Author: Alade Adisa

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Monday that “all hell” would break loose if every Israeli hostage is not released from Gaza within days after Hamas threatened to postpone further exchanges under a fragile ceasefire deal it said Israel was violating. The truce that went into effect on January 19 largely halted more than 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip and saw five groups of Israeli hostages freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli custody. But tensions have been running high since a shock proposal by Trump to take over the Gaza Strip and remove its more…

….Portuguese superstar seals Saudi stay just days after celebrating 40th birthday Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly agreed to sign a new contract extension at Al-Nassr, just days after turning 40. *Ronaldo agrees to extend Al-Nassr stay *Will stay in the Saudi league until June 2026 *Portuguese star turned 40 last week WHAT HAPPENED? Ronaldo, who joined the Saudi giants in January 2023 on a two-and-a-half-year deal, would have seen his contract run out at the end of the 2024/25 campaign. However, an Al-Nassr official has reportedly told the AFP that the Portuguese star has agreed to extend his stay for another…

A delegation led by former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar had a closed-door mmeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Monday. Among the delegation were former governors of Cross River and Sokoto states, Liyel Imoke and Senator Aminu Tambuwal. Also, a ranking senator representing Sokoto South, Abdul Ningi was part of the entourage. In various reports, the former vice president and his entourage arrived the Olusegun Obasanjo presidential library, Abeokuta at about 12:36 pm on Monday. Journalists were, however barred from having access to the venue, with stern…

By Tunde Akingbondere The media space is currently enmeshed in the loud argument over the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police(IGP), Kayode Egbetokun as well as the propriety of the amendment made to the Nigeria Police Act in the face of clearly stipulated legislative procedures guiding the entirety of our age long laws. This intellectual debate became quite popular with the courageous media salvo on the IGP by the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore. Sowore has over the years commissioned himself as a trenchant voice of the people, particularly in the light of his vigorous…

You have heard of neoliberalism and neoconservatism. Now welcome to the age of neoimperialism. The most striking moment in Donald Trump’s inaugural address last month was his pledge that the US “will once again consider itself a growing nation — one that increases our wealth, expands our territory”. Hopes that Trump’s talk of territorial expansion was an empty rhetorical flourish have faded. The president’s references to foreign territories that he would like to acquire are too frequent to be ignored or dismissed. Trump has confidently asserted that America will “get Greenland”. He has vowed to “take back” the Panama Canal.…

Justice Binta Murtala Nyako of the Federal High Court has adjourned the Treason and Terrorism trial of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, indefinitely. Nyako adjourned the suit on Monday following Kanu’s insistence that the judge cannot preside over his case since she had recused herself. The proscribed IPOB leader had been insisting that the Judge recuse herself from his trial over alleged bias. On Monday, he insisted in court that the Judge is biased in the handling of his trial. Kanu’s trial was stalled after Nyako of the Abuja Federal High Court entered a recusal order…

United States President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Sunday (local time) declaring February 9 as “the first-ever Gulf of America Day,” celebrating the renaming of the area formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico. Trump was on his way to the New Orleans for the Super Bowl 59 and signed this proclamation as Air Force One flew over the area he was renaming. This follows the signing of Executive Order 14172 on January 20, 2025, which mandated the renaming of the US Continental Shelf area. As part of the order, the Secretary of the Interior was directed to take…

Report offers rare insight into how Moscow sees invasion of Ukraine harming ties with close allies Russian officials believe western pressure is hampering Moscow’s efforts to draw former Soviet nations closer into its orbit and build economic ties with the global south, according to a leaked government report. The internal presentation, shown at a strategy session led by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin last April, offers a rare insight into how Russia’s war in Ukraine has harmed ties with some of its closest allies. The analysis notably concedes that western sanctions pressure, as well as economic overtures, had succeeded in driving…

Esma chair says national pushback to harmonising rules risks undermining its push to become a European SEC The EU’s top financial markets regulator has warned that Brussels’ efforts to streamline bureaucracy are likely to face resistance from national watchdogs as it pushes to become a European equivalent of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) is pressing for greater powers to harmonise rules, including oversight of the EU’s largest exchanges, clearing houses and settlement systems that operate across borders — a role similar to that of its US counterpart. But Esma chair Verena Ross…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar has warned the federal government that the $1.07 billion allocated to the health sector in the 2025 budget must not be misused. Atiku, a former vice president noted that claims that animals such as snakes, termites, and monkeys were responsible for the disappearance of public funds should not befall the allocation to the health sector. The Turakin Adamawa, in a statement he personally signed on Sunday, said, “To this end, the Federal Government has to be deliberate about putting mechanisms in place for public…