Month: June 2025

Let’s Have Adults In The Rooms, By Ganiu Okunnu, Ph.D

Ganiyu Amodu

As I write this piece, my eyes stare at the gory news of deaths and destruction caused by airstrikes, missiles and drone strikes on innocent people in Iranian, Israeli, Russian and Ukrainian cities. What have we done wrong? Where are international organisations and laws and when will these end? These are questions probably on the minds and lips of innocent victims of these unprovoked and endless destruction taking place in these affected cities and other places experiencing aggravated conflicts. How did the world get to this stage of ceaseless invasions,…

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‘Legitimate Targets,’ Iran Declares Middle East Unsafe For U.S. Citizens, Troops

ADEOLA YUSUF

Global Condemnations Trail U.S. action, World Leaders Demand De-escalation, Iran Names Possible Targets, U.S Asks Americans to Evacuate Middle East Immediately   Tensions in the Middle East have escalated dramatically after Iranian state television issued an alarming broadcast late Wednesday night, declaring that all U.S. citizens and military personnel in the region are now considered “legitimate targets.” The announcement follows last Saturday’s U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s key nuclear facilities — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan — carried out under President Donald Trump’s directive. Flanked by senior members of the Islamic Revolutionary…

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Don’t Kill Yourself Because He’s Cheating, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

Women, we do all kinds of things, for love, for men, lying sons of Adam. Some of those things are smart, many are stupid.   Women, we do all kinds of things, for love, for men. Some of those things are smart, many are stupid. One of the stupidest ones, or should I call it strangest, is women killing themselves because their men are mean, cheating, lying sons of Adam. Why should a woman die because she is in a bad relationship? Why will a woman commit suicide because her…

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Tinubu Urges Economic Unity Among West African Nations

Abibat Babalola

President Bola Tinubu, Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has called on West African countries to urgently pursue economic integration, policy alignment, and aggressive investment to secure a prosperous future for the region. Speaking on Saturday at the second day of the West African Economic Summit in Abuja, Tinubu emphasized the need for regional leaders to move beyond symbolic gestures and deliver tangible results. “Your presence here signals our shared commitment to shaping a new economic future for our region. We gather at a decisive moment,”…

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Vessels Go Up In Flames At Lagos Port, NPA Reacts

Abibat Babalola

A major fire disaster was averted yesterday at the Lagos Port Complex (LPC) after a berthed vessel raised an alarm. The Marine Division of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, promptly activated their emergency response systems, effectively preventing what could have escalated into a significant fire outbreak at the ports. Fortunately, there was no loss of life but items worth millions of naira were destroyed in the process. READ ALSO: Bandits killed 30 In Zuru – Kebbi Govt ‘Fordo, Natanz, Esfahan,’ US Launches…

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Bandits killed 30 In Zuru – Kebbi Govt

Abibat Babalola

Kebbi State government has said that no fewer than 30 persons lost their lives in the recent attacks on Zuru communities by bandits. Also, the state government condoled with the people of Tadurga in Zuru Local Government Area and Kyebu in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area, both within the Zuru Emirate, over the tragedy. Chairmen of Zuru and Danko Wasagu local governments, Muhammad Gajere and Hussaini Bena, respectively, gave the casualties report. READ ALSO: ‘Fordo, Natanz, Esfahan,’ US Launches Strikes On 3 Iranian Nuclear Facilities Alao-Akala’s Daughter Wants Late Gov’s…

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‘Fordo, Natanz, Esfahan,’ US Launches Strikes On 3 Iranian Nuclear Facilities

Ganiyu Amodu

‘There will be either peace, or there will be tragedy for Iran,’ what President Trump said in a national address from the White House Saturday night   The United States launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, President Trump announced Saturday evening, calling them a “spectacular military success.” “The U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear assemblies in the Iranian regime: Fordo, Natanz and Esfahan,” President Trump said in a national address from the White House Saturday night. “Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s…

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Alao-Akala’s Daughter Wants Late Gov’s Corpse Exhumed Amidst Family Dispute Over Estate

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Order DNA Test On Seven Children of the deceased,’ details of the suit before Justice Taiwo as bickering over property degenerates   The family of the late former Oyo State governor, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, has plunged deeper into crisis as his first daughter, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Alao-Aderinto, has approached an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, seeking an order for a DNA test on seven individuals claiming to be the biological children of the deceased. She is also requesting the exhumation of the late governor’s body to facilitate the tests.…

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‘Amid Israel’s Assassination Threats,’ Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Picks Possible Successors, Skips Son

Ganiyu Amodu

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly named three clerics as possible successors while taking shelter in a bunker amid assassination threats from Israel during the ongoing conflict. The New York Times, citing three Iranian officials familiar with the development, reported that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has begun appointing replacements for top military commanders who were killed in Israeli strikes. Interestingly, contrary to earlier reports, the officials said Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, is not among the clerics shortlisted to succeed him – despite previous claims that he was being groomed…

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SIGHTED: ADA’s Leaders Write Application Letter To ‘INC’ Instead of ‘INEC’

ADEOLA YUSUF

  ‘ADA’S MATTER,’ Full content of first ever official letter from Atiku, El-Rufai’s party that has generated controversy    Opposition leaders under the coalition movement omitted the word “electoral” from their letter addressed to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the registration of a new political party. The application, dated June 19, was addressed to “The Chairman, Independent National Commission (INEC), 436, Zambezi Crescent, Maitama, Abuja FCT.” The coalition, which is being spearheaded by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Nasir el-Rufai, ex-governor of Kaduna, applied to…

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