Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez has declared that the country has “had enough” of pressure from the United States following the capture of former leader Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces earlier this month. Speaking during a public address to oil workers at the Puerto La Cruz refinery in northeastern Venezuela , Rodríguez’s said Venezuelans must […]
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London The corruption trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources and the first female president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is set to begin in London on Monday, marking a major legal milestone in a case that has lasted nearly a decade. Alison-Madueke, 65, faces five counts of accepting
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Developers and AI practitioners are gaining broader access to agentic AI coding tools as recent changes make advanced autonomous coding features available at little to no cost, according to a software developer and AI researcher Olalekan Samuel Ogunleye. Ogunleye Samuel Olalekan Ogunleye noted that Anthropic’s agentic coding tools, previously tied to paid API usage, can
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Lagos As Nigeria ushers in 2026, early data from Google Trends indicates a nation turning its attention inward — toward entrepreneurship, personal development, and practical skill-building — as citizens look for ways to navigate rising living costs and the evolving realities of work. According to Google’s report covering searches from the first two weeks of
Abuja President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Monday, January 26, for a state visit to the Republic of Turkey, as Nigeria seeks to deepen diplomatic and economic relations with the country. The visit, according to a statement issued on Sunday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, is aimed at
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Kano Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf will formally rejoin the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, January 26, 2026, marking a dramatic return to the ruling party just days after his resignation from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) — the platform that brought him to power in the 2023 elections. The decision, announced
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Ibadan Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has publicly expressed regret over the departure of former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, saying governance at the federal level has sharply declined since Osinbajo left office. Speaking on Saturday, January 24, 2026, during the 60th birthday celebration of Rev. Samson Ajetomobi in Ibadan, Makinde contrasted Osinbajo’s inclusive leadership style
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Abuja The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) over the alleged disappearance or mismanagement of ₦128 billion in public funds. The case, filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja under FHC/ABJ/CS/143/2026, seeks to
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Kano The political crisis triggered by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s dramatic exit from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) deepened on Friday with the resignation of a serving commissioner and a sharp escalation of rhetoric from the party’s national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Yusuf Kofarmata, the Kano State Commissioner for Science, Technology, and Innovation,
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Abuja / Gusau / Maiduguri Nigerian troops have recorded fresh operational successes in coordinated counter-terrorism campaigns across the North-West and North-East, killing six terrorists, rescuing a kidnapped underage girl in Zamfara State, and arresting a suspected Boko Haram drug supplier in Borno State, in what the military describes as a renewed push to dismantle armed
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