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The Nigerian Navy has intercepted about 44,000 litres of suspected illegally refined petroleum products and arrested eight suspects in Rivers. This is contained in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Abiodun Folorunsho. Folorunsho said the operation was conducted under Operation DELTA SENTINEL by personnel of Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) PATHFINDER in the Degema/Ogbogoro/Ogbologo …

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he will order federal immigration officers to take a role in airport security starting Monday unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. In a series of social media posts, Trump said he was making plans to put officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs …

…Says visit failed to explore $21bn annual UK remittances, others Dele Oye Esq., Chairman of the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent visit to the United Kingdom as a “squandered opportunity for comprehensive Nigerian business advancement,” despite generating about $1.5 billion in deals. Oye who insisted that the visit could have been …

Three weeks after the joint US-Israeli war against Iran began, the conflict has reached a fuzzy state of mixed messages and uncertainty, with Donald Trump’s public comments often seemingly contradicted by realities on the ground. The war is “very complete, pretty much”, the US president has said, but new American ground forces – including a Marine expeditionary unit – are …

There is “no assessment to substantiate” Israel’s claim that Iran has long-range missiles capable of reaching London, a UK cabinet minister has said. Housing Secretary Steve Reed told the BBC there was “no specific assessment that the Iranians are targeting the UK – or even could if they wanted to”, after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that …

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that Iran’s Natanz facility for nuclear enrichment has been bombed by the United States’ and Israeli airstrikes. Secretary General of IAEA, Rafael Grossi reported early Saturday that Iran’s Natanz facility for nuclear enrichment had been bombed. The bombing followed the continuing strikes across the country by Israel and the United States and …

A Professor of Neuroendocrine and Reproductive Physiology, Alexander Obidike Naiho, has called on Nigeria’s federal and state governments to establish targeted intervention measures to protect communities affected by environmental degradation arising from mineral exploration and exploitation. Delivering the third lecture in the inaugural lecture series at the University of Delta, Agbor (UNIDEL) on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, Prof. Naiho warned …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation’s premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has died. He was 81. “With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that …

Elon Musk was misleading in his public statements during a crucial period of his 2022 Twitter takeover, a jury has found. After two days of deliberations, a jury in San Francisco federal court decided in a unanimous verdict against the tech titan, who was sued by a group of Twitter investors arguing they had relied on his statements. While testifying …

Iranian strikes on military bases used by the US in the Middle East caused about $800m (£600m) in damage in the first two weeks of the war, a new analysis shows. Much of the damage was caused in initial retaliatory strikes by Iran in the week after the US and Israel launched the war, according to a report by the …