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2026

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UPDATE! Ayatollah Arafi Appointed As Acting Supreme Leader In Iran

Foreign

There is now an interim successor to the slain Ayatollah Ali Khameini, Iran's Supreme Leader, killed on Saturday by US airstrikes in Tehran, the country's capital. He is Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, appointed as acting Supreme Leader. This came after Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council elected Ayatollah Arafi as the jurist member of the Guardian Council in the Leadership Council. The Leadership Council is responsible for carrying out the duties of the Supreme Leader until the Assembly of Experts selects a successor. The 67-year-old cleric, who serves on the powerful Guardian Council, was confirmed as part of the three-member body by the…

Mar

01

2026

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Power Tussle: What Have You Done About Supply Beyond Passing Electricity Bill Years Ago? -Adelabu Fires Back At Oyo Govt

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By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has faulted the indictment of the Federal Government by the Oyo State House of Assembly on the state of power supply in the state, specifically in Ibarapa zone of the state. He said their action was a fallout of alleged ignorance and bias. He spoke at the weekend, at the end of a meeting with the management of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) and other stakeholders on the way forward to improve power supply in Oyo State and other states within the firm's jurisdiction. Adelabu said Oyo State government…

Mar

01

2026

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UPDATE! Khamenei’s Killing: How CIA Tracked Iran’s Supreme Leader For Months, As US/Israel Eliminate 40 Military Commanders

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Totally unbeknownst to him, US intelligence officials had tracked Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for months, learning and understanding his movement until he met with top regime officials inside his fortified compound during the deadly strikes Saturday. The CIA had familiarized itself with the patterns of the 86-year-old tyrant before obtaining new intelligence of the fateful meeting in the center of Tehran, the New York Times reported today, citing anonymous sources. Upon learning of the critical gathering, American and Israeli military officials moved the attack, dubbed 'Operation Epic Fury', from the cover of darkness to the surprise daylight strikes…

Feb

28

2026

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UPDATE! US/Israel-Iran War: First Photos Of Ayatollah Khamenei’s Destroyed Compound Emerge

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Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound appeared to have been destroyed in the US' Operation Epic Fury, with officials confirming the attack was targeting the regime boss. Satellite images obtained by the New York Times showed multiple buildings at the fortified compound were leveled in the joint US-Israel attack, with black smoke billowing up from the rubble. Several other high-ranking Iranian officials and regime politicians were reported killed in the strikes. Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were targeted in the attack, a senior Israeli official confirmed to Fox News. The military’s aim was to take out “those responsible for…

Feb

28

2026

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US/Israel-Iran War: Deadly, Dazzling Array Of Weapons In Use

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Today, United States (US) and Israel launched a joint preemptive military operation against Iran, deploying a vast array of advanced air, naval and missile systems. Israel's Operation Roaring Lion and the US-led Operation Epic Fury struck Iranian military and nuclear-linked sites, triggering a sweeping Iranian retaliation,tagged Operation Promise-3, across the region. The joint operation marked a major escalation in US military involvement in Iran and came amid mounting tensions over Tehran's nuclear programme and internal unrest. Iran responded with missile and drone barrages toward Israel, followed by attacks on US military facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, signalling a conflict…

Feb

28

2026

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UPDATE! US/Israel-Iran War: Corpses Start To Mount As 40 Killed From Strike On Iranian School

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*Shrapnel Kills One In Bahrain *Explosions Hit Tehran Presidential District The death toll count has begun in the war between US/Israel against Iran, which kicked off today, as Iran’s state-run IRNA News Agency reported that at least 40 people were killed after an Israeli strike hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab in the southern Hormozgan province. At least 45 others were wounded in the attack, the news agency reported. It provided no further details about the casualties. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has a base located in Minab, according to reports. Also, in a tit for tat, the…

Feb

28

2026

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Trump, Netanyahu Begin War To Remove Ayatollah Khamenei, Others In Iran

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*Arise, Take Over Your Govt Once We're Through, Netanyahu, Trump Rally Iranian Citizens *Khamenei In Safe Location After months of massive US naval buildup near Iran, President Donald Trump today kicked off “major combat operations” in the Persian Gulf nation, which, according to him, are designed to eliminate “imminent threats” from the country’s regime. The operation is “massive and ongoing”, the US President said in a video on social media, pledging to use “overwhelming strength and devastating force” to destroy Iranian missiles and ensure the country cannot develop a nuclear weapon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks aimed…

Feb

28

2026

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Trump, Netanyahu Begin War To Remove Ayatollah Khameini, Others In Iran

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*Arise, Take Over Your Govt Once We're Through, Netanyahu, Trump Rally Iranian Citizens *Khameini Hides In Safe Location After months of massive US naval buildup near Iran, President Donald Trump today kicked off “major combat operations” in the Persian Gulf nation, which, according to him, are designed to eliminate “imminent threats” from the country’s regime. The operation is “massive and ongoing”, the US President said in a video on social media, pledging to use “overwhelming strength and devastating force” to destroy Iranian missiles and ensure the country cannot develop a nuclear weapon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks…

Feb

27

2026

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Champions League Round Of 16: UK Newspaper Writes Off English Teams, Predicts Only Two Will Qualify

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UEFA today paired the teams to face each other in the round of 16 of this season's Champions League. The draws pitch: *Real Madrid vs. Manchester City*Bodø/Glimt vs. Sporting CP*PSG vs. Chelsea*Newcastle vs. Barcelona*Galatasaray vs. Liverpool*Atlético Madrid vs. Tottenham Hotspur*Atalanta vs. Bayern Munich*Bayer Leverkusen vs. Arsenal Hostilities in the round of 16 kick off on Tuesday, 10 March and Wednesday, 11 March. Unseeded teams will host the first legs on those days. As a reward for sealing automatic qualification, the seeded teams in each tie will get home advantage in the return legs on Tuesday, 17 March and Wednesday, 18…

Feb

27

2026

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‘Japa’: How We Were Deceived With Dazzling Financial Offers Into Fighting Russia’s War Against Ukraine, Saw Our Colleagues Killed, Now Captured As POWs -Ghanaians

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*Sign-On Fee: Equivalent Of About N34m *Salary: Equivalent Of About N3.5m *'I Fled Battlefield On Seeing Blood Of My Colleagues' *'We Saw Nigerians, Other African POWs' Nigerians are among scores of young Africans fighting for Russia, and captured on the battlefield by the Ukrainian military in the ongoing conflict between both nations. In a stark warning to youths against the mind-blowing offers of dazzling employment abroad made by some agents, two lucky Ghanaian prisoners of war (POWs) captured by Ukraine in the war, said they saw Nigerians among POWs in the Ukraine camp where they were being held since last…