The Battle for Nigeria’s Soul: If We Leave Tinubu to Fight Alone, We All LoseBy Idowu Ephraim Faleye

The Battle for Nigeria’s Soul: If We Leave Tinubu to Fight Alone, We All LoseBy Idowu Ephraim Faleye

There’s a war raging in Nigeria, and at the center of it is a battle over who controls Nigeria’s resources, her people, and ultimately, her future. For decades, a small, powerful clique known as the Fulani oligarchy has held a tight grip on the levers of government and economy in Nigeria. But now, for the first time since the return of democracy in 1999, that grip is loosening. And that is why they are desperate to remove President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at all cost. Since the dawn of the Fourth Republic, Nigerians across regions have consistently demanded three things—Separation, Regionalism,...

A Fire At A Shopping Center In Eastern Iraq Kills More Than 60 People

A Fire At A Shopping Center In Eastern Iraq Kills More Than 60 People

 A fire engulfed a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people, including children, Iraqi officials said Thursday. Civil defense teams rescued more than 45 people who became trapped when the fire broke out late Wednesday in the city of Kut in Wasit province, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Others are still missing, according to the state-run Iraqi News Agency. Photographs and videos on local media showed the five-story Corniche Hypermarket Mall engulfed in flames only a week after it had opened. While the cause of the fire is still under investigation, officials and...

Zelenskyy Shakes Up Ukrainian Cabinet, Appointing A New Prime Minister To Reinvigorate War Effort

Zelenskyy Shakes Up Ukrainian Cabinet, Appointing A New Prime Minister To Reinvigorate War Effort

Ukraine’s economy minister and the key negotiator in the mineral deal with the U.S, Yuliia Svyrydenko, was appointed as its new prime minister Thursday, becoming the country’s first new head of government since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Svyrydenko is one of a group of officials taking on new roles in Ukraine’s government, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reshuffles the Cabinet in a bid to energize a war-weary nation and boost domestic weapons production in the face of Russia’s grinding invasion. At home, however, the Cabinet recalibration has not been seen as a major shift, as the Ukrainian leader...

Manchester United Improves Bid On Bryan Mbeumo Deal, Proposal Up To £70m Package

Manchester United Improves Bid On Bryan Mbeumo Deal, Proposal Up To £70m Package

Manchester United make improved bid to sign Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford. New offer for 26yo forward worth £65m fixed + £5m add-ons. MUFC awaiting #BrentfordFC response as they work to close deal for Cameroon int’l & top target @TheAthleticFC Talks remain underway with Brentford.  Brentford keep working on Omari Hutchinson as replacement, as revealed.

Israeli Shell Hit Holy Family Catholic Church In The Gaza Strip, Injuring Parish Priest, IDF Regret Action,  Pope XIV Calls For Ceasefire

Israeli Shell Hit Holy Family Catholic Church In The Gaza Strip, Injuring Parish Priest, IDF Regret Action,  Pope XIV Calls For Ceasefire

The Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in Gaza, was struck by an Israeli shell on Thursday morning, resulting in several injuries, including the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli. “What we know for sure is that a tank, the IDF says by mistake, but we are not sure about this, they hit the Church directly, the Church of the Holy Family, the Latin Church” Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa reported. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, told Vatican News that four people were seriously wounded, of whom two are facing life-threatening injuries. “We must first understand what happened, what must be done...