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The Iranian leadership has declared 40 days of national mourning, according to Iran’s state television following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was killed as a “martyr,” the IRNA and Fars news agencies reported. Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump had declared Khamenei dead after the United States and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran on Saturday. “Khamenei, …

Pahlavi expressed immense gratitude to US President Donald Trump for his role in the operation and for his words of encouragement to Iran’s citizens. Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi published an op-ed in the Washington Post in the early hours of Sunday morning, responding to the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and outlining his plan for a …

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, described the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on the country as promised “aid” and an act of “humanitarian intervention” by President Donald Trump. Following the reported strikes, Pahlavi urged Iranians to abandon the regime and called on security forces to defect. “Moments of destiny lie ahead of us,” Pahlavi wrote in a statement on …

CNN – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader who ruled the country for almost four decades, has been killed, according to US President Donald Trump and two Israeli sources. According to report by CNN, Israel has not shared evidence of Khamenei’s death, and a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry earlier insisted that Khamenei, 86, and Iran’s president were both …

A female officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has died after being struck by an operational NSCDC vehicle during a simulation exercise in Abuja, officials have confirmed. NSCDC spokesperson Afolabi Babawale, on Saturday, said that the incident occurred during a coordinated show-of-force drill. The name of the officer has not yet been officially released. Footage circulating …

President Bola Tinubu has reappointed Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi as the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for a new five-year term. The reappointment took effect from Friday, February 27. Dr Audi was first appointed to the position in 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari. His initial five-year term ended last Friday as he participated in …

  Audi, who officially bowed out of service on Friday after reaching the mandatory retirement age and completing his tenure, was expected to formally transfer authority to the most senior Deputy Commandant-General (DCG), Nnamdi Nwinyi, pending further directives from the Federal Government. The outgoing Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has been accused of …

An Airline used to illustrate a story A growing number of international airlines have cancelled, suspended, or rerouted flights to and over the Middle East. This development is coming after coordinated military strikes by the United States and Israel on targets in Iran triggered widespread airspace closures and heightened safety concerns, aviation authorities and carriers said on Saturday. The closures, …

  Multiple sources within the police hierarchy confirmed to SaharaReporters that the redeployment took effect immediately and has already stirred intense discussion among senior officers and rank-and-file personnel. The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has reportedly removed ACP Bukola Yemisi Kuti from her position as Principal Staff Officer 2 (PSO2) to the former Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and …

  Some others have stopped short of declaring a clear stance, except for a few governments such as Spain, Brazil, China and Russia. Comments from several world leaders on the US and Israel’s attack on Iran, causing the death of more than 50 pupils, have been supportive or cautious, rather than strongly critical of the unprovoked act of violence. Both …