Abdullah Ahmed

Trump Threatens to Claim Strait of Hormuz

Trump Threatens to Claim Strait of Hormuz

United States President Donald Trump has threatened to declare the strategic Strait of Hormuz American territory once fighting with Iran ends. Speaking to a campaign crowd in New York, the American leader claimed Iranian forces face imminent military collapse. He told supporters that seizing the international channel would require stationing American troops in the Persian…

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3.5m Unregistered Children Risk Exclusion- UNICEF

3.5m Unregistered Children Risk Exclusion- UNICEF

More than 3.5 million children across six South-West states and Edo State remain unregistered at birth, leaving them without official legal identity. The United Nations Children’s Fund issued the warning during an advocacy dialogue on civil registration alongside the National Population Commission. Celine Lafoucriere, chief of the UNICEF Lagos Field Office, revealed that millions of…

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Sowore Pledges Fuel Subsidy Return If Elected

Sowore Pledges Fuel Subsidy Return If Elected

Omoyele Sowore has pledged to restore Nigeria’s petrol subsidy if he wins the presidency. The African Action Congress politician argues that removing the price cushion has driven millions of citizens into deep economic distress. His declaration directly challenges the central economic policies of the current administration. President Bola Tinubu scrapped the decades-old support program in…

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SERAP Challenges Tinubu, Atiku, Obi on Assets

SERAP Challenges Tinubu, Atiku, Obi on Assets

A frontline rights group wants Nigeria’s top politicians to expose their personal wealth ahead of 2027. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project challenged President Bola Tinubu and opposition leaders to disclose their assets. Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi lead a nineteen-candidate list facing the voluntary challenge. SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare issued the demand in…

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Defence Pact

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan Sign Defence Pact

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a sweeping joint defence agreement in Jeddah on Friday as regional conflict threatens the Middle East. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to seal the trilateral alliance. Rising military strikes across the Gulf forced these powers to…

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AfCFTA Adopts Nigeria’s $3.1bn Customs Trade Model

AfCFTA Seals $3.1bn Deal to Unify Customs

Pan-African trade officials just signed a $3.1bn deal to rebuild continental border networks. The African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat sealed a twenty-year concession with Bergmans Security Consultant and Supplies to digitise customs clearance. Secretary-General Wamkele Mene signed the contract in Abuja to launch the customs modernisation project. Private capital will fund the entire technological…

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Bandits Kill Four in Fresh Sokoto Attack

Twenty-One Killed as Bandits Sack Sokoto Community

  At least twenty-one people were killed, and thirty-seven others abducted when armed bandits sacked a rural community in Sokoto State over the weekend. The assault leaves yet another northern village destroyed while security agencies scramble to respond. Gunmen swept through the settlement unimpeded for hours. Federal declarations of military progress ring hollow across these…

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