October 26, 2025

Nebraska Teacher: Love And Lover Charged With Sex Trafficking

Nebraska Teacher: Love And Lover Charged With Sex Trafficking

October 26, 2025 7:23 pm

Authorities allege a Nebraska teacher and her partner lured a high school student into a sexual situation; both face life in prison if convicted.

Nebraska teacher and her boyfriend have been charged with sex trafficking after a high school student accused them of inappropriate behavior, prompting a Police investigation that has shocked the local education community.

Elizabeth Jamie Love, 36, and her boyfriend, Jarid “Jack” Krause, both from Holdrege, were arrested and charged with Felony Sex Trafficking of a Minor, the Holdrege Police Department announced on Thursday October 23, 2025. Love also faces an additional felony count of Sexual Grooming

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Nigeria’s 2024 Revenue Surges 68% To ₦20.9 Trillion — Budget

Nigeria’s 2024 Revenue Surges 68% To ₦20.9 Trillion — Budget

October 26, 2025 5:32 pm

Nigerian Federal Government records ₦20.9 trillion in total revenue for 2024, boosted by strong non-oil earnings despite shortfall from oil sector estimates.

Nigeria’s federal government recorded a sharp 68 percent increase in total revenue in 2024, reaching ₦20.98 trillion, according to new data released by the Budget Office of the Federation.

The figure represents a significant rise from the ₦12.48 trillion generated in 2023 but remains ₦4.89 trillion, or nearly 19 percent, below the government’s full-year revenue target of ₦25.87 trillion. The data was published in the Budget Office’s fourth-quarter budget implementation report released on Thursday October 23, 2025.

The …

Alassane Ouattara Poised For 4th Term As Ivorians Cast Votes

Alassane Ouattara Poised For 4th Term As Ivorians Cast Votes

October 26, 2025 4:33 pm

Ivory Coast’s 83-year-old President Alassane Ouattara faces divided opposition amid low turnout and rising tensions over a controversial fourth term bid.

Polls closed across Ivory Coast on Saturday October 25, 2025 after a day of voting marked by low turnout, scattered unrest, and deep political divisions, as 83-year-old President Alassane Ouattara appeared on course to secure a fourth term in office.

Nearly nine million Ivorians were eligible to vote in the election, which pitted Ouattara against four rivals. Many opposition leaders, however, were either barred from running or called for a boycott, undermining confidence in the vote’s competitiveness.

Reports from …

US-Brazil Tariffs Talks Begin After Trump-Lula Meeting

US-Brazil Tariffs Talks Begin After Trump-Lula Meeting

October 26, 2025 2:51 pm

US President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a “constructive” meeting on Sunday at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, with both sides committing their teams to immediate negotiations aimed at resolving tariffs and sanctions placed on Brazil.

The development signals a potential thaw in what had been a tense trade and diplomatic standoff, after the US imposed steep tariffs on Brazilian exports linking them to political issues in Brazil.

Brazil’s president described their discussion as “great,” and said that “our teams will meet immediately to advance the search for solutions to the tariffs and …

Pakistan Afghanistan Border Clashes As Talks Press On

Pakistan Afghanistan Border Clashes As Talks Press On

October 26, 2025 12:52 pm

Five Pakistani soldiers and twenty five militants have been killed in fresh fighting along the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan’s military said on Sunday. The violence erupted in Kurram and North Waziristan on Friday and Saturday while officials from both countries attended peace talks in Istanbul.

The Pakistani army said the clashes began when armed fighters attempted to cross from Afghan territory into Pakistan. The military added that the latest attacks have raised serious doubts over whether the Taliban authorities in Kabul intend to curb groups operating from their soil.

A statement from Pakistan’s military communication office described the attackers …

PKK Withdrawal From Turkiye Marks Major Peace Shift

PKK Withdrawal From Turkiye Marks Major Peace Shift

October 26, 2025 5:51 am

The Kurdistan Workers Party has begun removing all remaining fighters from Turkiye into northern Iraq, marking a major step in the effort to end a four decade conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people.

PKK withdrawal strengthens the peace process that Ankara launched last year when officials reopened talks with the group’s jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan. The move follows the organisation’s formal renunciation of armed struggle in May and the destruction of a first batch of weapons during a symbolic July event.

The announcement was delivered on Sunday in the Qandil region of northern Iraq, where PKK …

Highest-Paid English Premier League Managers: Top Ten In 2025

Highest-Paid English Premier League Managers Top Ten In 2025

October 26, 2025 4:38 am

Pep Guardiola leads with £20m a year as six London-based managers dominate the list of the Premier League’s best-paid tacticians in the 2025/26 season.

The Premier League continues to live up to its reputation as the richest football competition in the world — not just for players, but for managers too. In the 2025/26 season, the league’s elite coaches are commanding staggering salaries, reflecting their growing influence in the global game.

According to data from the Premier League, Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola remains at the top of the earnings chart with an annual salary of £20 million ($26.6 million). The …

Thailand-Cambodia Ceasefire Deal Signed With US Backing

Thailand-Cambodia Ceasefire Deal Signed With US Backing

October 26, 2025 4:25 am

The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia formally signed an expanded ceasefire agreement on Sunday at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, witnessed by Donald Trump as part of his Asia visit. 

The renewed pact, which builds on an earlier truce from three months ago, aims to curb the recent surge in violence along the Thailand-Cambodia border and provides a foundation for restoring stability.

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet described the deal as the beginning of “the process of mending our ties,” noting that “our border communities have been divided by conflict, and innocent civilians have …

OpenAI: Announces Charge Of 7.5% VAT On Services In Nigeria

OpenAI: 7.5% VAT On ChatGPT Plus Services, Begins In Nigeria

October 26, 2025 3:51 am

Starting November 2025, OpenAI will add a 7.5% VAT to ChatGPT Plus and other AI services in compliance with Nigeria’s digital tax regulations.

OpenAI has announced that it will begin charging a 7.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) on all paid services in Nigeria starting November 1, 2025, in compliance with local tax laws governing non-resident digital companies.

In an email sent to Nigerian users this week, the company said the change aligns with Section 10 of the Value Added Tax Act (as amended) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Information Circular 2021/19. The tax will apply to all paid …

East Timor Joins ASEAN As 11th Member In Landmark Move

East Timor Joins ASEAN As 11th Member In Landmark Move

October 26, 2025 3:34 am

The tiny Southeast Asian nation of Timor‑Leste (also known as East Timor) officially became the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a formal ceremony held on 26 October 2025 in Kuala Lumpur. This milestone was marked by the raising of Timor-Leste’s flag alongside those of the other ten members. 

This accession is more than symbolic: for Timor-Leste, it opens the door to ASEAN’s free trade deals, investment flows and membership in a regional market of some 680 million people. Despite its modest economy, estimated at around US $2 billion compared with ASEAN’s collective …

The Oil Block Mafia: Africa’s Untold Story

The Oil Block Mafia: Africa’s Untold Story

October 26, 2025 2:27 am

“This work traces that architecture, from the hidden wells of power where contracts are traded in silence, to the offshore vaults where public wealth vanishes behind shell companies and numbered accounts. It follows the money, but more importantly, it follows the silence: the journalists jailed, the whistleblowers silenced, the citizens excluded.”

By
Prof. MarkAnthony Nze
Investigative Journalist | Public Intellectual | Global Governance Analyst | Health & Social Care Expert | International Business/Immigration Law Professional | Strategic & Management Economist

Editorial Summary

The Oil Block Mafia: Africa’s Untold Story is a sweeping exposé of how Africa’s greatest promise—its oil wealth—became …

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