ADC coalition leaders Atiku Abubakar and Nasir El-Rufai have convened once again as part of the effort to democratically remove President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from office.

Political commentators are speculating that 78-year-old Atiku will make another bid for the presidency, marking his fifth attempt.

It remains to be seen whether the ADC will be able to reach a consensus or if it will need to hold a primary election to select its presidential candidate.….Click link for full details here 

President Bola Tinubu has again been told to be prepared for a serious challenge from the opposition in the 2027 elections

Primate Elijah Ayodele warned the president in his latest series of prophecies released on his church’s YouTube page

According to Ayodele, former President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar would give Tinubu a tough time in 2027.

In the video, Ayodele said President Tinubu should prepare for former President Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The cleric, however, added that he was not sure if the two would defeat the president in the 2027 election.

The cleric also called on President Tinubu to carry out more projects in the northern part of the country, adding that dividing the leaders in the region would be an advantage for him in the 2027 presidential election.

Atiku has been leading the call on opposition leaders to come together under one umbrella and form a coalition against President Tinubu in the 2027 election. The coalition was recently formed with Peter Obi of the Labour Party, former Minister Chibuike Amaechi and many other opposition leaders in the country.

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The coalition recently adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its political platform ahead of the 2027 election. However, it is facing the crisis of who will be its presidential candidate as Atiku, Obi, and Amaechi have announced plans to contest the 2027 election.

To outsmart spies in the camp, many supporters of the former president, especially those in his inner circle, have allegedly held several meetings outside the country with a focus on consolidating the former president’s support base within the PDP, as well as coming up with a strategy to handle what they referred to as ‘Nyesom Wike problem’.

The coinage was a reference to the conflict between the PDP and the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Wike, in an interview, urged the former president not to join the 2027 race but to maintain his pace as a statesman. The minister also accused those calling for the return of the former president of being betrayers and hypocrites, saying the same people undermined him in the 2015 presidential election.

Jonathan’s camp was said to be worried about Wike’s comment, describing it as a threat to the former president’s second coming as a source disclosed that the minister’s opposition cannot be ignored, which was ‘why some of our meetings have been about how to ensure he does not become a stumbling block’.

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President Donald Trump has presented a stern ultimatum to the regime of Nicolás Maduro, insisting that it promptly agree to the repatriation of individuals he described as criminals and those suffering from mental illness. Click link to continue reading.

According to Trump, these individuals had been released from Venezuelan prisons and mental health facilities and subsequently sent to the United States, and he called for their immediate return to Venezuela.

Trump warned that failure to comply would have devastating consequences. “We want Venezuela to immediately accept all prisoners and people from mental institutions — including those from the worst asylums in the world — that the Venezuelan ‘leadership’ has forced into the United States of America,” the president wrote on his Truth Social account.

“Thousands of people have been been badly hurt and even killed by these ‘Monsters.’ GET THEM THE HELL OUT OF OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT NOW, OR THE PRICE YOU PAY WILL BE INCALCULABLE!”

Trump’s statement does not detail any concrete mechanism to enforce repatriation, nor does it specify legal, humanitarian or security procedures for identifying and transferring the individuals he mentioned. It also offers no verifiable figures, names of institutions or documentation to support the direct attribution of responsibility to the Venezuelan “leadership” for sending criminals and people from mental institutions to the U.S.

The threat comes amid already tense relations between Washington and Caracas, which have deteriorated rapidly in recent weeks following Trump’s decision to deploy a massive naval force near Venezuela’s shores to combat drug cartels.

The administration has increasingly framed its anti-narcotics campaign as a key national defense priority and has accused Maduro and senior officials in his regime of running a large and dangerous drug-trafficking network. The Venezuelan strongman has repeatedly denied the accusation, saying it is merely an excuse to justify regime change in the South American country.

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The U.S. accuses Maduro of leading the so-called “Cartel of the Suns,” an organization embedded within the Venezuelan armed forces that U.S. authorities suspect exports between 350 and 500 tons of cocaine annually. The Trump administration has offered a $50 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest on drug-trafficking charges in the U.S., and $25 million rewards for each of several of his top officials.

The U.S. military deployment includes eight powerful warships — some with amphibious assault capability — F-35 fighter jets and approximately 4,500 troops, including at least 2,000 Marines. It is the largest display of U.S. force in the Caribbean in decades.

Manchester United vs Chelsea is already gathering momentum as both England heavyweights clash in a mouthwatering Premier League fixture

A mysterious cat has predicted the outcome of the encounter billed for the Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon, September 20

‘Oracle Whiskers’ walked straight to the bowl marked with one of the teams and started to eat from it.

Manchester United welcome Chelsea to the Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon and a mysterious cat has already predicted the outcome of the encounter.

Dubbed “Oracle Whiskers” by football fans, the feline remains the talk of the football world with its predictions.

It had previously predicted that Chelsea would win the 2025 FIFA World Cup final when it fed itself from a bowl having the logo of the London club.

The Blues went on to win that game defeating Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 at the MetLife Stadium in the United States.

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And now, a viral footage showed the moment the cat was presented with two bowls, having labels of each of the teams.

As it walked towards the bowls, Oracle Whiskers hesitated before confidently eating from the one marked “Chelsea.”

