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WASHINGTON (AP) — The stop-start fighting between the United States and Iran appears to have entered a new phase as Saudi Arabia has publicly joined military escalations against Tehran-backed proxies. At the same time, an already untenable diplomatic effort to end the war has faltered once again as mistrust deepens between the longtime adversaries. Despite several days of relative calm, …

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are bouncing back after Microsoft leaped on its latest profit report and computer-chip companies clawed back some of their big recent losses. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% early Thursday and recovered about half its drop from the prior day, which was its worst in seven weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 270 points. …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun I Area Command, has strengthened collaboration with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Nigerian Army to combat smuggling, counterfeit products and other cross-border crimes. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Chado Zakari, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Idiroko. Zakari said the renewed …

Prof. Joash Amupitan, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that flashpoints across Osun have been identified, with directives issued to security agencies to neutralise any attempts at ballot disruption during the Aug. 15 governorship election. Amupitan made this known on Wednesday in Osogbo at the Osun Governorship Election Stakeholders’ Forum. He stated that the commission has …

Police in Osun have arrested the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Teslim Igbalaye and five others following a raid on his house in Osogbo. DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, the spokesperson for the police command in the state, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. “Acting on credible and actionable intelligence that some criminal gang were hibernating around Oroki …

Nigeria’s Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Monday Agbonika, has assumed office as the new AIG of Zone 5 Headquarters, Benin City, with responsibility for Edo and Delta States. Agbonika succeeds AIG Salman-Dogo Garba, who retired from the Nigeria Police Force on July 22, 2026. The Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tijani A. Momoh, disclosed this in a statement, noting …

  This is another part of a PREMIUM TIMES exclusive series on the failed coup against President Tinubu revealing how the alleged mastermind paid millions of naira to seek spiritual backing for the plot. For months, Mohammed Ma’aji, a Nigerian Army colonel and alleged mastermind of last year’s failed coup, allegedly searched for more than weapons, money and military allies. …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has explained why the alleged self-acclaimed Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi, was not produced before the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the activities of the purported agency. The explanation was contained in a letter to the committee, which was read on Wednesday by the …

The United States has announced that routine visa processing at its embassy in Abuja and 24 other diplomatic missions across Africa will end from August 1, 2026, as part of a broader restructuring of its overseas consular operations. The US Department of State said the move is aimed at centralising routine visa services in regional hubs to enhance national security, …

Senator Adams Oshiomhole has accused the Minister of Works, David Umahi, of neglecting critical federal roads in Edo and Delta States, urging the Senate to prevail on the minister to adopt a more balanced and national approach to road infrastructure development. Raising the issue during plenary, Oshiomhole said: “The federal minister of works needs to be guided. Whereas we have …