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The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has insisted that Nigeria’s economy was already having problems before President Bola Tinubu was elected as the president in 2023. Akpabio who is the senator representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial district disclosed this at Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State during his Constituency Briefing/ Empowerment. “President Tinubu met a very bad condition on the ground, …

A South Korean court on Tuesday, December 31, approved an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, the embattled leader who plunged the country into political chaos with his shock decision to declare martial law nearly a month ago. It is the first time a sitting South Korean president has faced an arrest warrant and the dramatic new showdown comes …

Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Saturday, December 28,  apologised to Azerbaijan’s leader for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, but refused to acknowledge that Moscow was responsible. The apology came amid mounting allegations that the plane had been shot down by Russian air defences attempting to deflect …

Former Senator representing Kaduna Central,  Shehu Sani has described the Nigerien military leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani’s claim of President Bola Tinubu’s complicity in the formation of the Lakurawa terrorist organization as baseless. In an interview with Radio-Télévision du Niger, Tchiani accused Tinubu of conniving with France to destabilize the Niger Republic. He alleged that the Lakurawa terrorist group, with the …

South Korea’s National Assembly impeached Acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday, |December 27, deepening the political turmoil sparked by former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law earlier this month.   Han, who also serves as prime minister, assumed the role of acting president after Yoon’s suspension on December 3. However, opposition lawmakers demanded Han’s removal, accusing him of …

Syria’s new authorities incinerated a massive stockpile of drugs on Wednesday, December 25, including one million pills of captagon, according to two security officials who spoke to AFP. The industrial-scale production of captagon flourished under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, transforming Syria into a narco-state during its more than 13-year civil war.   “We found a large quantity of captagon, around …

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to release Bello Bodejo, the detained president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore. The ruling was made by Mohammed Zubairu, the presiding judge, following an ex parte motion filed by Bodejo’s counsel, Reuben Atabo.   Bodejo, who was arrested on December 9, was detained …

  Former President Bill Clinton, 78, was hospitalised Monday and is undergoing testing after developing a fever.     Clinton’s former deputy chief of staff, Angel Urena wrote on X that the former president was admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., but is doing ‘fine.’     ‘He remains in good spirits and deeply appreciates the excellent care …

French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new government on Monday evening, naming Francois Bayrou as his fourth prime minister this year in an effort to steer the country out of its ongoing political crisis. The announcement follows months of turmoil in France’s second-largest EU economy, marked by parliamentary deadlock and contentious governance challenges.   The new cabinet sees former prime …

President Tinubu will be having his first media chat tonight by 9pm.    Presidential media aide, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement released this evening. ‘’The first Presidential Media Chat with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be broadcast at 9 p.m. on Monday, December 23, on the Nigerian Television Authority and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria.   All television …