USS Gerald Ford Heads Home as Pentagon Reveals Iran War Has Cost $25 Billion
America’s newest super carrier limps back after a grueling 10-month deployment while lawmakers grill officials on the staggering price tag of Operation Epic Fury. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the most advanced aircraft carrier ever built, is finally heading home — and the bill it leaves behind is eye-watering. Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst III told... Read More
King Charles Challenges Trump on NATO and Ukraine in Historic Congress Speech
The British monarch used a rare 30-minute address to a joint session of Congress to deliver pointed messages on alliance unity, diversity, and defending Ukraine. King Charles III stood before a joint session of the United States Congress on Tuesday and delivered what may be the most politically charged royal address in modern history, weaving... Read More
UAE Quits OPEC After 57 Years in Shock Move That Shakes Global Oil Markets
The Gulf state’s dramatic exit, effective May 1, deals a historic blow to Saudi-led oil cartel amid the Iran war energy crisis. The United Arab Emirates has announced its withdrawal from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and the broader OPEC+ alliance, effective May 1, 2026, in a seismic shift that threatens to reshape... Read More
Reps Green-Light $516M Deutsche Bank Loan for Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway
Nigeria’s House of Representatives approves massive infrastructure financing to build a 1,000-km highway connecting the North-West to the South-West. Nigeria’s House of Representatives has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to borrow $516.3 million from Deutsche Bank AG to finance the first phase of the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway, one of the most ambitious road infrastructure projects in... Read More
Dangote Breaks $30 Billion Barrier as Pan-African Refinery IPO Takes Shape
Africa’s richest man reaches a historic Forbes milestone as his refinery eyes a $40-50 billion listing across six stock exchanges, including Ethiopia’s new bourse. Aliko Dangote has officially crossed the $30 billion threshold on the Forbes real-time billionaires tracker, reaching $30.3 billion and cementing his status as not just Africa’s wealthiest person but a genuine... Read More
ADC Faces Wipeout From 2027 Ballot as Supreme Court Delays Verdict With Just 13 Days to INEC Deadline
The opposition party that Peter Obi and Kwankwaso are banking on for their joint presidential ticket could be disqualified from fielding any candidates if leadership disputes aren’t resolved by May 10 The African Democratic Congress — the party at the centre of the most talked-about opposition alliance in Nigerian politics — is staring at potential... Read More
Atiku Under Pressure to Step Down as Obi-Kwankwaso Joint Ticket Gains Momentum for 2027
A seismic political realignment is underway as Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso formalize their alliance, putting Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambitions in jeopardy. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is facing the most serious challenge to his 2027 presidential ambitions as the joint ticket movement between former Anambra Governor Peter Obi and former Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso... Read More
Mali Defence Minister Killed as Jihadists and Rebels Seize Towns in Unprecedented Coordinated Assault
The deadliest attack on Mali’s military junta sees al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM join forces with Tuareg separatists for the first time, shaking the Sahel to its core. Mali’s Defence Minister General Sadio Camara was killed in a suicide truck bombing at his residence in Kati on Saturday, the government has confirmed, as the West African nation... Read More
Ruto’s “You’ll Need a Translator” Jab Explodes Across Naija
It started as a one-liner. By Friday morning in Lagos, it was a continental meme war with diplomatic teeth. In a clip that detonated across Nigerian social media overnight, Kenyan President William Ruto is heard telling an audience that Kenya’s education system is world class, adding: ‘Our English is good. We speak some of the... Read More
Dangote’s $20B East Africa Power Play: A Second Mega-Refinery
Africa’s richest man has offered Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania a 650,000-barrel refinery in Tanga — and the Iran war just made him impossible to ignore. Aliko Dangote has done it again. At the inaugural Africa We Build Summit in Nairobi this week, Africa’s richest man stood in front of East African heads of state and... Read More