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After hours of stalemate, Republicans in the US Senate have narrowly passed Donald Trump’s mega-bill on tax and spending, meaning the proposed legislation has cleared one of its key hurdles. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed with Vice-President JD Vance casting a tie-breaking vote after more than 24 hours of debate. It now heads back to the House, or …

*Says child is a sickle cell patient and may have had multiple blood transfusions before visiting Safe Bliss Medical Centre. * Child’s father discounts claim, says: the claim that he is a sickle cell child is laughable and to say the least, is complicating our travails and falls short of my expectations from the Ministry. *It tells me that the …

Major General Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma, retd, was in the team that led the peace mission to Sudan between 2013 and 2015. He was the Director of Military Operations in the Northeast. He led the troops that bombarded Sambisa Forest to flush out Boko Haram and recaptured the local government areas lost to insurgency. In 2016, he was compulsorily retired from …

Israel has carried out a wave of air strikes across the Gaza Strip, triggering the mass displacement of hundreds of Palestinian families, witnesses say. Rescue teams recovered the bodies of five people, while dozens of injured civilians were evacuated to Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, according to local reports. Zeitoun has been repeatedly hit by Israeli strikes during the war …

CNN — Following American airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities last week, and then the imposition of a ceasefire, it’s time to step back and assess what has changed in the Middle East, and the chances of translating military success into lasting strategic gains. In a national security crisis, what does not happen can be as important as what does. That is particularly true regarding the recent conflict with …

“It is hard to ignore how new technologies have increased the destructive capacity of munitions, making the world’s killing fields far messier today.” The strikes, on 22 June, by the United States of America on facilities associated with Iran’s nuclear operations in Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan had all the wrong resonances. By threatening to extend both the reach and intensity …

The bail application, filed by her legal team led by Prof. Roland Otaru (SAN), was approved by Justice Mohammed Umar, who presided over Monday’s proceedings. The case has been adjourned to September 22, 2025, for further hearing. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on self-recognition following her second arraignment over allegations of …

CNN — President Donald Trump has the chance to accelerate his political momentum and tighten his power grip on the country by driving his most significant piece of second-term legislation through Congress and taking a July Fourth victory lap. The measure, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” with the president’s trademark provocative hyperbole, is Trump’s attempt to engineer lasting change through legislation in …

The US must rule out any further strikes on Iran if it wants to resume diplomatic talks, Tehran’s deputy foreign minister has told the BBC. Majid Takht-Ravanchi said the Trump administration told Iran through mediators that it wanted to return to negotiations this week, but had not made its position clear on the “very important question” of further attacks while …

Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said former presidential candidate, Peter Obi is equating constant criticism with effective opposition. Onanuga said this in an X post on Sunday after Obi faulted President Bola Tinubu’s recent trip to Saint Lucia. In a Saturday statement, Obi had said Tinubu should not be holidaying, noting that Nigeria …