Category: International

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Nigeria’s gritty 11-man Air Force C-130 crew turned Thursday’s release in Burkina Faso into instant takeoff, pressing their Portugal maintenance mission after a Dec 8 tech glitch forced a precautionary Bobo-Dioulasso landing—showcasing NAF resilience amid West African junta jitters. Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar’s star-studded squad—packing NIA DG Mohammed Mohammed, AVM Abdullahi (Air Force plans chief),…

NIGERIA AND EU LOCK ARMS FOR DEFENSE BOOST AGAINST SECURITY THREATS

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EU Ambassador Gautier Mignot dropped in on Nigeria’s new Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Olufemi Oluyede Wednesday in Abuja, sealing a pact to ramp up direct military ties—shifting from regional task forces to hands-on collaboration tackling the country’s banditry, insurgency and multi-front chaos. With 19 of 27 EU nations posted in Nigeria as a key…

EU LEADERS DIG IN FOR €90B UKRAINE RESCUE USING PUTIN’S FROZEN CASH

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Brussels bosses launched epic overtime talks Thursday, battling to unlock €90 billion ($105B) for Ukraine’s 2026-27 military and budget black hole—via a savvy loan from €210B in sanctioned Russian assets (Belgium hoards €185B), repayable only if Moscow foots war reparations, pitting Belgian PM Bart De Wever retaliation fears against bloc survival math. Needing 15 nations…

PM VOWS IRON-FIST HATE LAWS AFTER SYDNEY JEWISH FESTIVAL BLOODBATH

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in #Governance, #Terrorism, Disaster, International, Judicial, News

Aussie PM Anthony Albanese owned up to gaps in fighting anti-Semitism Thursday in Canberra, slamming down tough new laws post-Sydney’s horrific Hanukkah terror shootout that killed 15 mostly Jewish revelers at Bondi Beach—vowing to crush hate-spreaders, radicals and immigration dodgers fueling division. Days after two IS-linked gunmen—one shot dead, the other 24-year-old nabbed with explosives,…

TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON BOOM PROMISE AMID TARIFF BACKLASH AND POLL SLIDE

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in #Governance, International, News

President Trump fired up America from the White House Tuesday, vowing a history-making 2026 economic surge while torching Biden for the “mess” of soaring prices—dismissing voter fury as Dem tricks, even as his approval craters to 57% disapproval on economy handling per PBS/NPR/Marist, with 52% in YouGov saying things worsened under him. Beyond $1,776 “warrior…

SPRiNG PROGRAMME CHEERS NIGERIA’S NAP III LAUNCH, VOWS FULL IMPLEMENTATION BACKING

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in International, News, women

The UK-backed Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG) Programme hailed the Federal Government’s rollout of the third National Action Plan (NAP III) on Women, Peace and Security in Abuja, pledging hands-on support to weave women into peacebuilding, justice reforms and security ops amid rising violence, radicalization and SGBV threats. Tetra Tech’s Team Lead Dr…

RGES VACCINATION AS BEST DEFENCE

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in Health, International, News

The World Health Organisation says a new influenza A(H3N2) subclade, tagged J.2.4.1 or subclade K, is spreading fast after first being picked up in Australia and New Zealand in August and is now present in more than 30 countries. It notes there’s no evidence yet that this strain causes more severe illness, but it represents…

SOUTH AFRICA NABS 7 KENYANS IN U.S. REFUGEE SCAM BUST

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South African authorities cracked down hard Tuesday, arresting seven Kenyan nationals for illegally processing U.S. refugee applications for white South Africans at a makeshift center—slapping deportation orders after they snuck in on tourist visas despite prior work visa denials, amid Trump’s controversial resettlement push claiming racial persecution that Pretoria blasts as bogus. The Home Affairs…

DEMBELE & BONMATI CROWNED FIFA’S BEST IN DOHA GLAMOUR NIGHT

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