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US President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is dispatching special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a new proposal aimed at ending the four-year-old war in Ukraine. The diplomatic initiative marks Washington’s latest push to break a deadlock in the conflict, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. According to reports, Witkoff and Kushner are scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday before traveling to Kyiv on Sunday to hold discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Kremlin declined to comment on the visit. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump expressed optimism about the mission. “I sent Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, two great negotiators. They’ve done a...

The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution encouraging the use of world maps that more accurately represent the relative size of Africa and other continents. The “Correct the Map” resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by members of the African Union, was supported by 164 countries, including France and the United Kingdom. The United States was the only country to vote against the resolution, while Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine abstained. Although the resolution is non-binding, it encourages governments, schools, international institutions and technology companies to move away from map projections that significantly distort the relative size of countries and continents. The campaign has focused particularly on t...

The convoy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Borno State, Engr. Mustapha Gubio, was ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. DailyTrust reports that the incident occurred on Thursday evening, September 3, as the candidate and his entourage were returning to Maiduguri after a thank-you visit to the border town of Damasak,  a border town that is about 190km from Maiduguri, the state capital. A security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed that the insurgents had planted landmines along the Gubio-Kareto-Damasak highway. He said the police armoured vehicle leading the convoy unfortunately ran over one of the explosive devices, triggering a blast. “We entered Damasak safely and spent about 40 minutes there. On our way back, t...

Social critic, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has apologised to soldiers, policemen, customs and immigration personnel over the comments he made about security agents at the recently held Nigerian Bar Association’s 66th Annual General Conference.  NigerianCulture Magazine VeryDarkMan made the apology in a video shared on Friday, September 4, after reflecting on his speech where he referred to the military, police, immigration and customs personnel as “unknown gunmen” during a discussion on insecurity. He said he realised that the comment was unfair to security personnel who were risking their lives to protect Nigerians, particularly soldiers fighting Boko Haram and other threats. He explained that his criticism was directed at alleged corruption, sab...

A Nigerian man, Olusegun Onidare, has been arrested and charged over alleged s£xual assault of two women in separate incidents that occurred in the municipality of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.   NigerianPolitics Coverage The Peel Regional Police confirmed the charges in a statement on Wednesday, September 2, stating that the incident occurred on August 31 when two women reported that they were assaulted by a man whose identity was unknown at the time.    According to the police, the first incident happened inside a mall in the city when a woman reported to be in her 20s was s£xually assaulted by a man later identified as Mr Onidare while shopping.   Later that day, the suspect allegedly approached an underage girl at a transit terminal, struck u...

Alleged r@pe: Court remands Odogwu Asaaba over late Favour A court in Delta State has ordered the remand of content creator, Ifeanyi Ogbonna, popularly known as Odogwu Asaba, at the Ogwashi Uku Maximum Correctional Centre over the alleged r@pe and demise of 20-year-old girl, late Favour Agbro. The remand order was granted following an application heard and granted by the court today Friday, September 4, 2026. Counsel to late Favour's family, Awele Ideal, gave the update on social media this afternoon. She said the remand comes barely a week after the autopsy and toxicology test results in the case involving the late Favour were made available to the police investigation team. https://youtu.be/QmACxtD_MIU?si=lzrZQYmWDFocpixE

The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has dismissed suggestions of growing opposition to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North, saying the ruling party would win the presidential election as well as the governorship and other elective contests in Kaduna State. Musa spoke on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, while responding to suggestions that voters in Kaduna might punish the APC and President Tinubu over the performance of his administration. Musa described the perceived rejection of the APC in the North as a matter of perception, insisting that the party would win the state. He said, “That’s a perception. It’s a perception, and I mean, everybody has his own perception to deal with. People will always have the goo...

Arise TV abruptly ended a live broadcast this morning after Lere Olayinka, the media aide to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, insulted anchor Rufai Oseni and refused to answer his questions. Olayinka appeared as a guest on The Morning Show to face the program's three co-anchors: Dr. Reuben Abati, Rufai Oseni, and Ayo Mairo-Ese. The situation escalated when Oseni took his turn to question the media aide. Instead of responding to the query, Olayinka deflected and stated that he only came on the live show to answer questions from “reasonable people.” ‘’I am very sorry to say this Rufai but I do not want to answer any question from you. I want this conversation to be among reasonable human beings, people who will not come and describe other people as Gbewu dani. I want this discussion to be...

The Federal Ministry of Works, Anambra State Field Headquarters, has officially announced the closure of the First Niger Bridge in Onitsha to commence repair works. The closure comes after last week’s visit by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, who inspected a vandalised section of the bridge, where bolts and iron rods had been stolen by scavengers. An official press release by the ministry’s field office in Anambra, signed by the State Controller, Mr Timothy Emenike, noted that the bridge would be closed for two weeks, starting Monday, 7 September 2026. The release read: “The attention of the general public, motorists and other road users is hereby drawn to the deteriorated condition of the First Niger Bridge, Onitsha, particularly the carriageway surface and certain bri...

The withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has weakened key mechanisms for regional integration and created a major challenge to cooperation within West Africa, the Presidency has said. Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, made the remarks on Thursday at a policy colloquium organised by the Ministry of Defence in Abuja. The three Sahelian countries formally left ECOWAS in January 2025, following their announcement in 2024 of plans to withdraw from the regional bloc. They have since strengthened their cooperation through the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Dare said the withdrawal had disrupted regional mechanisms, particularly ECOWAS protocols aimed at promoting ec...