Foreign

Yoweri Museveni has been sworn in for a seventh consecutive term as president of Uganda, extending his nearly four-decade rule after securing victory in the country’s disputed January elections. The 81-year-old leader,...

The Consulate General of Nigeria in Johannesburg has issued a public advisory warning Nigerians in South Africa about planned nationwide anti-foreigner protests scheduled for today, May 4, 2026. The notice issued yesterday ahead...

Britain’s King Charles III met Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, kicking off a high-stakes state visit shadowed by transatlantic tensions and a fresh alleged attempt to assassinate the...

A Nigerian national and US permanent resident, Emuobosan Emanuella Hall, 45, is now the subject of a federal arrest warrant after failing to report to prison to begin serving an eight-year...

Canada accepted 3,463 asylum claims from Nigerian nationals in 2025, with 21,573 applications pending as of the end of the year. The figures, updated by the country’s Immigration and Refugee Board on...

Benin presidential election favourite Romuald Wadagni swept to victory in the country’s polls, securing 94 percent of votes, according to provisional results. The electoral commission published the preliminary tally overnight from Monday...

A new trial over the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona will begin on Tuesday, with seven members of his medical team charged with negligent homicide. This comes nearly a year...

France’s interior minister is seeking to block US rapper Kanye West from performing in the southern city of Marseille in June due to his antisemitic remarks, a source close to the...

Pope Leo XIV has responded to recent criticisms from US President Donald Trump, asserting that his mission is rooted in the Gospel and he has no fear of the American president. Speaking...

US President Donald Trump has intensified his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, as he launches a blistering attack on the pontiff in a post on Truth Social filled with sharp accusations...

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday issued a forceful denial of any association with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. She spoke at the White House, while simultaneously...

U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed Vice President J.D. Vance to seek a diplomatic exit from the escalating conflict with Iran as the administration’s peace delegation prepares to depart for Islamabad,...