Diaspora

United States President, Donald Trump has sacked the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.. Trump announced that he will nominate a retired three-star general to succeed Brown as the country’s top military officer. The Republican disclosed this in a post on Truth Social on Friday. “I want […] More

Richard Mills, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, stated that there is no proof to suggest that the USAID is providing funding to Boko Haram or any other terrorist organization. Mills expressed after his late Wednesday night meeting with the Nigeria Governors Forum in Abuja that the United States condemns Boko Haram’s violence more fervently […] More

In a development that should have come much sooner, the United States has finally decided to monitor its foreign aid to Nigeria more closely after a U.S. congressman exposed that USAID funds have been trickling into the pockets of Boko Haram and other terror groups. Yes, you read that right—American taxpayer dollars have allegedly been […] More

Mayibuye Mandela, the great-grandson of Nelson Mandela, has officially joined the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), marking a significant departure from the African National Congress (ANC). Announcing his decision on February 17, 2025, Mandela criticized the ANC for failing to deliver economic freedom, calling it a barrier to true liberation. He cited worsening poverty in townships […] More

According to the US State Department, in 2021-2024, Ukraine was the Agency’s top priority with $30.6 billion, or 21% of the total amount of its “international aid,” going to Ukraine. According to WikiLeaks, more than 6,200 journalists from 707 media outlets and 279 non-governmental organisations were on USAID’s payroll. USAID engaged in propaganda activities in […] More

When the same spotlight that the Western media have been putting on African nations is turned back on them by the Trump media machine, what we are seeing is that they are every bit as corrupt or even more so than the African countries that they have been unfairly projecting as the fave of corruption. […] More

Mahamoud Ali Youssouf of Djibouti has been elected Chairperson of the AU Commission after five rounds of voting, defeating Odinga Odinga of Kenya in the 4th round. Youssouf takes over from Moussa Faki Mahamat of Chad, who spent two terms of 4 years each.Youssouf’s emergence stunned Odinga, who observers expected to win. However, Odinga spent […] More

East African runners from Kenya and Ethiopia have again dominated the annual Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.The 2025 edition of the event, a 42km race, commenced at Western Avenue, in front of the National Stadium Surulere, and finished in front of Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island on Saturday.It saw Kenya’s Edwin Kibet emerge as the […] More

The United States Government on Friday sacked no fewer than 9,500 workers who handled everything from managing federal lands to caring for military veterans. This followed the campaign by President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk to radically cut back the US bureaucracy. It was gathered that workers at the departments of Interior, Energy, […] More

The Palestinian group Hamas have released three more Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip as the sixth such exchange pushed ahead following days of tense negotiations that threatened to undo the precarious ceasefire. According to reports, the three captives – identified as American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, Russian-Israeli Alexander Sasha Trufanov, and Argentinian-Israeli Yair Horn – were […] More

The Trump administration has proposed to Ukraine that the United States receive a 50% stake in the nation’s rare earth minerals and has indicated a willingness to deploy American troops to safeguard them if a deal with Russia is reached to conclude the war, according to four U.S. officials. Instead of providing direct payment for […] More