Today’s Headline:Ukraine Needs A New President-Trump, 12 killed;309 Injured In Riyadh Airport Attack

US President Donald Trump has called for Ukraine to elect a new president, accusing Volodymyr Zelensky of repeatedly rejecting opportunities to reach a deal to end the war with Russia.

Speaking at the White House on Saturday, Trump said Zelensky had failed to take advantage of opportunities to negotiate an end to the conflict, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

“Zelensky could have settled this war many times, and he chose not to. It’s very difficult,” Trump told reporters, insisting that the war would not have started if he had been president when Russia invaded.

Trump’s remarks came days after the United States reached an agreement with Moscow to temporarily suspend sanctions on Russian diesel exports.

At least 12 people have been killed and 309 injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to vow a decisive response against Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

The coalition blamed the Iran-backed group for the attack, describing it as a “full-fledged war crime”, while a diplomatic source attributed the strike to a missile.

The attack came amid an unprecedented wave of Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia following the collapse in July of a truce in the long-running war between the group and Yemen’s internationally recognised government, which is backed by Riyadh.

The escalating violence has raised fears of a wider regional conflict, with US President Donald Trump indicating that Washington could join military action against the Houthis

The camp of former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has appealed for calm among his supporters following the omission of his name and that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) list of governorship candidates for the 2027 election in Gombe State.

The appeal was contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson for the Pantamiyya Movement, Prof. Suleiman Mohammed, and shared on Pantami’s official Facebook account.

Mohammed described the development as a temporary challenge rather than a final determination of Pantami’s political future, urging PDP members and supporters of the Pantamiyya Movement to remain calm, hopeful and focused as the electoral process unfolds.

Former Edo State Governor and Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has accused the Minister of Works, David Umahi, of alleged bias in the allocation of funds for federal road projects, arguing that the rehabilitation of existing roads should take priority over the construction of new ones.

Oshiomhole made the allegation during a podcast interview shared on social media, revisiting his disagreement with Umahi over the minister’s budget proposals and management of federal road projects.

The senator said his criticism of the minister during a National Assembly budget hearing was part of his legislative responsibility to scrutinise government spending and ensure that public funds were allocated in line with national priorities.

According to him, he questioned the rationale for allocating funds to new road projects when several existing federal roads across the country had deteriorated and required urgent repairs.

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