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Lagos: Air Peace says Friday’s Abuja–London flight returned shortly after departure due to a windshield crack suspected to have been caused by a bird strike. The airline disclosed this in a statement issued by its management on Saturday in Lagos. According to the management, no passenger was abandoned or left stranded while the situation was being handled. “The air return …

Amid worsening potable water shortages in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), many residents have raised concerns over a new challenge of sudden disappearance of monthly water bills. The water consumers who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews said they have not received bills from the FCT Water Board in the past eight months. They complained …

The recent assertion by former Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, that the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium can no longer host international matches unless major remediation works are carried out has generated considerable debate among sports enthusiasts and stakeholders in Edo State. In my view, such a claim deserves careful scrutiny, particularly given the importance of the stadium to the sporting …

  US embassy in Baghdad targeted as Iran launches attacks during Operation Epic Fury A missile reportedly struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad early Saturday, as Iran continues to launch attacks around the Middle East in response to Operation Epic Fury. President Donald Trump said Saturday that “many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a range of the president’s import taxes. Recovering that lost revenue, which the White House was counting on to help offset the steep, multi-trillion dollar cost of …

  President Donald Trump’s war with Iran was only hours old, and already the plan had gone awry. Spurred by fresh intelligence that the country’s 86-year-old supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was meeting with his top officials on the morning of Feb. 28, the US and Israel had accelerated plans for an attack in hopes of wiping out the regime’s senior …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran openly threatened a neighboring country’s non-U.S. assets for the first time Saturday, warning people to immediately evacuate the busiest port in the Middle East and two others in the United Arab Emirates as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran entered its third week. A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in …

A former Super Eagles midfielder Henry Nwosu has died, aged 62. The death of the Imo State-born midfielder was announced on Saturday morning by former teammate and 1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner Segun Odegbami on his media platforms. “Henry Nwosu passes on!, “After five days in hospital battling for his life, the one I call ‘Youngest Millionaire’ passed on …

An influential Iranian cleric has called on Pope Leo XIV to condemn the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. “We expect you to condemn these heinous crimes against humanity and the disregard for the dignity of religious leaders in a loud and clear voice, and to brand them as incompatible with the teachings of Christianity,” Iranian state broadcaster IRIB …

BENIN CITY — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says Nigeria currently hosts about 3.7 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have lost their homes, livelihoods and, in some cases, family members due to conflicts and disasters. The IOM Nigeria Chief of Mission, Dimanche Sharon, disclosed this during a media engagement in Benin City, where she highlighted the organisation’s ongoing …