tariffs on Canada and...

United State President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate retired Gen. Keith Kellogg to serve as assistant to the president and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.“Keith has led a distinguished Military and Business career, including serving in highly sensitive National Security roles in my first Administration. He was with me right from the beginning!...

United State President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday dined with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, bringing together the Facebook founder and the former president who was once banned from that social network.Stephen Miller, who has been appointed deputy chief of staff for Trump’s second term, said Zuckerberg, like other business leaders, wants to...

A number of President-elect Donald Trump ‘s most prominent Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks,” Trump’s transition team said Wednesday. The FBI said it was investigating.“Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those...

The governing party in Georgia on Wednesday picked a former soccer player as its candidate for president following a disputed victory in last month’s parliamentary election that has sparked protests and led to an opposition boycott of parliament.The Georgian Dream party nominated Mikheil Kavelashvili, a 53-year-old former national team and Premier League player, for the mostly ceremonial presidential...

An appeals court on Tuesday agreed to dismiss charges related to Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, effectively ending Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump.Smith’s office on Monday sought to dismiss charges, first made in June 2023, against Trump on allegations that he willfully retained national defense information after he left office and that he...

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has suspended his senior special assistant on print media, Wale Ajetunmobi, for his controversial post on his personal X handle suggesting some arsonists were “hunted and executed” by the government.The governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gbenga Akosile, announced the suspension in a brief statement on Tuesday.Mr. Ajetunmobi’s suspension comes...

TO MY PRINCIPAL!!! Sir, I do not know where to start from, because all my thoughts are that I would in the future be writing your biography, and not epitaph. I first met you 10 years ago, on 1st of December 2014, as my Commanding Officer in 72 Special Forces Battalion. It was then that...