By Babafemi Ojudu We have truly degenerated in Nigeria. Can you imagine a Shehu Shagari as minister in the First Republic behaving this way? Or a Richard Akinjide in the Second? Or Chief Bola Ige in the Third? Public life in Nigeria has lost its dignity. The solemnity once associated with leadership has been replaced...
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Police Officer In Critical Condition After Crash While Supporting Vance’s Motorcade
Two law enforcement vehicles crashed in Tennessee on Friday night while supporting Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade, sending a police officer to the hospital in critical condition, authorities said. The crash in Maryville, about 17 miles (27 kilometers) south of Knoxville, involved a state trooper and a Maryville Police Department motorcycle officer, the city said...
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“Our Mission Is Clear: To Hunt Them Down And To Protect Our People.” Chief of Air Staff Declared As Nigerian Air Force Airstrikes Demolish Bandit Stronghold In Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force –NAF– conducted precision airstrikes under Operation FANSAN YAMMA, targeting the Sauri bandit camp in Zamfara State’s Tsafe Local Government Area, neutralizing numerous terrorists and disrupting their logistics hub without civilian casualties on Friday. NAF in a press statement confirmed that: “The mission was undertaken after comprehensive intelligence and surveillance operations confirmed...
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Trump spent the whole of last week talking tough on Nigeria, waiting for a reaction that never came. Many f00lish and irresponsible Nigerians celebrated that the Americans were coming. Some believed Americans invasion would accompany Tinubu’s dethronement.
But our President handled the situation the way great leaders do. No angry words. Just calm diplomacy and quiet confidence. Look at how quickly things have turned around. The same America is reaching out, asking for cooperation and friendship. Tinubu is a LEADER! The kind that knows when silence says more than words ever could....
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Vice President JD Vance Cite Reason For Inflation, Claims Trump Inherited “Terrible Inflation Crisis From The Biden Administration”
“I know that there are a lot of people out there saying ‘things are expensive’. We have to remember, they’re expensive because we inherited this terrible inflation crisis from the Biden administration” – Vice President JD Vance
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Court Hears Case To Disqualify Central African Republic’s President From December Election
— A constitutional court in the Central African Republic on Wednesday began hearings on a petition seeking to disqualify the country’s leader from running in the upcoming December presidential election. The petition filed by the Observatory for Democratic Governance, a civil society group, argued that President Faustin Archange Touadera should be disqualified on the grounds of not meeting the...
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Government Shutdown Officially Over As Trump Signs Bipartisan Bill
President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan funding bill late Wednesday, ending the longest U.S. government shutdown in history and reopening federal agencies on Thursday. The bill, funding operations through January 2026, passed the House 222-209 after Senate approval, with six moderate Democrats joining Republicans amid partisan clashes over spending priorities. The shutdown inflicted $11 billion...
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Apple Removes Two Gay Dating Apps In China To Comply With Government Order
Apple said it has removed two popular gay dating apps from its app store in China, in compliance with an order from the country’s cyberspace regulator, stoking fears within the country’s LGBTQ community. The same-sex dating and social apps Blued and Finka suddenly became unavailable to download on iOS devices over the weekend, while users of Android devices...