Author: Alade Adisa

The Canadian government has come under severe criticism over its decision to deny visas to Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa and other top military officers, with the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu telling the country to ‘go to hell’. Speaking at the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies in Abuja on Thursday, the National Security Adviser described the visa snub as “disrespectful” and declared that Canada “can go to hell.” His reaction came after Gen Musa narrated how he and some senior military officers were denied entry into…

Europe must admit to itself that it was too weak to come to Ukraine’s aid alone The chances of Ukraine pushing Russia back out of its territory is now zero. If that were ever possible it would have required far greater support from the US and Europe much earlier in the war. Instead a self-deterring West, led by the vacillating former President Joe Biden, failed to provide Kyiv with sufficient arms or the freedom to use them to greatest effect. That was only too obvious when Ukraine launched its failed counteroffensive in 2023. The American defence industry could have generated a…

President’s plans to transform region raise questions about where the Palestinian population would go and the impact on the hostage deal. Donald Trump is “committed to buying and owning Gaza”, but could allow sections of the Strip to be rebuilt by other states in the Middle East. He later attempted to retract the comments but said: “We’re going to take it. We’re going to hold it, we’re going to cherish it. We’re going to get it going eventually, where a lot of jobs are going to be created for the people in the Middle East…” “We contribute a lot of money to…

Elon Musk on Wednesday called a federal judge “evil,” saying he “must be fired.” As courts block parts of his agenda, President Donald Trump and his allies are ramping up criticism of judges and continuing to question judicial oversight of the executive branch. While he’s said he would abide by their rulings — but also appeal them — he kept up the effort to undermine the authority of the courts on Wednesday, alleging in a social media post that a “highly political, activist judge” wanted to stop the work of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Musk’s aggressive and controversial…

Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman who has been publicly questioned over her affinity for foreign dictators and promoting conspiracy theories, has been confirmed as director of national intelligence by the US Senate. The Senate voted 52 to 48, with just one Republican – the senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky – voting against her confirmation. Gabbard, 43, faced a tense confirmation hearing last month that saw her respond to questions from both Republicans and Democrats over her past comments sympathetic to Russia and defense of the government of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, who she visited in 2017 while…

Angela Sequera heard from her son in immigration detention twice a day every day for nearly five months, until Sunday. That afternoon, another detainee called her with a message that left her panic-stricken: Her son, 25-year-old Yoiker David Sequera, had been taken away to a notorious offshore prison. “Señora Angela, I’m calling to tell you that your son is going to Guantanamo,” she recalled the man saying, “he gave me your number.” “We’re in a country where the laws should be respected,” she told USA TODAY by phone in California, after three days without word from her son. “To me,…

…Ability to enter buildings would relate to financial rules…It could be used if club has not complied with inquiry The Premier League has asked its clubs for expanded investigatory powers, including the right to access club premises, as part of new financial rules. The proposals are included in the latest draft of the squad cost ratio (SCR) mechanism which is expected to replace the profitability and sustainability rules that limit spending. It is understood that the league has asked for the ability to enter buildings in the event that a club is found not to have complied with an inquiry…

A two-day summit in Paris was supposed to bring the world’s leaders together to create a united front AI – but the UK and US left without signing anything. World leaders and tech bros descended on Paris this week, with some determined to show a united stance on artificial intelligence. But at the end of the two-day summit on Wednesday, the UK and the US walked away empty-handed, having refused to sign a global declaration on AI. Earlier on Tuesday, US vice president JD Vance told his audience in Paris that too much regulation could “kill a transformative industry just…

Elon Musk, standing beside President Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday, defended the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE’s) efforts to drastically cut spending and dismiss workers across the federal government, insisting that Americans voted for major change and the Trump administration is delivering. Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, took questions for the first time since the president gave him broad authority to overhaul the executive branch. “The people voted for major government reform and that’s what the people are going to get,” Musk said, with his young son by his side. “They’re going to get what they voted for.”…

U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday about starting negotiations immediately to end the war in Ukraine. “We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskiy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now,” Trump said in a post on his social media platform. The Kremlin said Putin and Trump had spoken for nearly an hour and a half by telephone and that the two men had agreed to meet. Trump has long said…