Foreign Affairs

FG TO EVACUATE NIGERIANS FROM ISRAEL, IRAN AS CRISIS ESCALATES The Federal Government has announced that it is finalising emergency evacuation plans for Nigerian citizens stranded in Israel and Iran following the recent escalation of hostilities between the two nations. According to a statement released by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, on Tuesday night, Nigerian …

GHANA DRUNKARDS ASSOCIATION PROTESTS RISE IN ALCOHOL PRICES The Ghana Drunkards Association has issued a three-week ultimatum to the government, demanding a reduction in the prices of alcoholic beverages following the recent appreciation of the cedi. In a viral video posted on X (Formerly Twitter) on Sunday, the association’s president, Moses Drybones, decried the continued rise in alcohol prices despite …

BOMBARDMENT, STRIKES, DEATHS IN THIRD DAY OF FIERCE ISRAEL-IRAN CONFLICT Iran has launched a new wave of ballisticmissiles against Israel soon after loud explosions were heard in its capital Tehran, as the two countries continue to trade heavy fire for a third consecutive day and as US President Donald Trump hints both at peace coming “soon” and atthe possibility of …

INTERPOL ISSUES RED NOTICE FOR GHANA’S EX-FINANCE MINISTER OVER ALLEGED CORRUPTION The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued a red notice on Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s former finance minister, for allegedly using public office for personal gains. A red notice is a request to law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar …

NO IDEA HOW I SURVIVED AIR INDIA CRASH – SOLE SURVIVOR OF AIRCRAFT CARRYING 242 PASSENGERS Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the London-bound Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, says he “has no idea how he survived”. The Boeing 787-8 flight crashed upon departure from Ahmedabad Airport en route to London’s Gatwick airport on Wednesday evening. …

ELON MUSK APOLOGISES TO DONALD TRUMP Elon Musk apologized for recent posts about President Donald Trump, admitting they “went too far,” in a tweet at 07:04 UTC today. The retraction follows a bitter public spat ignited by Musk’s unverified claim on June 7 that Trump was linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s files, triggering a $150 billion drop in Tesla’s market value …

FREDERICK FORSYTH, DAY OF THE JACKAL AUTHOR, FORMER MI6 AGENT, DIES AGED 86 Frederick Forsyth, the author who turned his adventures as a journalist and work with MI6 into bestselling thrillers, has died after a brief illness aged 86. Forsyth brought a reporter’s eye to his fiction, transforming the thriller genre with a series of novels including The Day of …

ELON MUSK DELETES ANTI TRUMP POST ABOUT EPSTEIN FILES Elon Musk has taken down his tweet claiming President Trump was implicated in the still-unreleased “[Jeffrey] Epstein files” in a first sign of de-escalation since the titanic blow-up between the powerful men this week.“Time to drop the really big bomb,” Musk, 53, had posted Thursday on X to his more than …

AIDES PLAN PRIVATE PHONE MEETING FOR TRUMP, MUSK TO QUELL FEUD Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk may speak to White House aides Friday in an effort to calm his ongoing feud with President Donald Trump, Fox News has learned. Musk and Trump have been arguing over social media in recent days. The blowup came after Musk started “wearing thin” …

OHANAEZE SLAMS AMAECHI OVER CLAIM OF BEING IGBO IS POLITICAL Apex Igbo socio-cultural u, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has come hard on former minister, Rotimi Amaechi over his recent comment that his earlier claim of being Igbo was all politics. Amaechi while speaking before a crowd of supporters at the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign in Aba, Abia …