Matthew Atungwu

Abuja

News Reporter at Daily Post (Nigeria)

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Nuclear deal: I’m open to meeting Iran's leaders - Trump

3 days ago | dailypost.ng | Matthew Atungwu

United States President Donald Trump says he is open to meeting Iran’s supreme leader or president as the two countries began talks on Iran’s nuclear programme.
US deep-sea mining plan violates international law - China

3 days ago | dailypost.ng | Matthew Atungwu

China on Friday warned that a US push to approve deep-sea mining in domestic and international waters violates international law. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said this after a White House order to ramp up permits. “The US authorisation… violates international law and harms the overall interests of the international community,” Guo said.
Tariffs: US wants solution with Switzerland - Swiss President

3 days ago | dailypost.ng | Matthew Atungwu

Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter has said that the United States wants a tariff solution with Switzerland. Keller-Sutter stated this on Friday after meeting US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington. According to him, the US was planning to hold privileged negotiations with a group of 15 countries, with Switzerland among them. “We are satisfied with the talks we have held,” he said.
US judge partially restrains Trump's election reforms order

3 days ago | dailypost.ng | Matthew Atungwu

A US judge on Thursday partially barred an executive order issued by President Donald Trump, aimed at sweeping election reforms. The development is the latest legal setback as Trump pushes his agenda. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly specifically prevented the Trump administration from requiring voters to provide proof of US citizenship when registering to vote at the state level.
Russia arrests Romanian suspected of spying for Ukraine

3 days ago | dailypost.ng | Matthew Atungwu

Russia’s security services on Friday said they had arrested a Romanian citizen on suspicion of spying on military sites for Ukraine. Ties between the two countries have come under increasing strain in recent months following allegations that Russia interfered in Romania’s presidential election. In a statement, the FSB security agency said it had arrested a Romanian citizen born in 2002 who was involved in intelligence activities on behalf of the Ukrainian special services.
Trade talks: 'Stop misleading the public’ - China slams US

3 days ago | dailypost.ng | Matthew Atungwu

The Chinese foreign ministry has urged the United States to stop “misleading the public” on bilateral tariff negotiations, saying it wasn’t familiar with reports on whether Beijing was planning to exempt tariffs on some US imports. A spokesperson for the ministry, Guo Jiakun, said this on Friday at a press briefing.
Atiku is messiah Nigeria needs - PDP chieftain, Adewale

3 days ago | dailypost.ng | Matthew Atungwu

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Segun Adewale, says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is the messiah Nigeria needs to fix the economy. Adewale, a former Lagos State chairman of the party, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Friday in Lagos that no one should write off Abubakar politically or tell him to leave the PDP.
Stop promoting IPOB activities on social media - CDS to South-East residents

3 days ago | dailypost.ng | Matthew Atungwu

The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, has warned the people of the South-East against propagating the activities of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network, ESN, on the social media.
Plateau, Benue Killings: Nigerian Govt urged to reform security architecture

3 days ago | dailypost.ng | Matthew Atungwu

The International Human Rights Commission, IHRC, has called on the Federal Government to prioritise security reforms in response to escalating violence across the country, particularly in Plateau and Benue States. This was as it also stressed the urgent need to harness technology in addressing the root causes of insecurity and in strengthening the nation’s overall security framework.
Three feared dead in Russia attack on Ukraine

3 days ago | dailypost.ng | Matthew Atungwu

At least three people, including a child, were killed and eight more were wounded in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad. The governor for the central Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhiy Lysak, said this on Telegram messaging app on Friday, adding that 11 drones were destroyed over the region. “The aggressor again conducted a mass attack on the region with drones,” he said.