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UK PM Blasts Trump’s NATO Afghanistan Remarks as ‘Appalling and Insulting’

January 24, 2026January 24, 2026Ayo Olowo

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fiercely condemned US President Donald Trump’s dismissal of NATO allies’ sacrifices in Afghanistan, calling the comments “insulting and frankly appalling”. The backlash intensifies transatlantic tensions over Trump’s NATO Afghanistan remarks during a Fox News interview. Trump’s Thursday interview from Davos, Switzerland, sparked outrage when he claimed NATO troops “stayed a little back, a little off the front […]

North Korea responds to US by firing 10 missiles, misses South Korea

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022Ayo Olowo

North Korea fired more than 10 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea’s waters in what President Yoon Suk-yeol said was “effectively a territorial invasion”. It also fired an artillery barrage into a maritime “buffer zone”, in what experts said was part of an “aggressive and threatening” response by Pyongyang to the […]

MUST READ! When Life Imitates Art

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020Ayo Olowo

By Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David Leffler The movie Wag the Dog was released a generation ago, one month before a presidential scandal which invited comparisons between that film and the reality of that time. Now, 23 years later, we find ourselves in the midst of yet another presidential scandal; one which has made […]

We are not at war, police and NSCDC will now ensure internal security – Buhari

January 4, 2020January 4, 2020Eben Tanimola

President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that withdrawal of the military from troubled spots will not expose communities to more risks of attacks. Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. He said the president gave the assurance while reacting to concerns […]

20 Dead As Violence Mars Afghan Election Season Start

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019Ayo Olowo

Deadly violence marred the start of Afghanistan’s election season on the weekend, after President Ashraf Ghani insisted “peace is coming” to the war-torn nation. At least 20 people were killed and 50 others wounded on Sunday in an attack targeting the Kabul office of Ghani’s running mate, Amrullah Saleh. The violence came on the first […]

Deadliest US prison gang war leaves 7 dead

April 17, 2018Ayo Olowo

The deadliest prison riot in the United States since 1993, sparked by a gang-related dispute has claimed seven lives in a South Carolina prison. State officials identified the slain inmates as Raymond Scott, 28, who was serving a 20-year sentence for crimes including assault and battery; Michael Milledge, 44, serving 25 years for drug trafficking; […]

Israel launches heavy air strike in Syria after F-16 crash

February 11, 2018News Agency

Israel on Saturday said it launched heavy air strikes in Syria, and hit air defenses and Iranian targets in retaliation for its F-16 fighter jet that was downed by Syria. The Syrian army had claimed to have brought down an Israeli F-16 that crashed on Saturday in northern Israel in a major escalation of tension. […]

The monsters that oppose restructuring and the beasts that threaten war

July 11, 2017Ekene Onyeama

“Treat the surrendering Biafrans well or risk their children rising again”- Colonel Phillip Effiong, Vice President of Biafra, 1970. These profound words from a wise and deeply courageous man have proved to be prophetic. The truth is that those that resist the idea of restructuring and that say no to the conducting of a referendum […]

Makarfi, Sheriff resume hostilities after days of peace

March 27, 2017Ayo Olowo

Just days after reaching an understanding to bury their differences, the two factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have renewed hostilities. The cause of the latest crisis is the decision of Ali Modu Sheriff, national chairman of the party, to replace staff of the PDP secretariat who were not cooperating with him. Sheriff had […]