Burkina Faso Names Amir Abdou As New  Head Coach

The Burkina Faso Football Federation has appointed French-Comorian tactician Amir Abdou as the new head coach of the Stallions, tasking the 53-year-old with rebuilding the national team following a disappointing early exit from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. The federation announced the decision on Sunday, March 1, 2026, confirming that Abdou emerged successful from…

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Nigeria Secures $1.3bn Alumina Deal to Revive Mining Sector

Nigeria Secures $1.3bn Alumina Deal to Revive Mining Sector

The Federal Government has signed a landmark $1.3 billion agreement with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) to build a massive alumina refinery. This project, coordinated through the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), marks the largest private investment in Nigeria’s mining history. The facility aims to process one million tonnes of bauxite ore annually using the…

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Iran’s Ex President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Killed in Joint US-Israeli Airstrikes

Iran’s Ex President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Killed in Joint US-Israeli Airstrikes

The Islamic Republic of Iran is reeling from a massive security failure that has claimed its most senior leaders. On Saturday, February 28, a coordinated wave of US and Israeli airstrikes targeted Tehran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Reports indicate that Ahmadinejad, who was under house arrest, died when…

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Khamenei Killed: Iran Forms Interim Council

  Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council elected Ayatollah Alireza Arafi to an interim leadership body on Sunday, stepping in to guide the Islamic Republic following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint United States and Israeli airstrikes the previous day. The move came as Iranian forces unleashed a barrage of missiles and drones…

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US-Israel Joint Strikes On Iran Trigger Retaliations

A dramatic escalation in Middle East tensions erupted yesterday as the United States and Israel conducted coordinated military strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities. The assault prompted swift retaliatory attacks from Tehran on northern Israel and several Gulf states hosting American bases, while global reactions revealed deep divisions over the legality and implications of…

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SERAP Demands FCCPC Probe Of Google, Meta and Six Others

SERAP Demands FCCPC Probe Of Google, Meta and Six Others

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has formally urged Nigeria’s competition regulator to investigate eight of the world’s most powerful technology companies over allegations that their algorithmic systems, data practices, and market dominance are systematically harming Nigerian media organisations, businesses, consumers, and democratic institutions. In a complaint dated 28 February 2026 and signed by…

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Shi’ite Protests Hit Northern States Over Attack on Khamenei

Khamenei’s Daughter, Son-in-Law, Granddaughter Dead: Iranian Media

  Iranian state and semi-official media reported on Sunday that the daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, were killed in strikes attributed to the United States and Israel, marking what would be an extraordinary and deeply consequential development in the escalating conflict involving the two countries and Iran. Fars news…

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