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EU Pressures Tech Giants Over Child Online Safety, Considers Social Media Age Restrictions

October 10, 2025October 10, 2025Obianuju Nicole0

The European Union (EU) has demanded that major digital platforms, including Snapchat and YouTube, explain how they are protecting children from harmful online content, as member states debate introducing bloc-wide restrictions on minors’ access to social media. The EU has long maintained strict rules on what children can view online, but officials say more action […]

Kim Jong Un Hails China Ties as North Korea Marks 80 Years of Ruling Party

October 10, 2025October 10, 2025Obianuju Nicole0

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised the country’s “friendly and cooperative” relationship with China as he hosted Chinese Premier Li Qiang and other foreign dignitaries for celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party, state media reported on Friday. China remains North Korea’s most significant ally, though their relations have occasionally […]

Mexican Migrant Dies After Texas ICE Facility Shooting, President Sheinbaum Demands Probe

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025Obianuju Nicole0

A Mexican migrant has died from injuries sustained in last week’s shooting at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Texas, raising the death toll to two. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed the development on Tuesday, stating that the attack was carried out by a gunman who opened fire from the roof of […]

Ex-DRC President Joseph Kabila Sentenced to Death in Absentia for Treason

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025Obianuju Nicole0

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced former president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia on charges of treason. The 54-year-old ex-leader, who neither appeared at the trial in Kinshasa nor sent legal representation, was convicted of complicity with the M23 rebel group. The armed faction, allegedly backed by Rwanda, has […]

Omokri, Fani-Kayode, Tinubu’s Aide Slam Bill Maher Over ‘False’ Claims of Christian Genocide in Nigeria

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025Obianuju Nicole0

Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has pushed back against U.S. talk show host Bill Maher’s claim that Nigeria is witnessing the mass killing of Christians, describing it as false and misleading. In a viral clip from Real Time with Bill Maher, the American host alleged that as many as 500,000 Christians had been slaughtered in […]

Nigerian Civil Society Condemns UN Plan to Scrap UNAIDS by 2026

September 28, 2025September 28, 2025Obianuju Nicole0

A coalition of Nigerian civil society organisations has condemned a United Nations proposal to dismantle the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) by 2026, warning it would undermine decades of progress against the epidemic. In a statement on Sunday, the coalition described the move as “ill-timed and dangerously shortsighted,” stressing that UNAIDS is the […]

17 African Nations Commit to Expanding Electricity Access Under Mission 300

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025Obianuju Nicole0

Seventeen African governments have pledged concrete reforms and action plans to expand electricity access as part of Mission 300—an ambitious initiative led by the World Bank and the African Development Bank Group to connect 300 million Africans to power by 2030. In a statement on Wednesday, the World Bank announced that Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, […]

Trump Rejects Palestinian Statehood, Clashes with Macron at UN Meeting

September 24, 2025September 24, 2025Obianuju Nicole0

United States President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron met Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, where they sparred over the future of Gaza and Palestinian statehood. According to CNN, Trump dismissed the two-state solution, arguing it would serve as a “reward” for Hamas. His remarks came as France recently […]