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  “The killers of the Imam of the nation will not escape severe, decisive, and deterrent punishment.” Dozens of retaliatory strikes targeting US and Israeli positions have been launched in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday. The Tasnim news agency, a semi-official news outlet linked to …

The Nigerian Government has called for immediate de-escalation and maximum restraint in the Gulf region following coordinated military strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran. In a press release issued on Saturday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, the government expressed deep concern over the rising tensions and warned of the risk of further escalation with …

The Presidency on Sunday dismissed viral video alleging that a chef attached to the Presidential Villa was arrested over an alleged plot to poison President Bola Tinubu, describing it as false. The video, which gained traction across social media platforms at the weekend, claimed that security operatives had arrested the alleged culprit, a member of the presidential kitchen staff following …

  PREMIUM TIMES reported the strike at a girls’ elementary school in Minab, in the Hormozgan province of Southern Iran. The death toll from the US and Israeli strike on an Iranian girls’ elementary school has now risen to 185. CNN reports that the toll had moved from 95 to 118 to 185 as emergency workers continued to clear the …

A top Iranian security official on Sunday said the country will form an interim council later in the day to assume the leadership responsibilities until the selection of a new leader. Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani made the remarks in an interview with state-run IRIB TV hours after the country confirmed the death of its Supreme …

The University of Benin (UNIBEN) and residents of Oluku, Egba, and the Ihovbor environs will experience power outages for up to 10 hours daily in March, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Benin Region. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, disclosed this in a notification issued in Abuja on Sunday. She said the notification was to …

A civil society organisation, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has said that its sustained campaign for increased taxation on tobacco products is to curb tobacco-related health hazards in the country. The Executive Director of CISLAC and Head, Transparency International, Nigeria, Auwal Rafsanjani, gave the clarification while featuring on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Personality Interview Series on Sunday …

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and heads of UN agencies have condemned Saturday’s joint Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran and the Iranian retaliatory strikes on Israel and the Gulf Regions. The attack on Iran reportedly targeted military sites as well as the leadership of the Iranian regime. Explosions were heard in Israel and Gulf countries after Iran launched a wave …

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 …