During his September 2025 address to the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump mocked the UN and accused it of not working for peace. He suggested the institution was full of "empty words" that do not solve wars and criticized it for not living up to its potential “The UN has such tremendous potential. I’ve always said it—it has such tremendous, tremendous potential. But it’s not even coming close to living up to it,” Trump said in an address in which he complained about a broken escalator at the New York headquarters. Trump stated that the UN "did not even try to help" resolve various conflicts, contrasting this with his own claims of brokering peace deals. He asked, "What is the purpose of the United Nations?". He repeated his assertions that his diplomatic efforts ended seven "unendable wars," including between India and Pakistan. He contrasted this with the UN's perceived failures, saying, "It's too bad tha...

  Cédric Jubillar, 38, went on trial in France on September 22, 2025, accused of murdering his wife, Delphine, who disappeared in December 2020. He has denied the accusations, and his lawyers claim the investigation was prejudiced due to a lack of physical evidence. He denied causing any harm to his wife, Delphine, a nurse, whose body has never been found, in a mystery that has rarely been far from the headlines, almost five years after her disappearance in rural southern France. The trial, expected to last four weeks, got underway in front of a heavy media presence, with the defendant present in the glass-fronted dock dressed in a tracksuit top and jeans. “There are all the ingredients for this to be of interest to everyone,” said Alexandre Martin, one of Cedric Jubillar’s two lawyers, pointing to “a nurse who disappears in the middle of the Covid crisis… the mystery, the absence of a body”. For Delphine’s family members, the upcoming trial is generating “a lot of apprehension,” s...

Cover- Javaistan Based on reports from September 19, 2025, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), deployed a rapid response team to Zamfara, Nigeria, to combat a cholera outbreak. The US CDC is collaborating with AFENET, a network focused on field epidemiology, to address the outbreak. Since the outbreak began on January 15, the state has recorded more than 11,000 cases with a 1.6 per cent case fatality rate, the Public Relations Officer of the state Ministry of Health, Suleiman Isah, said in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, all 14 local government areas have been affected, with over 60 per cent of cases reported in the Talata Mafara, Gusau, Bungudu and Zurmi areas. Zamfara State activated its public health emergency operations center for a cholera outbreak on July 3, 2025. As of July 9, the state had reported 1,619 suspected cholera cases since the beginning of the year. CDC and AFENET also...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) over allegations of assault and murder. The police said the suspect they identified as Shamsideen Adio, popularly known as Shameleon, is currently being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti-Yaba, where discreet investigations into the two cases are ongoing. The 55-year-old man, according to a statement by the Command’s Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Babaseyi Oluseyi, on Friday, allegedly attacked a dispatch rider on Lagos Island, using a helmet and fists to inflict serious injuries. The victim, who was rushed to the hospital, is said to be on oxygen and still receiving treatment. “The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Samsideen Oladiti ‘m’, popularly known as “Shameleon”, aged 55, in connection with two violent crimes on Lagos Island involving a case of murder and another of assault occasioning harm,” the statement partly read. “Th...

  Following a fire on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at the Afriland Towers in Lagos, Nigeria, United Capital confirmed the deaths of six of its staff members, bringing the total number of fatalities from the incident to 10. Four employees of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) also died in the fire. The deaths have been confirmed in separate statements by the FIRS and United Capital Plc. While FIRS said it lost four of its staff members, UCP, on the other hand, lost six staff to the incident. A statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media to the FIRS Chairman, Dare Adekanmbi, identified the victims as Mrs Ekelikhostse George (Assistant Director), Mr David Sunday-Jatto (Assistant Director), Mrs Nkem Onyemelukwe (Senior Manager), and Mr Peter Ifaranmaye (Manager). “It is with a heavy heart that FIRS announces the tragic loss of four of its staff members during the fire incident at Afriland Towers,” the statement read. The agency said its Medium Tax Audit and Onikan Emerging ...

  The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that at least 50 Sudanese refugees were killed after their boat caught fire off the coast of eastern Libya on Sunday, September 14, 2025.  The rubber dinghy, which was carrying 75 refugees, was on its way to Greece when the tragic incident occurred near the city of Tobruk. “The tragic incident took place when a rubber boat carrying 75 Sudanese refugees caught fire off the coast of Tobruk, Libya, while en route to Greece,” the spokesperson said, confirming “at least 50 lives lost”. The IOM said in a post on X that the shipwreck occurred Sunday. But the spokesperson did not provide details of the ages or gender of those on board the boat. “IOM provided immediate lifesaving medical care to the 24 survivors,” the spokesperson added without clarifying if one last person was still missing. Libya is a key transit country for thousands of migrants seeking to reach Europe by sea each year. At least 456 people died and 420 we...

  Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board rejected 1,596 asylum claims from Nigerian nationals between January and August 2025, though the acceptance rate remained high at about 65% after accepting 2,292 claims out of 3,548 filed during that period. This trend of high demand and fluctuating acceptance rates is driven by economic instability and violence in Nigeria, with Ontario and Alberta hosting the largest claimant populations, and common reasons for rejection including irregular entry, poor documentation, and failure to meet the criteria for refugee status. Nigerians remain among the top asylum seekers in Canada, alongside citizens of Mexico, India, Haiti, and Colombia. Analysts link the trend to insecurity and economic hardship at home. Ontario and Alberta host the largest share of Nigerian claimants. Canada grants asylum only to applicants who meet UN refugee criteria, requiring proof of persecution risk or threats to life. Between 2013 and 2024, more than 13,000 Nigerian clai...