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How Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are aimed at more than the conflict in Yemen, as the group seeks to pressure Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to meet its demands and persuade United States President Donald Trump to ease the American blockade on Iran, according to Saudi, Iranian and regional sources. The attacks have targeted infrastructure and disrupted investment events…
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₦1.425bn used for forex transactions, witness tells court in Yahaya Bello’s trial
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has told the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that ₦1.425 billion was used for foreign exchange transactions between December 15, 2021, and February 21, 2022. The witness, a Bureau de Change operator, Jamilu Abdullahi, testified as Prosecution Witness 19 (PW19) before Justice Maryanne…
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WTO chief sees lasting impact on trade from Middle East war, geopolitics
Shifting geopolitics and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East will have a lasting impact on global trade flows as companies seek alternatives to guard against future disruptions, World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said. Okonjo-Iweala said in an interview with Reuters on Thursday that trade had contracted sharply in the Middle East as a result of…
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OSUN’S strange bedfellows – Tinubu, Adeleke and the new politics of 2027— Kazeem Tiamiyu
In Osun politics, dance has always been more than entertainment. When Governor Ademola Adeleke, famous for his dancing steps, danced beside President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday, the symbolism was not lost on politicians back home. Two days earlier, the APC had released its revised…
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Brazil’s Senate approves shorter workweek in win for Lula
Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment to reduce the country’s workweek from six days to five, providing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a key legislative win less than two weeks before the country’s presidential runoff. The popular labor reform was backed by lawmakers from across Brazil’s political spectrum in the two required votes, including by Lula’s runoff…
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Omotoso urges Lagos Traffic Radio to sustain excellence after award
Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, has urged Lagos Traffic Radio 96.1 FM to sustain its performance and pursue greater achievements following its emergence as the Best Radio Station in Lagos at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards. Omotoso gave the charge when the station’s general manager, Tayo Akanle, presented the award to him in appreciation of the…
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Social media influencers as the new political middlemen — by Adebayo Afolabi
Nigeria’s political campaigns have infiltrated spaces where no one goes looking for politics. A quick scroll through TikTok for comedy, an Instagram check for fashion, or a few minutes on X to catch up on the day, and a campaign message inevitably slips into the feed. It arrives disguised as praise for a policy, an attack on an opponent, or…
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A day of reflection at Adeleke University, Ede — by Adedokun Abolarin
It was a beautiful, solemn and deeply soul-searching day for me inside the auspicious and magnificent Performing Art Theatre of Adeleke University, Ede. I sat attentively as Prof. Adelaja Odutola Odukoya, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, delivered an audacious, brilliant and intellectually stimulating lecture titled “History, Power and Accumulation: Reimagining Africa in the Globally Disorderly…
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Takeaways from the APC Presidential Campaign inauguration — by Fredrick Nwabufo
Broad Consensus Beyond its political significance, the APC Presidential Campaign Council Inauguration held on Wednesday was an avouchment of the complexion of leadership in Nigeria today — expansive leadership. A leadership that pulls together, not puts asunder; which opens itself to new ideas, not keeps out divergent voices; and which considers all Nigerians, irrespective of political affiliation, as a monolith…
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Osimhen’s pregnant girlfriend escapes injury in three-vehicle crash in Türkiye
Stefanie Kim Ladewig, the eight-month pregnant girlfriend of Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen, has escaped injury following a three-vehicle accident in Istanbul, Türkiye. Ladewig, 26, was taken to a private hospital for precautionary medical examinations due to her pregnancy but was discharged after doctors confirmed she was in good condition. According to Türkiye Today, which cited the Demirören News Agency,…
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