Foreign Affairs

Pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, who was arrested in Finland for alleged terrorism-related activities, is scheduled to face charges in May 2025 potentially, according to Finnish authorities. A Senior Detective Superintendent at Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, Mikko Laaksonen, confirmed to The PUNCH via email on Tuesday that the district court had set May 2025 as the deadline for prosecutors to …

CONCERN OVER PUTIN’S HEALTH, HAS NOT BEEN SEEN FOR TWO WEEKS President Vladimir Putin has not been seen in public for 13 days following claims of ill health, while the Kremlin is accused of releasing pre-recorded meetings.The Russian president appears to have mysteriously disappeared – with his last public appearance being nearly two weeks ago at a conference in Sochi.According …

FOUR FACTS THAT MAKE SOUTH AFRICA THE TRUE GIANT OF AFRICA The title giant of Africa has for many years been attributed to Nigeria, the most populous and generally the richest African country in recent times. But the facts have changed between South Africa and Nigeria about who the true giant of Africa is. Nigeria in the last decade, has …

140 YEARS AFTER THE BERLIN WEST AFRICA CONFERENCE BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU & CHEPKORIR SAMBU Described by one scholar on its centenary as “perhaps the greatest historical movement of modern times”, the Berlin Conference West Africa Conference began shortly after noon on 15 November 1884. Interrupted only by a short break at the end of the year and the beginning …

WHITE HOUSE REJECTS ICC ARREST WARRANTS FOR NETANYAHU, GALLANT The White House flatly rejected on Thursday the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for their conduct in the war in Gaza. “The United States fundamentally rejects the Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli …

FBI, CIA, DEA BIGGEST BLOW TO DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA! BY RAPHAEL ADEBOYE I just read the document detailing the United States’ multiagency defense of the drug baron in Aso Villa. Let’s be clear about one thing: the FBI, CIA, DEA and other US agencies in that report just delivered the most damaging blow to liberal democracy and representative governance the …

TRUMP VOWS TO HELP RESTORE ELECTORAL INTEGRITY IN NIGERIA – RESPONSE TO GOODLUCK JONATHAN Following his victory as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump received a congratulatory message from former Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The message, which expressed goodwill and hope for global peace, was acknowledged by Trump on his official X account, marking a moment …

BREAKING. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, JUSTIN WELBY RESIGNS This comes after the independent Makin review discovered that the Church of England covered up sexual abuse by a barrister. Following calls for his resignation, Welby said the report “exposed the long-maintained conspiracy of silence about the heinous abuses of John Smyth”. According to Welby, he believed wrongly that an appropriate resolution …

WAR OF FIRST LADIES: MELENA TRUMP SNUBS JILL BIDEN, SKIPS TRADITIONAL MEETING Melania Trump will not join Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, despite receiving an invitation from President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden to attend. Traditionally, when the outgoing president hosts the incoming president-elect in the Oval Office, the first lady hosts her successor for …

THE UNTOLD STORY OF EQUATORIAL GUINEAS SEX TAPE LEAKIn recent weeks, Equatorial Guinea has been rocked by an explosive scandal involving leaked sex tapes of Baltasar Ebang Mr Engonga, a senior civil servant and nephew of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.What began as a salacious scandal may, in fact, be the latest power play in the fight over the country’s presidential …