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  Discover more Sports news updates Personal safety devices Breaking news alerts Nigerian news subscription Anti-corruption watchdog membership Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a stark warning, threatening to target major United States technology companies operating in the Middle East, while urging employees and nearby residents to evacuate immediately. In a statement relayed by Iran’s Tasnim news agency, …

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is going ahead with a state visit to the United States next month, despite calls for the ceremonial event to be called off due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated criticism of the British government for failing to support the war in Iran. Buckingham Palace said Tuesday that the king and Queen Camilla would …

  The lawmakers passed the budget after reviewing a report presented by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Adeola Olamilekan The Senate on Tuesday passed the 2026 budget after adding the N9.3 trillion latest request by President Bola Tinubu, bringing the total figure to N68.323 trillion. Apart from approving the president’s request, the Senate also increased the total …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in collaboration with the International Office for Migration (IOM) has received 145 Nigerian returnees from Benghazi, Libya, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja. This is contained in a statement signed by the Head Lagos Operations Office, NEMA, Mr Mohammed Olatunde, and made available to newsmen in Lagos. Olatunde said the returnees arrived at …

Thousands ​of soldiers from the U.S. Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division have started arriving in the Middle East, ‌two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, as President Donald Trump weighs his next steps in the war against Iran. Reuters first reported on March 18 that Trump’s administration was considering deploying thousands of additional U.S. troops to the Middle East, a …

The World Trade Organisation will play only a limited role in global trade policy after ​a failed ministerial meeting in Cameroon, U.S. Trade ‌Representative Jamieson Greer said on Monday, vowing to seek alternative arrangements with like-minded countries. Greer, in a statement issued ​nearly 24 hours after the WTO meeting ended ​in impasse after an extension of an e-commerce ⁠moratorium was …

The Director of News, Television Continental (TVC), Mr Babajide Kolade-Otitoju, has urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to get rapid solutions to the security challenges facing Nigeria. Kolade-Otitoju, made the call in Abuja on Monday at a book launch to mark his 60th birthday titled, “My life and Journalist Hangout” At the launch of the book, authored by him, the multiple …

Armed assailants killed 73 people at a gold mine in South Sudan, government officials said on Monday, in violence linked to a dispute over gold extraction. The attacks occurred on Saturday near Jebel Iraq in Central Equatoria state in the south of the country, Vice President James Wani Igga said. At least 25 others were injured and some fled the …

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Parliament on Monday passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. The bill’s passage marked the culmination of a yearslong push by Israel’s far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the chamber to vote yes in person. The law makes …

  …government would not subsidize electricity when it begins to generate its own independent power, saying consumers would discover that it would be cheaper to have 24-hour power supply. Abia State is set to disconnect from the national grid once a 125-megawatt gas turbine is added to Geometric Power, Aba, which currently has 141 megawatts capacity. Governor Alex Otti announced …