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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 …

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, described the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on the country as promised “aid” and an act of “humanitarian intervention” by President Donald Trump. Following the reported strikes, Pahlavi urged Iranians to abandon the regime and called on security forces to defect. “Moments of destiny lie ahead of us,” Pahlavi wrote in a statement on …

CNN – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader who ruled the country for almost four decades, has been killed, according to US President Donald Trump and two Israeli sources. According to report by CNN, Israel has not shared evidence of Khamenei’s death, and a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry earlier insisted that Khamenei, 86, and Iran’s president were both …

A female officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has died after being struck by an operational NSCDC vehicle during a simulation exercise in Abuja, officials have confirmed. NSCDC spokesperson Afolabi Babawale, on Saturday, said that the incident occurred during a coordinated show-of-force drill. The name of the officer has not yet been officially released. Footage circulating …

President Bola Tinubu has reappointed Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi as the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for a new five-year term. The reappointment took effect from Friday, February 27. Dr Audi was first appointed to the position in 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari. His initial five-year term ended last Friday as he participated in …

  Audi, who officially bowed out of service on Friday after reaching the mandatory retirement age and completing his tenure, was expected to formally transfer authority to the most senior Deputy Commandant-General (DCG), Nnamdi Nwinyi, pending further directives from the Federal Government. The outgoing Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has been accused of …