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All six members of a US military refuelling aircraft’s crew have now been confirmed dead after it crashed in western Iraq, US Central Command (Centcom) has said. The US initially said it had located four of the deceased crew. It said neither hostile nor friendly fire were involved in the loss of the KC-135 aircraft on Thursday. The tanker had …

Iran says no one can exclude it from the World Cup later this year, in response to President Donald Trump’s warning that their “life and safety” would be at risk in the US. The Iranian team also said in the social media post on Thursday that the United States should not be allowed to co-host the tournament if it could …

  Entire families, including children and the elderly, have reportedly begun a journey of displacement, walking under the harsh sun with little certainty about their destination. Residents of Mai Tukunya in Dansadau district, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have begun fleeing their homes after armed bandits issued a final ultimatum demanding ₦10 million, an AK-47 rifle, and three …

Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has flatly denied claims by President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, that he sought to recruit him into his 2023 presidential election campaign, describing the allegation as baseless and unworthy of a response. Obi made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by his media aide, …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The war with Iran, for all its complexity and global effects, boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest? A surge in oil prices points to what may be Iran’s most effective weapon and the United States’ biggest vulnerability in continuing the campaign: damaging the world economy. A sharp …

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the Middle East is being “pushed to breaking point”, with shipping attacks, rising oil prices and widening humanitarian crisis. The UN chief, at a ceremony in Türkiye while accepting the Atatürk International Award for Peace, urged ceasefire and return to diplomacy to resolve the ongoing conflict in the region. Guterres urged all combatants …

Security chiefs on Thursday briefed President Bola Tinubu on the current security situation and ongoing military operations against terrorists and bandits across the country. The briefing followed a closed-door meeting between the President and service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Chief of Defence Staff, Retired Gen. Christopher Musa, spoke with State House correspondents after the meeting. Musa said …

The Seyi Makinde Disciples, a political support group, has urged members of a factional caretaker committee backed by Minister Nyesom Wike to return to the party’s mainstream leadership. Convener of the group, Mr Laja Adeoye, made the appeal on Thursday in Lagos during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Adeoye said the party remained open to reconciliation …

Sen. Aminu Tambuwal (ADC–Sokoto South) said he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) due to the lingering crisis within the party. He described the crisis as a calculated attempt to weaken opposition participation ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Tambuwal made the allegation on Thursday in Sokoto while addressing journalists on his recent defection from the PDP to the Africa …

A prosecution witness, ,James Igbakuleh, told an Abuja court that no Power of Attorney was presented on behalf of former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello on the property under investigation. Bello is charged alongside Umar Oricha and Abdulsalam Hudu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with 16 counts of breach of trust. Igbakuleh, who is the 11th witness …