Author: Alade Adisa

Caroline Leavitt, a 27-year-old former campaign aide for Donald Trump, has been appointed as the new White House press secretary. This makes her the youngest person to hold this position in the history of the United States, unseating Nixon administration’s press secretary Ron Ziegler who was 29 when he served from 1969 to 1974. Leavitt previously served in Trump’s first administration as assistant press secretary and launched a congressional campaign in 2022. The blonde lady was the spokeswoman for his election campaign and endeared herself to Trump with her fiery defence in interviews and her knack for keeping calm. ”I…

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday morning apprehended a suspected vote buyer in the ongoing Ondo governorship election. According to Cable News, the man was nabbed on election day at ward 4, polling unit 007, outside St Stephen’s Primary School, Akure. The report said television footage showed the operatives and passers-by bellowing on the man to open the boot of his Toyota Camry car. Once he did, two ‘Ghana-must-go’ bags were seen sitting pretty.The bags were not opened before the cameras as a mob encircled. The operatives then shoved the man into a white bus and…

The hopes of Ghana to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco were dashed after a 1-1 draw against Angola on Friday. The result ends a streak of continuous AFCON appearances dating back to 2006, marking a major disappointment for the Black Stars. Jordan Ayew provided an early spark for Ghana, delivering a brilliant free kick in the 18th minute that left Angola’s goalkeeper helpless. Ayew’s goal offered a glimmer of hope in what has been a challenging campaign for the Black Stars. Ghana maintained control in the first half, thanks in part to goalkeeper Manaf…

The Nigerian military presented Alice Loksha, who had been a health worker for the UN children’s agency, UNICEF in the northeast of the country to reporters, Thursday at a military base in the northeastern city of Maiduguri. Loksha was taken on March 1, 2018 when fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group staged a deadly raid on a humanitarian camp housing 60,000 displaced people. Three more UNICEF health workers were killed in the attack, along with eight Nigerian soldiers. Loksha was taken along with two Nigerian midwives, Saifura Khorsa and Hauwa Liman, who had been working for…

Ukraine Authorities said Friday it had arrested an army officer accused of passing information about secret military operations to Russia.The SBU security services said the accused, a lieutenant colonel, was recruited by Russia before its 2022 invasion and “activated” earlier this year “to pass on plans for the Defence Forces’ combat operations behind enemy lines.”The officer, a commander of a unit in Ukraine’s special operations forces, faces life in prison on the charge of “high treason”.Since Russia invaded in 2022, both Kyiv and Moscow have arrested several citizens they accuse of spying for the other side, including for allegedly passing…

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has announced that the Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma has smashed a major bandits’ enclave located within Dunya Hill and Batauna forests in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Disclosing this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, the Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa, said the strategic airstrikes were conducted on November 12 in furtherance of the intense air interdiction campaign in North-West nicknamed Operation Farautar Mujiya. Commodore Akinboyewa said the affected areas have long served as safe havens for bandit groups due to their dense…

Trump’s border czar pledges “shock and awe” deportations on day one, targeting millions of undocumented immigrants in a crackdown aimed at securing borders and reducing crime. Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has promised a dramatic start to the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, pledging a “shock and awe” approach to mass deportations on the first day of the new administration. Homan, recently named Trump’s border czar, made these remarks during an appearance on Donald Trump Jr.’s show on the streaming platform Rumble. The two discussed plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, with Homan…

The four bloggers standing trial for the alleged blackmailing of Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTHC) and its Group Chief Executive Officer, Segun Agbaje, have been denied bail because one of them, Precious Eze, was accused of being a serial offender. Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos who denied them bail, ordered an accelerated trial of the four bloggers. Apart from Eze, others dragged before Justice Faji by the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force are Olawale Rotimi, Rowland Olonishuwa, and Seun Odunlami. They are facing a 10-count amended charge for allegedly publishing false information…

Deji Adeyanju, a lawyer and activist lawyer, has told Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State that the only way to resolve the lingering political crisis in the state is to challenge the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike headlong. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday, the constitutional lawyer said nothing can make Wike back down in a fight, hence the need for Fubara to confront him headlong. He said, “There is nothing that Fubara would do that will make Wike back down. He’s a totalitarian who does not believe in a middle ground. He would…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials started the distribution of materials to various units at the Registration Area Centre in Anglican Primary School in the Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday morning.Polling Unit Officers and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members were on the ground to get their electoral materials. Also present were policemen and officials, who would accompany the materials. Early risers were also checking their names on the voter’s list as they waited for the exercise to commence. However, some locals made brisk business before the commencement of voting as they sold rice, water and…