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Iranian authorities staged mass public weddings across Tehran on Monday night for hundreds of couples who had formally pledged their lives in the country’s ongoing conflict against the United States and Israel, state media reported. The ceremonies, broadcast live on Iranian state television as a deliberate wartime morale exercise, took place simultaneously in several…
State chairmen of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have threatened to institute contempt proceedings against the party’s national chairman, Senator David Mark, and other principal officers over alleged violation of a Federal High Court order delivered on April 29, 2026. The court order, issued in Suit No: FHC/CS/581/2026 between Don Norman Obinna and six…
Facing a collapsing ammunition stockpile and cold-shouldered by his closest Western allies, former Nigerian Head of State General Yakubu Gowon turned to the Soviet Union and a Lebanese black-market businessman to prosecute the Biafran civil war — a dramatic revelation now detailed in his newly launched autobiography. The disclosures appear in Chapter Fifteen of…
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the price of its aviation fuel to 1,650 Naira per litre from 1,750 Naira. The 100 Naira reduction follows a series of state-led interventions designed to prevent the grounding of domestic flight operations. Alongside the price cut, the refinery has introduced a 30-day interest-free credit facility for registered oil…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has issued a formal apology following a chaotic raid by its operatives at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. The commission chairman, Ola Olukoyede, directed the apology to Eyo Ekpe, a professor of cardiothoracic surgery who serves as deputy chairman of the medical advisory committee. The anti-graft agency also…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to social media activist Justice Chidiebere, popularly known as Justice Crack, in the sum of N5 million, with one surety in like sum. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, delivering her ruling on Monday, set out stringent conditions attached to the bail. The surety must reside within the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, following his arraignment by the state. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik set the bail bond at ₦100 million on Monday, attaching exceptionally strict conditions to his temporary release. The state is prosecuting the influential politician over a five-count amended…
More than a decade after the privatisation of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Nigeria’s electricity sector remains trapped in a cycle of stagnation, mismanagement, and institutional failure — and the country’s most prominent labour voice is pulling no punches about why. Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress and General Secretary…
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has officially declared Monday, May 18, 2026, as the first day of Zulhijja 1447AH, signalling the commencement of the twelfth and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The declaration was contained in a press…
The long-feared northern industry of mass school abductions has arrived in the South-West. A joint security force has trapped a gang of armed kidnappers within the Old Oyo National Park corridor. The gunmen had earlier launched a coordinated broad-daylight raid on three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The state government…
