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The war between the United States and Iran widened on Thursday, 3 September 2026, when Iranian forces launched coordinated missile and drone strikes against American staging posts in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Tehran said the salvoes avenged an American missile strike on a wedding party in the southern coastal town of Kuhestak that…
Kira, daughter of the late Yoruba actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, has shared an emotional tribute in which she spoke about the pain of losing her father and the future moment she had hoped to share with him. In a social media post published on Thursday, September 3, Kira revealed that one of…
The Nigerian equities market gained N1.29 trillion in total market value last week, pushing aggregate capitalisation to N155.83 trillion on the back of fresh sovereign credit rating upgrades. The benchmark All-Share Index climbed 0.81 per cent to close at 241,298.47 points as fund managers poured cash into blue-chip shares. International credit rating agencies upgraded Nigeria’s…
Nigeria recorded the lowest average electricity tariff among fourteen selected African countries in 2025, according to a comparative review by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. The industry regulator revealed that the country’s average allowed end-user tariff stood at N124.30 per kilowatt-hour. State energy planners often point to cheap electricity as proof of public support for…
Tehran dashed hopes of a swift reopening of the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, 26 August 2026, declaring the Strait of Hormuz firmly shut despite agreeing to a temporary transit route with Oman. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi insisted that a technical maritime corridor with Muscat will not restore normal commercial navigation on its own….
The Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has ordered state police commands across the country to treat all cases of mob violence and extrajudicial killings as murder. In a public address broadcast on official police channels on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, the police chief warned that the force will no longer view street lynchings as spontaneous…
Iran promised swift retaliation on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, after the United States widened economic sanctions to choke Tehran’s remaining foreign revenue. United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled measures against 60 individuals, entities, and vessels on Monday. The new rules threaten to shut foreign banks out of dollar clearing if they maintain commercial ties…
Fourteen years after the landmark Stephen Oronsaye Committee recommended a sweeping cull of federal parastatals, the Nigerian government has effectively abandoned its promises of administrative austerity. Official spending figures reveal that newly created ministries, departments, and agencies have added at least N1.13 trillion to the federal budget in 2026 alone. Rather than reducing the cost…
Nigeria’s fragmented opposition parties are tearing at each other ahead of a planned summit to pick a consensus presidential challenger. Factional leaders within the Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party, and the African Democratic Congress have publicly disowned the coalition talks. Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde hosted preliminary parleys at the Government House in Ibadan…
Iran has branded forthcoming United States economic sanctions a declaration of war against all sovereign nations. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei issued the warning after Washington announced sweeping secondary sanctions designed to isolate Tehran completely. The dispute escalated after Donald Trump declared that the White House views the Strait of Hormuz as American territory….