Iran on Sunday called for an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting to condemn Israel’s air strikes on the Islamic Republic a day earlier. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi sent a letter to the UN chief and the head of the Council “demanding an urgent meeting of the Security Council to take a decisive position in

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday that what he called Israel’s “precise and powerful” strikes on Iran had been a success, as his country’s forces pounded targets in Gaza and Lebanon. The previous day’s strikes by Israeli planes on military targets in Iran had fed fears that the Middle East was spiralling towards an

The Delta State High Court in Warri has issued an order restraining the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board from implementing its recent policy requiring a minimum admissible age of 16 years for university admissions in the country pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed against the board. JAMB, in a statement on

Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, may face fresh criminal charges over claims that he served his jail term in a private apartment and bribed officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to drop money laundering charges against him. A panel is set up to investigate the claims recommended that he should face defamation and

As fuel consumption plummets nationwide due to soaring prices, oil marketers have expressed concerns over significant losses, with around 10,000 oil dealers about to shut down. Data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority indicate that fuel consumption dropped to 4.5 million litres per day in August 2024, down from 60 million litres per

The United Kingdom has deported a record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians to their home countries. According to the UK Guardian, 44 West African nationals were put on a flight last Friday. In the report, the UK Home Office stated that the deportations of Nigerians and Ghanaians were part of a “major surge” in immigration

A Senior Lecturer at the Federal University of Kashere, Gombe State, Dr Tukur Yemi, has criticised the World Bank’s Senior Vice President, Indermit Gill, for his recent remarks suggesting that Nigeria must endure 10 to 15 years of economic hardship to achieve prosperity. Yemi, speaking on Sunday, said that this assertion has caused considerable distress

A Niger Delta militia group, the Niger Delta Development Force, has threatened to shut down oil installations in the Niger Delta region. The group stated it would destroy the facilities if President Bola Tinubu fails to caution the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over alleged attempts to undermine the administration of Governor

Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga says security agencies have not been able to arrest embattled former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello because of the “complicated” nature of the case. Onanuga was a guest on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-economic programme aired on Channels Television. In April, the Economic and Financial

Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said contrary to popular opinion, his principal, President Bola Tinubu, did not acquire a new official jet but a refurbished one. “It’s not President Tinubu’s plane, it belongs to the people of Nigeria, it is our property,” Onanuga said on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-economic programme aired