U.S. President, Donald Trump says he wants access to Ukraine’s rare earth and critical minerals in exchange for the billions of dollars in military aid Washington has been supplying to Kyiv. It’s an idea previously suggested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who sought to appeal to Trump’s dealmaker personality as a way of continued US…
Nigeria’s forex reserves declined by $1.16 billion in the last three weeks. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) disclosed this in its gross forex exchange movement data seen by Ripples Nigeria on Tuesday. According to CBN, the reserves dropped from $40.877 billion in December 2024 to $39.723 billion on January 31. The decline accelerated in…
Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, have arrested a 55-year-old ex-convict of rape, Ayodele Ijilakinro, for allegedly r3ping three ladies at different periods after his release from prison.  The State Corps Commander, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye paraded Ijilakinro alongside 26 other alleged criminals apprehended across the state’s 18 local government areas…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Tuesday handed over 21 trafficked children to the Niger State government. The victims, all boys, ages between nine and 16 years, were being trafficked to the Niger Republic before their rescue by officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Sunday in Abuja….
Golf legend, Tiger Woods has lost his mother to the cold hands of death. The 15-time major champion in a statement shared his mom Kultida Woods died in the early hours of Feb. 4. She was 81 years old. It is with heartfelt sadness that I want to share that my dear mother, Kultida Woods, passed away early this…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Some 20,000 civilians have fled a township in central Myanmar’s Magway region amid three days of heavy fighting between rebels and junta troops that destroyed around one-third of area homes, residents said Monday. The intense combat in the heartland township of…
