Category: International

By Miracle Ogunde Admiral Linda Fagan — the first woman to lead a US military service — as the head of the Coast Guard, has been fired by President Donald Trump. Fagan had led the Coast Guard since 2022, and previously held posts including vice commandant of the service. However, the Department of Homeland Security…

American politician, diplomat, and attorney Marco Rubio has officially been sworn in as the United States Secretary of State. The swearing-in ceremony, which was monitored by our correspondent, took place on Tuesday and was conducted by Vice President James Vance. In his new role, Rubio is expected to play a crucial role in shaping US…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping praised their deepening cooperation in a video call on Tuesday, hours after Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president. The Republican has promised to take a hard line on Washington’s adversaries, threatening heavy tariffs on Beijing and warning Moscow of “big trouble” if it does not settle…

By Miracle Ogunde The Taliban government in Afghanistan has swapped US detainees for an Afghanistan prisoner. AGP reports that this was announced on Tuesday following the deal that was brokered by Qatar. The Afghan foreign ministry said in a statement, “An Afghan fighter, Khan Mohammad, imprisoned in America has been released in exchange for American…

By Miracle Ogunde More than 1,500 of his supporters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a bid to overturn the results of the 2020 election, have received pardon from Donald Trump on Monday. This happened just hours after Trump took the oath of office, and also ordered that all pending criminal…

By Miracle Ogunde Following recent accusations by Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, that some officers of the NPF stole her brother’s watch and shoes, James Akinwande, a United Kingdom, UK-based Nigerian, has replaced the stolen items. Although, Badenoch did not indicate the year the incident happened in Nigeria, but said, “giving people…

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he is considering imposing a sweeping 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, with February 1 set as the potential implementation date. During a signing ceremony for executive orders at the White House on Monday night, Trump linked the proposed tariffs to ongoing concerns about migration and…

By Miracle Ogunde In his inaugural speech on Monday as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump vowed to halt all illegal entries with immediate effect and commence mass deportation. “All illegal entries will be immediately halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions upon millions of criminal aliens to the…