Author: Alade Adisa

Argentina’s president has ordered the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to “profound differences” with the U.N. agency, a presidential spokesperson said Wednesday. President Javier Milei ‘s decision echoes that of his ally, U.S. President Donald Trump, who began the process of pulling the United States out of WHO with an executive order on his first day back in office on January 20. The loss of another member country will further fracture cooperation in global health, though Argentina was expected to provide only about $8 million to WHO for the agency’s estimated $6.9 billion 2024-25 budget. Argentina’s decision…

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates after a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said, citing officials in the central African nation. After fighters from the M23 rebel group advanced towards the eastern city of Goma the U.N. said inmates at the Muzenze prison took advantage of the chaos and started to escape from the facility on Jan. 27. In a video posted to X and verified by NBC News, hundreds of people can be seen escaping from the prison as plumes of black smoke billow nearby and what…

New research reveals the danger of ‘fatty muscles’, but there are steps you can take to protect yourself against this hard-to-detect risk Hiding in plain sight, fat can be notoriously difficult to spot. It doesn’t always spill over the top of your waistband or push against the buttons of your shirt; instead, it lurks deep inside us, undetected by BMI tests, building up in organs and tissue where it does more damage to your health than the visible subcutaneous fat that many of us stress about when we look in the mirror. One place that fat can accumulate is in and…

President Donald Trump will on Thursday sign an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing the body of improperly targeting the United States and Israel, according to a copy of a fact sheet supporting the order obtained by NBC News. The order will include both financial sanctions and visa restrictions against unspecified ICC officials and their family members found to have assisted in investigations of U.S. citizens or allies. Last November, the ICC sparked bipartisan backlash in Washington by issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and several Hamas leaders simultaneously.…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s ex-Aide-de-Camp (ADC), Major General Christopher Jemitola on Thursday slumped at the IBB Golf Course in Abuja and died. Sources close to his family confirmed that he was quickly rushed to the hospital but was declared dead upon arrival. The late General was at several times, the Corp Commander Nigerian Army Signals, Nigeria’s Defence Adviser to Brazil and Director of Army Public Relations. Jemitola who hailed from Ososo in Akoko Edo Local government area of Edo State served as Obasanjo’s ADC from 2003 to 2007 while he was still a colonel. He later became the Chief of…

President José Raúl Mulino’s comments came after the State Department claimed U.S. government vessels would be able to pass through the Panama Canal without paying. Panama President José Raúl Mulino said on Thursday the U.S. was spreading “lies and falsehoods” after the State Department claimed U.S. government vessels would be able to pass through the Panama Canal without paying. The comments were likely to exacerbate tensions between the two countries after the U.S. had cited progress on military cooperation and confronting alleged Chinese influence over the canal. Later, Mulino added on social media that he would speak to U.S. President…

States that meet specific criteria will receive an allocation of $30 million as part of the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) scale-up initiative, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Abdullahi, has said. According to the Minister, the funding aims to enhance Nigeria’s agricultural sector and ensure national food security. He said, ”States that establish the Rural Access Road Authority and the State Road Fund by law, as well as meet additional requirements, will be eligible for the funding. “States that meet these minimum eligibility criteria will receive a $30m allocation, which must be disbursed…

President Donald Trump doubled down on controversial plans for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, saying the Palestinian enclave would be “turned over to the United States by Israel” once the war there ends. The comments in a string of posts on Truth Social followed his proposal for the U.S. to “take over” and “develop” Gaza, which were derided by rivals and even questioned by close allies earlier this week. Israeli officials did not immediately comment on Trump’s latest comments, though in an interview on Fox News on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Trump’s initial proposal. Asked to comment on…

A day after a US military airplane offloaded 104 Indian migrants as part of President Donald Trump’s overhaul of immigration, the foreign minister of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has threatened a “strong crackdown” on illegal migration. Jaishankar told parliament on Thursday, “It is the obligation of all countries to take back their nationals if they are found to be living illegally abroad.” Thousands of unregistered migrants have been arrested across the United States since Trump’s inauguration on January 20. Trump’s flurry of executive actions aimed at overhauling immigration to the United States is estimated to impact 11 million undocumented migrants. Chief…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has made a passionate plea to Nigerians to exercise a little more patience for President Bola Tinubu, assuring that better days lay ahead under his administration. The minister, who was in Ibadan to commiserate with Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, on the loss of his elder brother, asked the citizens to have faith in the government and the president. According to him, Tinubu means well for Nigerians as the policies initiated by the current administration were designed to achieve results. The minister said, “On the current state of the nation, I would…