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The Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that Nigeria and Türkiye have reached an agreement for the immediate deployment of 200 Nigerian Special Forces for training in Türkiye. Musa disclosed this in an interview on the sidelines of the 5th Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF2026) in Antalya, Türkiye, on Saturday, following discussions with his Turkish counterpart, Yasar Guler. …

CAIRO (AP) — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports. The strait is closed until the U.S. blockade is lifted, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy said Saturday night, …

Brig.-Gen. Uche Nnabuihe has raised concern over low enlistment from the South-East, revealing Anambra recorded only 117 applications out of 38,000 nationwide. Nnabuihe led an Army delegation to sensitise youths in Awka, noting the figure was recorded on April 7, before a nationwide awareness campaign began. He said the exercise aimed to encourage more youths from Anambra and the South-East …

The Turkish government has advocated regional cooperation as the best way to tackle specific regional conflicts amid what it described as the current period of a “free fall” in global governance. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made the call at the Fifth Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF2026) on Saturday in Antalya, Türkiye. According to him, in the contemporary world order, multilateralism …

The Police Command in Benue has arrested seven suspects over alleged connection with the April 15 abduction of some passengers in Otukpo. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Edet Udeme, confirmed the development in a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi on Saturday. Udeme said that the arrests were made during a coordinated joint security operation involving the police and other …

BEIRUT (AP) — Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehran maintained its grip on the who got through and threatened to close it again if the U.S. kept in place its blockade of Iranian ships and ports. The …

The ongoing crisis in the Middle East could reduce economic growth across African countries by up to 0.2 per cent, a new joint policy report has revealed. The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) said this in a statement released on its website on Friday. The report, presented in Washington, D.C., was jointly produced by the African Union Commission(AUC), AfDB, United …

Sen. Ned Nwoko (APC-Delta) has said that his company did not collect 350 million dollars over the Paris Club refund. This is contained in a statement by the Ned Nwoko media team in Abuja on Friday. The lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, noted that his attention had been drawn to another “willful and malicious” publication by Sahara Reporters alleging …

Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested 15 suspected oil thieves around the Ibeju Lekki axis of Lagos State. This is contained in an operational report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. The report revealed that the suspects were apprehended in the early hours of Friday by troops of Headquarters 9 Brigade in …

The Dangote Group is moving forward with plans to sell a 10 per cent stake in its 20 billion dollars , 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery through a landmark Pan-African Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 2026. Alhaji Aliko Dangote made this known during an event organised by the Atlantic Council in Washington DC, on Thursday. He said that the share sale would support …