US President Donald Trump has announced that the US is reinstating a naval blockade on Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The move follows days of escalating military strikes between the two countries. President Trump said the...
A rescued school principal in south-western Nigeria has revealed that kidnappers killed two of her colleagues in a deliberate attempt to force the government’s hand. Mrs Rachael Alamu, the principal of Community High School in the Oriire local government area of Oyo State, was...
At least 28 people have been killed and dozens of others injured after a massive fire tore through a popular bar in the Thai capital, Bangkok. The blaze broke out late on Sunday at the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar in the city’s popular Chatuchak district. Witnesses described scenes of...
ABUJA, Nigeria — A prominent Nigerian media group has urged the federal government to replicate a recent “intelligence-driven” rescue operation that freed dozens of abducted students and teachers in the southwest to rescue hundreds of others still held captive across the...
ABUJA — Nigeria’s main opposition camp has accused the country’s electoral umpire of working to systematically undermine opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a sharply worded statement released on Monday, the media office of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar...
