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Karl Von Batten, a lobbyist associated with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has reposted an announcement concerning his reported appointment by US President Donald Trump to a White House presidential commission, reversing an earlier decision to remove the post from social media.

The Philippines has warned that China could take advantage of any perceived gaps created by the recent reduction in the scale and duration of joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, as concerns over security dynamics in the Asia-Pacific continue to grow.

Bala made the argument while congratulating the Tinubu Support Group and its leadership over the large turnout recorded at its rally in Kano, describing the mobilisation as evidence of what he considers growing grassroots support for the President and his Renewed Hope Agenda.

Cape Verde has declared two days of national mourning following a devastating bus crash on the island of Fogo that killed 25 people, most of them children and teenagers returning from an excursion.

The attacks began early Sunday and struck several locations in and around Nabatieh, including Arab Salim, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kfar Reman and Nabatieh city, Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported.

Nigerian Army troops operating in Sokoto State have forced suspected terrorist elements to abandon a forest position during an offensive operation in Tangaza Local Government Area, recovering firearms, ammunition, motorcycles and other items from the area.

According to the military, the operation focused on areas identified as terrorist threat locations within Tangaza Local Government Area. Troops advanced through Manu, Alkasim and Kandam villages before moving into the Magarya Forest axis, where they eventually made contact with the armed group.

Fighting between forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognised government and Houthi rebels has intensified across western Yemen, with government troops claiming the recapture of a strategically important district as clashes in Taiz province reportedly killed more than 60 people, including civilians.

The Federal Government has begun a nationwide sensitisation drive aimed at helping Nigerian businesses understand and take advantage of trading opportunities available under regional and continental free-trade frameworks, starting with entrepreneurs and business groups in the North-East.

France has rejected accusations from Niger’s military authorities that Paris helped orchestrate a failed mutiny in Niamey, describing the allegation as “pure fantasy” and insisting that it had neither the intention nor the means to support the attempted uprising.

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Zagreb in one of Croatia’s biggest demonstrations in years, demanding urgent government action over a huge illegal dump of hazardous waste that has triggered growing fears about environmental damage in the country’s mountainous Lika region.