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CNN — President Donald Trump is ordering a pause on shipments of US military aid to Ukraine after his heated Oval Office argument with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, a White House official told CNN Monday. The halt in aid, which came after Trump held a series of meetings with top national security officials at the White House, could have dire effect on Ukraine’s war-fighting …

By Williams Adesoji Prominent Nigerian Social critic and human rights Activist, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta has called on the Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently call to order, his political foot soldiers campaigning for his re-lection in 2027 and prioritize the process of taking Nigerian people from the social misery created by his presidency. Comrade Nowinta, also a pro – …

By Idahosa Musa Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has restored to a former governor of Delta State, Mr. James Onanefe Ibori, the parcel of land situated in the Government Reservation Area of Benin City which Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) was revoked by the immediate past governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki. This was contained in a statement …

Amid rising political tension and the looming threat of impeachment, Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that he is ready to pay the supreme price if that is what it takes to protect the state’s democratic interests. Speaking on Monday during the inauguration of the Rivers State Government House Staff Quarters in Port Harcourt, Fubara reaffirmed his commitment to …

The ousted Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, has been reinstated as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. He was reinstated following the resignation of Mojisola Meranda during Monday’s plenary. He was nominated by a lawmaker, Noheem Adams, representing Eti-Osa I. During his speech, he thanked the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, lawmakers and his deputy, Ms Meranda, for their support. …

In her speech, Princess Mojisola Meranda stated: “I wish to let every one of you know that I have made a personal sacrifice towards resolving the leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly. I recognize the role my family has played and continues to play in entrenching democracy, good governance, and the betterment of our people. I will …

•As SERAP tells Tinubu to direct CBN to suspend fee hike pending court verdict Banks have commenced implementation of the new Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fee charge on customers following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) directive. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored some banks’ ATM gallery in Abuja and environs on Sunday, reports that some …

CNN — When emergency workers arrived at the home of Tetyana Kulyk and her husband Pavlo Ivanchov shortly after it was hit by a Russian drone on Wednesday, all they could do was recover their charred bodies. Kulyk, a renowned Ukrainian journalist, and Ivanchov, a surgeon and university professor, were killed when the drone hit their home just north of Kyiv. Neighbors …

A coalition of over 360 women’s rights advocates, under the umbrella of Womanifesto, have called for a public hearing into recent tensions within Nigeria’s National Assembly. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan had sparked controversy when she accused the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, among other things, of reallocating her seat in the Senate Chambers in order to “silence” and intimidate her while …

CNN — To seasoned diplomatic observers, US President Donald Trump’s furious dressing down of Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office was a planned political mugging, a trap set by the Trump administration to discredit the Ukrainian leader and remove him as an obstacle to whatever comes next. Whether it was orchestrated or not, Moscow – which reacted with glee to the White House slanging match – …