By Joke Kujenya NOTIFICATION OF withdrawal has been received by the World Health Organization (WHO) from the United States of America (USA), prompting the agency to express regret over the decision and to confirm that the matter will be taken up by its governing bodies. JKNewsMedia.com reports the WHO as describing the US as a […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE EUROPEAN Union will provide €557 million in humanitarian aid to Nigeria and other African countries from its 2026 €1.9 billion budget, the EU announced. Modestus Chukwulaka, press officer to the EU delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, said the funding will target Nigeria’s north-west region. E...
By Joke Kujenya CONTROVERSIAL NEW global conflict resolution plans were unveiled on Thursday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos with the launch of the Board of Peace by United States President Donald Trump. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the initiative, which Trump will chair, is intended to mediate and resolve international conflicts t...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent TOUCHING DOWN in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu prepared to participate in the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, opening on Monday. The President’s aircraft landed at the Presidential Wing of Zayed International Airport at 11:30pm local time, a stateme...
By Claire Mom, https://www.thecable.ng/ ISRAELI PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says attacks on Christians in Nigeria has to come to an end. Netanyahu’s stance formed part of his Christmas message late Wednesday night to Christians around the world. Judaism, Israel’s main religion, and Christianity are deeply linked Abrahamic faiths sharing ...
By Joke Kujenya THE UNITED States green card lottery programme has been suspended by President Donald Trump, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem announced during a briefing on Friday. Noem said the Diversity Visa Immigrant Programme, also known as DV1, had allowed the suspect in the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technolo...
By Joke Kujenya PRESIDENT DONALD Trump has unveiled plans to provide $2,000 payments to low- and middle-income United States (U.S.) citizens, funded by revenue from tariffs on imports from countries including China, Mexico, and Canada. Any remaining tariff income would be directed toward reducing the national debt, which currently exceeds $38...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CHAIR, SAMIR Shah, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has formally apologised for an “error of judgement” in how a documentary edited a speech by President Donald Trump, BBC News has confirmed. The apology follows a letter sent by President Trump threatening legal action against the broadca...
By Joke Kujenya EUROPEAN AND West African leaders have rejected recent threats by United States President Donald Trump to cut aid to Nigeria and launch military action over what he described as the “mass slaughter” of Christians in the country. Trump, in a post on his Truth social media platform on Saturday, warned that the […]
By Joke Kujenya UNITED STATES President Donald Trump announced he has directed the United States Department of War to prepare for what he described as “possible action” to eliminate Islamic terrorists in Nigeria, warning that his administration could end aid to the country if the killings of Christians persist. The directive, shared through a...
