Foreign

The United Kingdom Home Office received 22,619 asylum applications from Nigerian nationals from 2010 to 2024, according to findings by News men.‎‎Overall, 2024 saw the highest number of asylum applications to the UK, with 108,138 people, a 378 per cent rise from 2010.‎‎Speaking with News men, Abuja-based development economist, Dr. Aliyu Ilias, argued that the […]

The funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square. This statement was issued on Tuesday by the Holy see press Office.‎‎According to the statement, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, Will preside at the Mass, which will be concelebrated by […]

Vatican says Pope Francies is dead, he died at the age of 88 at 07:35 local time today.‎‎His death comes a day after he appeared in St Peter’s Square to wish “Happy Easter” to thousands of worshippers.‎‎However, he was recently discharged from hospital last month after five weeks of treatment for an infection

Pop star, Justin Bieber, has hit out at reports claiming he is broke.‎‎In a statement sent out by his team on Wednesday, the 31-year-old called the stories  clickbait stupidity.‎‎Bieber claimed the sources are people disappointed that they no longer work with Justin.‎‎However, the statement was in response to the Hollywood Reporter article, in which a […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned what it describes as the “devastating and repeated attacks” on hospitals in Gaza, following an Israeli air strike that rendered one of the last major facilities in the north of the territory inoperable. Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City—run by the Anglican Church—was struck just after midnight on Sunday. […]

Behind a dimly lit bar in Malawi’s capital, Ben Manda rubbed his tired eyes and poured a customer a drink. He had been working for 36 hours straight, packing in back-to-back shifts to feed his family of four. “I haven’t been home in three days,” said the 32-year-old barman in a run-down club in Mtandire, […]

The United States and Russian officials on Monday began talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at making progress toward a broad ceasefire in Ukraine, with Washington eyeing a Black Sea ceasefire deal before securing a wider agreement. The talks, which followed U.S. discussions with Ukraine on Sunday, come as U.S. President Donald Trump doubles his efforts […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hit back at Lindsey Graham after the United States Senator criticized him for arguing with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance during an Oval Office meeting last Friday. Zelenskyy was speaking to reporters on Sunday evening after earlier talks with other world leaders at a London summit hosted […]

The United States Agency for International Development, on Sunday, at 11:59 p.m. placed no fewer than 1,600 employees worldwide on administrative leave. The administrative leave was announced in a statement titled “Notification of Administrative Leave”, on the agency’s website. “As of 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, February 23, 2025, all USAID direct hire personnel, with […]

Pope Francis, in a critical condition with pneumonia since he was hospitalised on February 14, had a good night and was resting, the Vatican said Monday. “The night passed well, the pope slept and is resting”, it said in a brief statement as Francis, 88, entered his 11th day at the Gemelli hospital in Rome, […]