Iran Strikes Gas Tanker in Hormuz Chokepoint
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a commercial gas tanker south of the Strait of…
Iran Strikes Gas Tanker in Hormuz Chokepoint
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a commercial gas tanker south of the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, 9 October, triggering an inferno in the vessel’s propulsion system and escalating an undeclared naval siege. Iranian state media identified the stricken carrier as the NV Sunshine, asserting that naval units attacked the craft because it navigated…
Mo Abudu Opens EbonyLife Centre in London
Nigerian media entrepreneur Mosunmola Abudu launched EbonyLife Place London on Thursday, 8 October, establishing Britain’s first dedicated commercial venue for Black and African cinema in the Nine Elms district. London Mayor Sadiq Khan joined the founder to cut the ceremonial ribbon and declare the complex open during the city’s international film festival. African commercial cinema…
Customs Intercepts N3.67bn Drugs at Lagos Port
The Nigeria Customs Service intercepted two forty-foot containers carrying illicit drugs worth ₦3.67bn at the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos on Friday, 9 October. Port command spokesman Oscar Ivara confirmed that officers seized over 1.2 tonnes of narcotics during joint physical examinations with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Smugglers now disguise synthetic narcotics…
Fury, Joshua Cardiff Clash Sells Out in Minutes
Boxing enthusiasts snapped up more than 80,000 tickets in sixty minutes on Friday, 9 October, instantly filling Cardiff’s Principality Stadium for the long-delayed heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. An electronic crush of over 500,000 desperate buyers swamped ticketing servers within moments of the public launch, leaving secondary ticket vendors demanding up to…
Trump Imposes Fresh Sanctions on ICC
United States President Donald Trump slapped sweeping financial sanctions on the International Criminal Court on Friday, 9 October, just hours after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its peace prize to one of the tribunal’s former judges. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced the Hague institution as a rogue court and pledged to cut off its…
Wike Threatens Striking FCT Teachers with Pay Cut
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike directed the chairmen of Abuja’s six area councils on Friday to enforce a strict “no-work, no-pay” rule against striking school teachers and civil servants. The minister described the industrial action led by the local branches of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Nigeria Union of Teachers as a politically…
Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to 85-year-old South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on Friday, 9 October, issuing a deliberate defence of global courts against the resurgence of raw power politics. Ms Pillay spent six decades holding heads of state and armed groups accountable across benches at the International Criminal…
Ukraine Pushes Russia Back in Fierce Donetsk Fighting
Ukrainian troops have pushed Russian forces into retreat across eastern Donetsk, rolling back Moscow’s spring gains around the strategic hub of Lyman. The counteroffensive, designated Operation Vivaldi, has seized 175 square kilometres as Ukrainian units advance towards high ground at Kryva Luka to block any assault on Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Russia stumbles over its own…
Gunmen Kidnap Three CRIN Workers in Oyo
Armed bandits seized three people from the sprawling estate of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria at Idi Ayunre in Oyo State on Thursday, 8 October, before demanding a 120-million-naira ransom for their freedom. The gang grabbed Mrs Eunice Babalola, who oversees the institute’s central nursery, alongside Mr Kehinde Gbalajobi, an agricultural superintendent, and an…
Ghana CSA Rejects FBI Narrative On Fraud Centre Raid
Ghana’s Cyber Security Authority has publicly rejected suggestions that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation independently led a recent operation against suspected cybercrime centres in the country, insisting that the exercise was planned, coordinated and executed by Ghanaian authorities with international partners playing a supporting intelligence role. The dispute, which erupted on Friday,…