Politics

Britain’s King Charles has stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, seeking to distance the royals from him over his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Andrew, 65, the younger brother of Charles and second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, has come under …

Nigerian filmmaker and activist, J. C. Okechukwu, has accused international broadcaster CNN of hypocrisy and bias against former President Goodluck Jonathan, alleging that the network deliberately undermined his administration while ignoring worsening insecurity, killings of Christians under Bola Tinubu’s government. In a post shared on his official X account on Thursday, Okechukwu said CNN was “on the ground in the …

Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter.. I am hereby making Nigeria a “COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN” — But that is the least of it. When Christians, or any such group, is slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria (3,100 versus 4,476 Worldwide), something must be …

A.Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to go ahead with its convention scheduled for Ibadan, Oyo State capital, next month. Justice James Omotosho gave the order on Friday The suit was filed by Austin Nwachukwu (Imo PDP Chairman), Amah Nnanna (Abia PDP chairman) and Turnah Alabh George (PDP Zonal Secretary, South-South) praying the …

Almost 100,000 fighting-age men have fled Ukraine in the last two months after President Volodymyr Zelensky relaxed the rules to allow young men to leave the country. Poland’s border guard said 99,000 Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 have crossed the border since August. The new rules mean men between the ages of 18 and 22 are no longer barred …

A United States lawmaker, Nancy Mace, has described Nigeria as the most dangerous country in the world for Christians. Mace made the claim on Monday via a post on her official X account. The lawmaker alleged that five million people have been displaced, 9,100 churches destroyed, over 850 Christians held hostage, and 600 clergy attacked in Nigeria. She wrote, “Nigeria …

Six members of the House of Representatives have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), making the ruling party to clinch 2/3 majority in the Green chamber. The defections of five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers from Enugu and one Labour Party member from Plateau State, has further increased the strength of the ruling party’s membership in the parliament. The …

A new law in the United Kingdom prevents British citizenship from being automatically reinstated to individuals linked to terrorism, extremism, and serious organised crime. The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders Act 2025, which received Royal Assent on 27 October, ensures that citizenship is not restored after a successful appeal until all additional appeals have been exhausted. The legislation closes a gap …

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has attributed dominance of long-serving African leaders to institutional weaknesses and a lack of democratic accountability. His remarks come amid recent developments in Cameroon and Ivory Coast, where aging leaders secured extended ternues Biya, now 92, and 83-year-old Alassane Ouattara were announced winners in controversial circumstances. But speaking at the Democracy Union for Africa Forum …

The 16th Emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Muhammadu Sanusi II, has queried the rationale behind borrowings after the removal of petrol subsidy by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Speaking in Abuja yesterday at the Oxford Global Think Tank Leadership Conference and Book Launch, the emir said the removal of fuel subsidy …