A message has been sent. And a reply, apparently, received. Iran says the United States has responded to its latest peace proposal — a 14‑point plan Tehran pushed forward as fighting simmers and a fragile ceasefire hangs in the air. The response, Iranian officials say, was delivered quietly through Pakistan. It is now “under review.”…
It was a short meeting. Closed doors. Tight security. Then the doors opened — and the applause followed. Peter Obi and Musa Kwankwaso have officially joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), picking up their membership cards on Sunday evening in a move that could shake up calculations ahead of 2027. Obi, former Anambra governor and…
For months, some doctors woke up unsure if they still had a future in the United States. Paperwork stalled. Visas frozen. Careers — suddenly hanging by a thread. Now, in a quiet shift that wasn’t even formally announced at first, the U.S. government has lifted the visa processing block that left hundreds of Nigerian and…
Every morning, Hamidreza Mohammadi reaches for his phone with dread. He lives in Norway now, far from Iran. Far from his sister. But the fear is constant. “I wake up waiting for the worst call I could get,” he said quietly, his voice carrying the weight of someone preparing for unimaginable news. Narges Mohammadi —…
By: Oyetola Owolabi S. A house. A small farm. A patch of inherited soil. For more than a billion people, it all feels uncertain. A new global assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Land Coalition and CIRAD paints a troubling picture: nearly one in four adults worldwide believe they could lose…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal What was meant to be a fiery AFCON final in Rabat has now drifted into a courtroom drama. Eighteen Senegalese supporters, arrested after Senegal’s 1–0 win over host nation Morocco on January 18, are still locked up and prosecutors are now asking for jail terms of up to two years. They say…
