Author: Govima

The United States has on 5th March, 2025 sanctioned seven senior members of Ansarallah, commonly known as the Houthis, for their role in smuggling weapons to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and negotiating weapons procurement deals. America is also designating a Houthi operative and his company that recruited Yemeni civilians to fight for Russia in Ukraine, generating revenue to support Houthi militant operations. This action follows the State Department’s announcement of 4th March, 2025, the designation of the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The United States deduced that it will use all available tools to counter Houthi violence and work…

The United States of America has stressed the importance of prioritizing the security of its nation’s borders in bid to make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. Countries along migratory routes must do their part to prevent and deter the transit of aliens seeking to illegally enter the United States. Today, I am announcing a new visa restriction policy that will apply to foreign government officials, including immigration and customs officials, airport and port authority officials, and others believed to be responsible for knowingly facilitating illegal immigration to the United States, including through failure to enforce immigration laws or establishing…

Nigeria’s new found romance with France is taking a new dimension of late, as Ogun State government has commenced action to hygienically enhance the abattoir/Kara process of slaughtering meat through the establishment of ranching facilities in the state. The state’s governor, Dapo Abiodun, briefed that the action is aimed to enable the government to rear, fatten, slaughter, process, and distribute meat in the most hygienic manner suitable for human consumption in the state. Governor Abiodun made this known while hosting the Head of International Projects of SEMMARIS, Mr. Timothée Witkowski, and Regional Agriculture Counsellor at the French embassy in Nigeria,…

Signature disparities has weight enough for a Dubai court to slam a Nigerian billionaire and owner of Rahmaniya Filling Station – Ultimate Oil and Gas, Abdulrahman Bashar, with a one-year jail term over what it tagged financial crime. The revelation was made known by Premium Times that Bashar bagged the jail term due to financial crime involving his dealings with CE Energy Company. The founder of the Rahmaniya Group, Abdulrahman Bashar, has however; pledge to challenge the judgement given against him by the Dubai court, describing it as a pressure tactic to threaten his reputation and business. According to available…

The United States has echoed the need for South Sudan to maintain a deserving peace, freedom to participate in civic and political processes, and a government responsive to the needs of the people. The US frowned against transitional government leaders who have consistently failed to take the minimal steps required to create the conditions necessary to bring the transitional period to a peaceful conclusion. They have also failed to use public revenue transparently to address public needs, while demanding the international community continue to fund basic public services, it deduced. Despite significant international support, including from the UN, AU, and…

In defense of what tagged “injustice,” Al Green, a Democratic lawmaker representing Texas in the US house of representatives, has said he would be filing impeachment articles against Donald Trump over his plan to “take over Gaza”. The US president in a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, said the US will take over the Gaza Strip to “dismantle and develop it”. “Gaza is a hellhole,” Donald Trump said Gaza has been reduced to rubble following the recent escalation of hostilities between Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, and Israel. The Guardian reports, Green said Trump’s…

The permutations has now started to get unveiled, and this time around, it’s our dear Peoples Democratic Party – PDP, making every move to put it house in order ahead of the 2027 general elections. The bid to navigate the right moves, the calculations to build itself stronger, and especially from the home front before fronting itself as the party fit to challenge the ruling All Progressive Congress – APC, come 2027. You should have known by now that God doesn’t lie – a house divided against itself shall not stand. The context of the above informed the Peoples Democratic…

The U.S. Department of States, U.S. National Science Foundation, and U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology, has recently convened the first ever government-led global summit on Artificial Intelligence, (AI)-enabled bioscience, co-hosted by Microsoft, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. The AI-Bioscience Collaborative (AIBC), Summit represents a milestone in international cooperation on emerging technologies that promises to deliver innovative solutions to some of society’s greatest challenges, which is but no limited to healthcare, food security, and addressing climate change, to name a few. The AIBC Summit Brought Together: High-level government officials from Brazil,…

Suffice to say this should lay to rest the many speculations boiling around frivolity, waste, among many others which Nigerians have accused the President Tinubu’s administration of; following the purchase of a new presidential jet, as the public has been availed with explanation as to why the jet was procured for President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the current jet was procured to avoid the president getting involved in a plane crash due to malfunctions. Onanuga recalled speaking with National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, about the faulty plane and he decried the high rate of maintenance. Featuring on…

According to a statement published on the X handle (formerly Twitter), of the media team of President Tinubu on Monday, gains of fuel subsidy removal was broken-down into different sectors of national development amidst other ongoing reforms in the country. The circular critiques Tinubu’s impact in the following focused areas: Economic Gains: 1. Reduced Fiscal Burden: Subsidy removal freed trillions of Naira enabling investment in critical sectors. 2. Increased Revenue: The Federal Government now collects full revenue from fuel sales, bolstering its finances. 3. Improved Macroeconomic Stability: Reduced subsidy expenditure helped stabilize the economy, lowering inflation and interest rates. Investment…

In what appears to be the largest repatriation in a single flight ever to date, United Kingdom has deported 44 Nigerians and Ghanaian asylum seekers. The UK Guardian reported this deportation comes just 48 hours after UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer signed a controversial deal to deport migrants arriving on small boats to the Chagos Islands, relocating them to St. Helena, a British territory more than 5,000 miles away in the Atlantic Ocean. The UK Home Office confirmed on Friday that the deportations are part of a “major surge” in immigration enforcement and returns. Since Starmer took office in July,…

An Imam by name, IIiyasu Usman – (a professor of Arabic), has been appointed as the Imam of the national mosque, Abuja by the management of the mosque, the first Imam to assume such position from the south east region. The South East Muslim Organisation of Nigeria (SEMON), disclosed this on Friday in a congratulatory message to Usman. The group described the appointment as a reflection of Usman’s dedication to Islamic scholarship and leadership. SEMON noted that the appointment is not only a significant personal achievement for the new cleric, but a “divine responsibility to lead the Muslim community in…