Author: Alade Adisa

US President, Donald Trump and British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer have agreed to hold talks soon in Washington, the White House confirmed Friday. Trump told reporters at the porch of the White House, “He asked for a meeting, and I agreed. We’re going to have a friendly meeting. We have a lot of good things going on. “I think he wants to come next week or the weekend.” Starmer met Trump’s special envoy to the UK, Mark Burnett in London on Thursday “during which he took a call from President Trump and discussed his forthcoming visit to the US,” Downing…

…Says Ukraine will never accept ‘deals reached behind our backs’ Addressing the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the “time has come for a European army to be created”. Zelenskyy said that North Korean troops fighting Ukraine are learning “modern warfare”. “Our army alone is not enough, we need your support,” he said. Zelenskyy told the audience at the Munich Security Conference that Kyiv has clear intelligence that Russia plans to send troops to Belarus this summer, reports Reuters. Zelenskyy has urged European leaders: “I urge you to act for your own sake.” He also asked…

As many as 200,000 US workers slated to be affected by mass terminations as Musk leads crusade to slash spending Some federal employees who have been laid off under the President Donald Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to slash the federal workforce were reportedly given only 30 minutes to pack their belongings and vacate federal offices. Federal agencies were ordered by Trump to fire mostly probationary staff, with as many as 200,000 workers set to be affected and some made to rush off the premises, the Washington Post reported. More layoffs are expected on Friday, Reuters reported, as thousands of employees…

….Top Reps members indicted Tigran Gambaryan, the head of financial crime compliance at Binance, has publicly named three Nigerian lawmakers who allegedly demanded a $150 million bribe from him. The revelation comes months after his detention by Nigerian authorities. Gambaryan, alongside another Binance executive, was detained in Nigeria earlier this year. The Nigerian government accused the cryptocurrency exchange of money laundering and enabling financial crimes within the country. His detention became a diplomatic issue, with the United States government eventually stepping in to secure his release. Meanwhile, in a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, Gambaryan named three…

The former Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Yobe State on Students’ Affairs and the state’s current Focal Person on Bilateral Education, Abdulmumin Liman, speaks to NewDailyPrime on matters in Northern Nigeria, issues surrounding the youth, and other related topics. The Governor of Yobe State has been accused of consistently being absent from the state he was elected to govern. Does this indicate a lack of commitment to serving the people? Governor Buni has consistently delivered on his mandates as enshrined in the constitution and even beyond. Looking at the significant progress made during his time in office, he…

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has given its nod to the purchase of capital shares worth $582 million in the New Development Bank (NDB), according to a Finance Division statement. Established in 2015 by BRICS countries, the NDB is a multilateral development bank aimed at mobilising resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS and other emerging markets and developing countries (EMDCs). “The ECC approved Pakistan’s membership in the New Development Bank, established by BRICS member countries. The committee endorsed the purchase of 5,882 capital shares in the NDB, amounting to USD 582 million, with USD 116 million as…

Nigeria has signed a pipeline deal which would transport billions of cubic metres of gas 4,128 kilometres (2,565 miles) from Nigeria in West Africa through Niger and on to Algeria. Officials from the three countries signed the deal in Algiers, Algeria’s capital, aimed at accelerating the development of a vast natural gas pipeline toward Europe on Friday. The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) deal would also see the gas pumped through the undersea Mediterranean pipeline, Transmed to Italy, or loaded onto liquefied natural gas tankers for export. The contracts centred on “an update of the feasibility study” and other issues, including…

Claudia Scheinbaum warns of reciprocal action if Washington designates country’s cartels as terrorist groups Mexico’s president, Claudia Scheinbaum has warned US gunmakers they could face fresh legal action as accomplices of organized crime if Washington designates the country’s cartels as terrorist groups. The Latin American country, which is under mounting pressure from Donald Trump to curb illegal drug smuggling, wants its neighbor to crack down on firearms trafficking in the other direction. “If they declare these criminal groups as terrorists, then we’ll have to expand our US lawsuit,” Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said at a daily press conference. A new…

Bashir el-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has warned the federal government that arresting his father would be their biggest mistake. He gave the warning via a post on social media platform X. His comments have sparked controversy, especially as he appeared to reference President Bola Tinubu by calling him “Pablo Escobar,” a name associated with the infamous Colombian drug lord. The warning comes amid speculation that the federal government, through the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu is planning to arrest Nasir el-Rufai. The former governor, who was once a close ally of…

Former Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa has taken his battle for reinstatement to the courts. The Lagos politician has filed a suit at the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, seeking to be immediately reinstated as the head of the state’s House of Assembly. The suit, filed on February 14, 2025, claims that Obasa was wrongly removed as Lagos Speaker. He has joined the current Speaker, Lasbat Mojisola Meranda, and the Assembly as defendants. This development comes after weeks of failed political meetings aimed at resolving the crisis. The meetings, which were held between Lagos and Abuja,…