Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced on October 13, 2025, that the initial 47.4-kilometer section of the 700-kilometer Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway costs 1.067 trillion naira, equivalent to about $51 million per kilometer, incorporating features like solar lighting, reinforced structures for swampy areas, flyovers, and tree planting. “A standard coastal road is going for N7.5 billion per kilometer of standard highway; however, this N7.5 billion includes all the fillings, shoulder protection, solar lighting throughout, and planting of trees.” He declared The project, awarded without bidding to Hitech Construction for an estimated $13 billion, connects Lagos to Calabar across nine states...

President Trump paused his historic address to honor his close friend and Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, described him as “Henry Kissinger who doesn’t leak.” “Steve started this all by himself. I call him Henry Kissinger, who doesn’t leak — Steve doesn’t leak.” Trump declared Then Trump told the long story about Witkoff’s work negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a legendary five-hour meeting: “I set up a meeting for him to meet with President Putin thinking it would be a 15 or 20-minute meeting… Three hours later he was still with Putin… five hours later...

On Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping outlined four key proposals to advance the all-round development of women during the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women in Beijing, to reaffirm the spirit of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Year 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and President Xi has emphasized the need to build broader consensus, open up new pathways, and take practical actions to empower women globally — highlighting that women’s development still faces complex challenges. He called for joint efforts to foster an enabling environment where women can...

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested Godwin Emeka Ejifor, a 52-year-old boutique owner in Kano who excreted 127 wraps of cocaine concealed in his private part and stomach, after days in custody. Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, disclosed in a statement that the old businessman operates a boutique business in Lagos and Anambra states was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano. Babafemi disclosed that following credible intelligence, Ejiofor was arrested upon his arrival from Bangkok, Thailand, via Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 941 on Wednesday, and was subjected to a full-body scan,...

The Dutch government took effective control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, in what it said was a “highly exceptional” move over worries that corporate governance shortcomings pose a potential risk to European economic security. In a statement late Sunday, the Dutch ministry of economic affairs said it had invoked the rarely used Goods Availability Act to intervene in the business of Nexperia, which makes semiconductors used in the automotive and consumer technology industries. Nexperia based in the Dutch city of Nijmegen but owned by China’s Wingtech Technology. Concerns about Nexperia’s governance “posed a threat to the continuity and safeguarding on Dutch...

 Source: IDF Eitan Mor after his release by Hamas. First image of Alon Ohel after his release by Hamas. Rom Broslavski, Nimrod Cohen, and Eitan Horn were welcomed back home into Israel by the IDF