ECB President Christine Lagarde to step down in February 2027

Bolsonaro claims he is Brazil’s true leader after fleeing to US

Brazil’s defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro insisted Wednesday he is his country’s rightful leader after arriving in the United States to start a self-imposed exile. President Donald Trump’s hard-right administration has strong links to Bolsonaro and his father Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest in Brazil after attempting to overturn his own electoral loss to Lula in 2022.

Football fan jailed for threats over Di Maria return to Argentina

A court in Rosario found Sergio Di Vanni, 45, guilty of ordering acts of intimidation against Di Maria’s family with the aim of dissuading the former Argentina international from returning from abroad to play for a rival club. Di Maria was playing for Benfica at the time, in March 2024, but was considering a return to his boyhood club Rosario Central, a move he eventually completed in 2025.

I entered politics in my 20s but became president at 62 – Kufuor

Four decades in the political wilderness, marked by military coups, prison detention, and widespread economic decay, provided former President John Agyekum Kufuor with the fortitude required to alter the trajectory of the nation upon assuming the presidency. Entering active politics in his twenties, Kufuor’s early career was abruptly halted by the January 1972 military overthrow, which led to his arrest and subsequent 15-month imprisonment at Ussher Fort Prison alongside other parliamentarians and ministers of the Second Republic.

Atiku challenges Tinubu to prove he’s in Makkah

By Luminous Jannamike Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has challenged President Bola Tinubu to provide daily proof of his presence in Makkah for Umrah, alleging that the planned pilgrimage could be a smokescreen for a trip to France. In a statement by Phrank Shaibu, Director of Strategic Communication of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Presidential Campaign Council, Atiku said intelligence available to him suggested that Tinubu might make only a brief appearance in Makkah before proceeding to France.

Tinubu To Present 2027 Budget Before End Of 2026

President Bola Tinubu is expected to present the 2027 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly before the end of 2026. The Minister of State for Budget and Economic Planning, Doris Uzoka-Anite, disclosed this on Wednesday when she briefed State House Correspondents on some of the outcomes of the Federal Executive Council Meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Council Chamber of the State House.

TNCC president asks Karnataka government to respect Cauvery Water Management Authority order