President Donald Trump has once again insisted the US will take control of the Gaza Strip, as he met Jordan’s King Abdullah at the White House on Tuesday. It was their first meeting since Trump announced his proposal to take over the enclave and move its population of two million Palestinians to other countries in…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has warned the federal government that the $1.07 billion allocated to the health sector in the 2025 budget should not be misused. Atiku in a statement in Abuja asked that mechanisms must be put in place to ensure the funds are used to improve healthcare services rather than vanish under suspicious…
US President Donald Trump has said he expects his ally Elon Musk to find billions of dollars of fraud and abuse at the Pentagon, after he was tasked with leading an audit to slash the size of the US federal workforce. The Pentagon’s budget is approaching $1 trillion per year. In December, then-President Joe Biden…
South Africa has criticised recent United States President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze aid to the country over a contentious land expropriation law. According to France 24, the South African government described the move as part of a “campaign of misinformation” and rejected claims that the law allows the government to seize land from white…
The Trump administration on Thursday seized another aircraft linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government, this time in the Dominican Republic. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio personally oversaw the operation during his visit to Santo Domingo, as American officials affixed a seizure warrant to the Dassault Falcon 200. Carrying out the seizure required that…
The House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee, has proposed the creation of 31 additional states to the country’s existing 36 states structure, bringing the new total to 67. The proposal was contained in a letter to the House of Representatives, read during plenary by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over the plenary yesterday….
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. The order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” gives federal agencies wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by Title IX in alignment with the Trump administration’s view, which…
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Reparation and Repatriation, Senator Ned Nwoko (Delta North), has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). His defection letter was read on the floor by President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, during plenary. Nwoko explained that his decision was based on…
President Bola Tinubu has increased the proposed budget size for 2025 from N49.7 trllion, which he presented to the joint session of the National Assembly in December to N54.2 trillion . President Tinubu announced an increase in the proposed budget size through separate letters forwarded to both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The…
President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States take over the Gaza strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents was swiftly rejected and denounced on Wednesday by American allies and adversaries alike.Trump’s suggestion came at a White House news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who smiled several times as the president detailed a…