Social media erupted, with Chelsea supporters hailing the cat as a lucky charm, leaving Manchester United fans unimpressed.

fostergozy said: “Thank you blue is the colour.”

ayomide_xc said: “E reach to look Man U like that cuz the beating wey them go collect this weekend ehn?? Jesus Christ no go fit save them.”

shedrachchiroma_ posited: “Your prediction ends tonight Manchester United are winning the game.”

misteroladipo replied: “At the end of the day the cat is just hungry.”

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issa_vidal23 wrote: “I will come back here after the game to insult this cat.”

After failing to win their last two games, Chelsea are desperate to claim all three points away from home.

Head coach Enzo Maresca is under pressure to get the team back to winning ways after a disappointing stint that has delivered just above a 30% win rate after a year in the job.

Speaking ahead of the game, the tactician said via Chelsea Online: “I think it’s always difficult to play United away in their stadium, at Old Trafford. So I don’t think now is the right moment or next year will be the right moment or last year was the right moment. It’s always difficult. It’s a difficult team, it’s a difficult stadium.

“I watched the games that they have played this season and some of the games were not the real result. Even the City game, until 1-0 or 2-0 they were in the game. When the game was 0-0 they had a few chances to score and to go ahead. So it will be a tough game, no doubt.”

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The Nepal Parliament building is an impressive blend of traditional and modern architecture, featuring a large structure made of steel and concrete topped with a two-tier pagoda. However, last week, its white walls were marred by soot and graffiti. One message reads, “You picked the wrong fight,” and is signed “Gen Z.” Click link to continue reading.

It’s the fallout of the most dramatic upheaval the Himalayan country has experienced in years — where in less than 48 hours, protesters forced the overthrow of the government.

Nepal’s government is only the latest in South Asia to be overthrown by protesters, and it underscores the profound generational change shaking the world’s most populous region and testing governments’ ability to meet their citizens’ expectations.

The turmoil in Nepal began in earnest on Sept. 8, when police in the capital Kathmandu opened fire on anti-corruption protesters as they tried to breach Parliament walls. Mobs retaliated by torching buildings, looting banks and shops, and attacking politicians in their homes. The violence killed more than 70 people and wounded thousands more, according to Nepal police spokesperson Ramesh Thapa.

Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli resigned on Sept. 9 and has not been seen publicly since. The army imposed a curfew.

By Sept. 12, the country had a new interim leader: Sushila Karki. The 73-year-old was Nepal’s first female chief justice — and is now its first female prime minister. Her appointment by Nepal’s president followed online polls on the chat portal Discord, where thousands supported her citing her judicial record of taking on the corrupt and the elite.

“Our movement was motivated by two things,” says Abhiyan Sapkota, a 27-year-old civil engineer who participated in the protests, “unemployment and government corruption.”

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For months, young Nepalis sought to highlight the stunning contrast between the country’s masses and its wealthy elites, pulling together montages of social media images and videos uploaded by the children of prominent politicians. One image showed a young woman posing with a Prada bag worth $2,600, in a country where the average yearly income in Nepal is less than $1,500 a year.

They zoomed in on Nepali elites vacationing in Europe, a contrast to the travels of most citizens — who work abroad in low-paying jobs as porters, soldiers and construction workers.

The campaign, using variations of hashtags like #NepoKids, came amid mounting frustration with politicians who are widely seen as using public money to enrich themselves. “Over the last 10 years, all three individuals who have traded the prime minister’s chair have had pretty serious corruption allegations against them,” says Ashish Pradhan, an expert on Nepal at the International Crisis Group, a think tank.

Investigators never pursued the cases seriously, he says. “Instead, the anti-corruption watchdog was used to go after political opponents rather than to tackle systemic misuse of funds.”

But on Sept. 4, the government abruptly suspended most social media. It was widely seen by anti-corruption activists as an attempt to quell their campaign exposing the poolside luxury lives of Nepal’s elite. That led to thousands protesting in Kathmandu on Sept. 8.

In the days after violence, army personnel fanned out across the country. On major roads of Kathmandu, they set up checkpoints every few hundred yards and checked IDs. When curfew was relaxed for a few hours every day, youths cleaned the streets, visited hospitals to check upon the injured and held candlelight vigils for protesters who’d lost their lives. Outside a burnt-down police station in Kathmandu’s Darbar Marg, someone scrawled an apology: “Sorry dada,” Nepali for an elder brother.

 npr.org

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The Trump administration has informed Congress about plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, demonstrating U.S. support as the country faces increasing international isolation due to its conflict in Gaza. Click link to continue reading.

The proposed package includes a $3.8 billion deal for 30 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, which would nearly double Israel’s fleet.

Additionally, there is a $1.9 billion sale of 3,200 infantry assault vehicles for the Israeli army, according to a U.S. official and another source familiar with the proposal, who requested anonymity since the plans have not yet been made public.

Officials indicated that deliveries of these weapons would take at least two to three years.

These proposed sales come at a time when U.S.-backed efforts to negotiate an end to Israel’s nearly two-year conflict with Hamas have stalled. This news follows Israel’s recent strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, which has drawn significant criticism from American allies in the region.

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