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The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed the release of a Nigerian Air Force aircraft and 11 military personnel that were earlier detained in Burkina Faso following a forced landing, marking the resolution of a tense diplomatic episode between the two West African countries. Confirmation of the development came late Wednesday, when the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Kimiebi Ebienfa, disclosed that both the aircraft and the detained personnel had been freed. According to Ebienfa, the release followed sustained diplomatic engagements between Nigerian authorities and officials of the Burkinabe government. “Yes, they have been released,” he stated, confirming the successful outcome of negotiations. The breakthrough reportedly came after a high-level meeting held earlier on Wednesday in Ouagadougou between Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Yusuf Tuggar, and Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré. According to diplomatic sources familiar ...

 The United States government has announced a significant expansion of its travel restrictions, adding Nigeria and 14 other countries to a list of nations facing tighter entry requirements, a move that has generated diplomatic reactions and concern among travelers and policy analysts. According to US administration officials, the decision follows an extensive interagency review of global travel and immigration systems, with a focus on national security, identity verification, and information sharing standards. US authorities said the newly affected countries were assessed as having gaps in documentation processes, data exchange mechanisms, or vetting procedures that could pose security risks, according to officials familiar with the review process. Nigeria’s inclusion has drawn particular attention due to its close diplomatic, economic, and educational ties with the United States. Officials clarified that the measure does not constitute a total travel ban but introduces additiona...

A light aircraft operated by Skypower Express was involved in an accident on Tuesday evening at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri, Imo State, triggering a swift emergency response and renewed attention to aviation safety at regional airports. The aircraft, identified as a Cessna 172, reportedly crashed shortly after arriving at the airport under circumstances that were still being investigated as of Wednesday morning. Airport emergency responders, including fire and rescue teams, were immediately deployed to the scene to secure the area and prevent further hazards, according to airport officials familiar with the incident. Eyewitnesses at the airport described a tense scene as emergency sirens sounded and responders cordoned off part of the runway. One airport worker, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the aircraft appeared to experience difficulty moments before the crash, though officials cautioned that such accounts remain unverified pending a formal inves...

A deadly airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s military junta has struck a civilian hospital in Rakhine State, killing at least 31 people and leaving dozens injured in one of the deadliest single attacks on medical infrastructure since the conflict escalated. According to local humanitarian workers, the strike occurred early Tuesday when the facility was treating a surge of patients fleeing intensified clashes in the region. Eyewitnesses said that the bombs hit the main ward of the hospital without warning, reducing the building to rubble and instantly killing medical staff, patients, women, and children seeking refuge. Community volunteers who arrived shortly after the attack described scenes of chaos, with survivors desperately searching for their loved ones amid debris and rising smoke. The Arakan Army, one of the ethnic armed groups fighting against the junta, condemned the attack, saying it represented a blatant violation of international humanitarian law. According to statements b...

In a seismic shift to long-standing American immigration policy, President Donald Trump has formally ended birthright citizenship — the constitutional guarantee that grants automatic citizenship to nearly all children born on U.S. soil. The announcement has triggered intense national debate, with the President insisting that the original intent of the provision has been “misunderstood for generations.” According to the President, the birthright principle — rooted in the 14th Amendment — was crafted after the Civil War to ensure that the children of formerly enslaved people were recognized as full citizens. “It was for slaves, not for rich foreigners flying in to give birth,” Trump argued during a briefing, a statement reported by senior administration officials. His position marks the clearest attempt yet to reinterpret the amendment’s scope without pursuing a full constitutional rewrite. The move follows years of debate over so-called “birth tourism,” where pregnant women from other...

 A new scientific report has placed humans firmly within the upper ranks of monogamous species, revealing behavioural patterns that align more closely with socially bonded mammals like meerkats and beavers than with the majority of the animal kingdom. According to research conducted by evolutionary anthropologists at the University of Cambridge, humans exhibit a significantly high rate of reproductive monogamy — a finding that challenges long-held assumptions about human mating behaviour. The study examined genetic and ethnographic data from 35 mammal species, comparing the proportion of full siblings to half-siblings to determine levels of reproductive exclusivity. According to the researchers, species with a higher percentage of full siblings tend to form long-term pair bonds or repeatedly mate with the same partner across reproductive cycles. The analysis placed humans at a 66 percent full-sibling rate , a score that experts described as “comfortably within the premier league o...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has resurfaced publicly for the first time in nearly a year, traveling to Oslo after months of hiding inside Venezuela. Her daughter announced the development during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, where she accepted the award on Machado’s behalf. The appearance marks a significant moment in Venezuela’s tense political landscape, as Machado had been largely invisible since early January. According to accounts shared during the ceremony, Machado left her safe location in Venezuela and made her way to Norway despite longstanding restrictions placed on her by President Nicolás Maduro’s administration. For nearly a decade, the government has barred her from international travel, repeatedly insisting that she would be treated as a fugitive if she attempted to leave the country. Her reemergence, reported by political observers, demonstrates both her determination to remain a central figure in the nation’s democratic struggle and the growing ...