Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC), chaired by President Bola Tinubu, has approved the creation of a Nigeria Aircraft Leasing Company as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s aviation sector. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo said the new entity will operate as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), fully funded by private investors…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, has said that Nigeria’s next president in the 2027 elections has already been determined by God. Speaking during a workers’ meeting at the Redemption City along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Adeboye stressed that the outcome of the election is beyond human control. “The next…
The Governor of Sinaloa, Ruben Rocha Moya, has announced he will temporarily step down from office following drug trafficking charges brought against him by the United States. Rocha Moya and nine others were accused by the US Justice Department of working with the Sinaloa Cartel to distribute large quantities of narcotics into the United States….
A US appeals court has temporarily halted the delivery of the abortion pill mifepristone by mail, a move that could significantly impact access to abortion services across the country. The ruling was issued by a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in a case brought by the state of Louisiana against the…
Leah Spasova, a psychologist from Oxfordshire, has won a landmark case with the U.K. health ombudsman after a 10-year battle to obtain sterilization through the National Health Service (NHS). The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) determined that a local health body, the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (ICB), engaged in discriminatory…
Bala Mohammed, the governor of Bauchi State, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). He made the announcement during a stakeholders’ meeting held on Saturday, where he was officially handed an APM membership card, along with the party’s constitution and flag. Mohammed said the new party offers a more…
Mali’s military and its Russian allies have withdrawn from a key northern stronghold, handing a strategic advantage to rebel forces as violence escalates across the country. Forces stationed at the Tessalit military base near the Algerian border abandoned the site on Friday, May 1, according to rebel sources and local officials, as Tuareg separatists and…
Iran executed two men on Saturday after they were convicted of spying for Israel and its Mossad intelligence service, according to the country’s judiciary. Authorities identified the men as Yaghoub Karimpour and Naser Bakrzadeh, stating that their death sentences were carried out at dawn following confirmation by the Supreme Court. The judiciary’s Mizan Online website…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has warned that Nigeria could face deeper instability if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is re-elected in 2027 under the current national conditions. Speaking in an interview, Baba-Ahmed said Nigeria is facing worsening insecurity, poverty and social division, while accusing the government of being disconnected…
Nigeria has broken a new African record in the mixed 4×100m relay race at the World Athletics Relays. The team made up of Favour Ashe, Jennifer Obi, Chidera Ezeakor, and Maria Omokwe ran a time of 40.24 seconds on Saturday during the heats in Gaborone, Botswana. Although they finished fourth in their race, the Nigerian…
