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Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again, citing a continued presence of United States forces in the region and Israel’s refusal to pull forces out of southern Lebanon. According to a New York Post report, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the decision in a statement read over maritime radio channels on Friday. The IRGC said the US was in violation of the memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, which President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed Wednesday. Since Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, the complete lifting of the naval blockade, and the withdrawal…
Operatives of the Adamawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have rescued two children allegedly abandoned by their parents. The children, aged one and two years respectively, were said to have been left at an uncompleted building in Wuro Hausa in Yola South Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSC Nyako Amidu Baba, who disclosed this during a press briefing with journalists in Yola, said the children were discovered crying in the middle of the night after they were reportedly brought into the building and left there alone. According to…
Dangote Refinery backed MRS filling station has reduced the pump price of its premium motor spirit, PMS . on Friday showed that the petrol retail outlet has adjusted its pump price to N1,241 down from N1,317 per litre – in Abuja and its environs. This means that the filling station cut its petrol price by N76 per litre, or 5.77 per cent. The development comes three days after Dangote Refinery reduced its petrol gantry price by N75 per litre after crude oil prices fell to below $80 per barrel. Meanwhile, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Ranoil, AA Rano, Empire Energy…
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Apapa Area Command, has intercepted expired pharmaceutical products worth over ₦12.7 billion and a large consignment of Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) weighing about 1.8 tonnes, in separate intelligence-led operations carried out in Lagos. The Command said the illegal goods were stopped from entering the Nigerian market through coordinated efforts with sister security agencies, including the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and other regulatory bodies. This was contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs, CSC, Isah Sulaiman. The statement explained that the seizures were achieved through credible…
The Ogun State Government has directed all public and private schools across the state to stop organising graduation ceremonies and end-of-session parties, citing concerns over the financial burden such activities impose on parents and guardians. The directive, contained in a circular issued by the state Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and signed by the Director of Education (Private Schools), A.A. Bisiriyu, affects all classes. In the circular dated 17 June and addressed to ‘All Administrators of both Public and Non-State (Private) Schools’, the state government ordered immediate compliance and warned that schools that violate the directive would face sanctions.…
South Africa captain, Ronwen Williams, has appealed to football fans across Africa to rally behind Bafana Bafana at the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup despite growing resentment over xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals in his country. Williams made the appeal ahead of South Africa’s crucial Group stage clash against the Czech Republic on Thursday, following widespread hostility from African supporters during Bafana Bafana’s opening match against Mexico. Many African fans openly backed Mexico in protest against recent anti-migrant sentiments and attacks on foreigners in South Africa. Mexico went on to defeat South Africa 2-0, a result that many observers viewed…
We are never carried along in politics or other opportunities. Nobody wants to listen to us.” That was the frustration expressed by Muhammad Abubakar Enagi, Executive Director of Empowerment Initiative of Persons with Disabilities in Niger State, as he spoke to reporters on what he described as continued exclusion of persons with disabilities (PWDs) from political appointments, employment and government interventions in the state. From political inclusion and job opportunities to agricultural support and the long-awaited disability commission, members of the disability community say they have continued to face neglect despite repeated engagements with the government. While officials insist efforts…
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, has clarified that he never alleged that any senator’s signature was forged in relation to the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. His clarification was contained in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday. Oshiomhole said his recent comments during an interview on AIT “Politics Today” on Monday were misrepresented and taken out of context. He explained that he did not at any point accuse any lawmaker of forgery, stressing that the situation had been wrongly interpreted. “To set the record straight, I did not say that any senator’s…
A United Kingdom Court has cleared former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, of bribery charges. According to Reuters, a jury at Southwark Crown Court in London on Wednesday found Alison-Madueke not guilty of six counts bordering on bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. Alison-Madueke served as Minister of Petroleum Resources between 2010 and 2015 under the administration of Goodluck Jonathan. She was accused of accepting bribes from oil and gas industry figures seeking lucrative contracts in Nigeria. According to prosecutors, she was provided with “a life of luxury” in London in exchange for influence over the award of…
Two suspects have been sentenced by a Magistrate’s court for an alleged vandalism of critical national assets in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area. T he duo were sentenced by a magistrate’s court sitting in Okpella and presided over by P.U. Abu. The conviction followed a suit filed by the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, against the convicts. Speaking on the conviction, Efosa Ogbebor, Public Relations Officer of the command, said the sentence underscored the command’s intensified crackdown on economic sabotage and its commitment to protecting critical national assets and infrastructure. Ogbebor said…