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Mar

13

2026

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The Nigerian Casualties Of The Iranian Missiles

Column, Foreign

BY ABRAHAM OGBODO I am confused. I do not know, who, between Dangote and Tinubu should bear the larger blame for the heightened hardship. It is not the first time that war is happening in the Middle East. The Iraqi wars brought boom and not doom to Nigeria. Domestic fuel prices did not hit the roofs because cost per a barrel of crude had shot through the roofs in the international market. As at last Monday in my location in Delta State, cost of a litre of diesel had shot from N1000 to N1800 and Petrol to N1400 from N860.…

Mar

13

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Inside Iran: Dark, Bitter, Terror Of Life Under US-Israeli Bombardment

Foreign

*'I Am Afraid Iran Will Be Destroyed – Yet The Islamic Republic Will Remain' By Elahi, in Tehran It’s 5am on Thursday 12 March. I was finally falling asleep after a day full of fear when the phone rang. Terror rushes through me. It’s not the right time for a call. Someone must need help – or maybe they are alone and frightened. I answer the phone, exhausted. It’s my younger sister. She is crying and cannot speak. My heart breaks into a thousand pieces. I haven’t seen her for many days. When I was released from prison, she had…

Mar

13

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

The US-Israeli Strategy Failed To Defeat Iran Quickly – Now They Are Moving To Plan B

Opinion

By Paul Rogers Given the wall-to-wall coverage of the US and its war on Iran, it looks very much like Trump is the key player. He is not. The United States may have far more military power than Israel, but the key player is Benjamin Netanyahu. Moreover, the Israeli prime minister has fallen into a trap of his own making, and is dragging Trump and the US military into that same trap. For Israel, and indirectly for the US, the war has to end in total victory. Anything less is pointless. If it ends with the Iranian regime surviving but…

Mar

13

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

You Can’t Run For Office Again -Court Halts Gov Aiyedatiwa

News

A hammer blow came for the re-election aspiration of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State as a Federal High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, halted his moves for another term in office. The court presided over by Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke held that the 1999 Constitution (as amended) did not permit an elected President, Vice President, Governor, or Deputy Governor to remain in office for more than eight years. Justice Adegoke held that allowing Aiyedatiwa to contest again would violate the constitutional provision limiting the tenure of elected executive office holders. The decision of the court followed…

Mar

13

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

24 Enugu Firms Receive SON’s MANCAP Certificate

Economy

*ECCIMA Tasks Govt To Empower MSMEs By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has issued Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) certificates to 24 firms operating within Enugu State. The certificates covered the companies' 41 products with one of the firms receiving Product Identification Certificate for its unique product. Issuing the certificates yesterday in Enugu, Director-General (DG) of SON, Dr Ifeanyi Okeke, said that SON's MANCAP certificate remained a seal of quality and international standards for made-in-Nigeria products globally. Okeke said that MANCAP is a mandatory product certification scheme which ensures all locally manufactured products conform with Nigeria Industrial…

Mar

13

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Make Use Of Weather Forecasts, Tractorisation Policy -Oyo Tells Farmers

Agro

‎By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan ‎As the 2026 farming season begins, Oyo State government has tasked farmers in the state to avail themselves of opportunities provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the areas of credible weather forecasts from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the state’s 50 per cent tractorisation subsidy programme. ‎Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Barr. Olasunkanmi Olaleye, gave the charge at the official flag-off of the 2026 farming season, held at the Local Government Training Hall, State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. Special Adviser to the state governor, Dr. Sulaimon Olanrewaju, said in a statement…

Mar

12

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

UEFA CL RO/16: Chelsea Down… Probably Out, As Ruthless PSG Destroy Blues

Sports

*Valverde Hattrick Puts Man City On Brink At least there was no public humiliation for goalie Filip Jörgensen from his manager. But while Liam Rosenior did not do an Igor Tudor and hook his goalkeeper, this hurt. It is why a goalkeeper passing out from the back only looks clever until the moment it goes wrong. Above all, it was tough for Chelsea to take. They impressed at the Parc des Princes, twice pegging Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) back, but there was no escaping the reality that the focus was on the moment Jörgensen’s stray ball out gifted the European champions…

Mar

11

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Up, Up Soars Enugu Air, Gets Air Operator Certificate In Record Time

News

*Targets Regional Flights By Year's End By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu Air, on Tuesday, received the vital Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), a development it described as a significant step in the realisation of Governor Peter Mbah’s vision to position Enugu as a regional hub for commerce, logistics, and aviation in West and Central Africa. Presenting the AOC to Enugu Air’s Accountable Manager/CEO, Captain Tolu Ita, at the NCAA headquarters in Abuja, the agency's Director General (DG), Captain Chris Najomo, described the development as historic in the Nigerian aviation industry, noting that Enugu Air…

Mar

11

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

UEFA CL RO/16 First Leg: Osimhen’s Galatasaray Edge Liverpool, Last-Kick Yamal Equalizer Hands Barca Hope Over Newcastle

Sports

*Atlético Madrid Humiliate Spurs *Ruthless Bayern Wallop Atalanta Away The good news for Liverpool is that the situation is salvageable, when it really might not have been. The bad news is that they were distinctly second best for the first three-quarters of the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, Tuesday, 10 March. Nobody who saw their second‑half collapse away against Juventus in the playoff round could be confident that Galatasaray are a team capable of squeezing the life out of the second leg. There is a nervousness about them at the back, a persistent sense of misfortune about…

Mar

10

2026

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Aminu Gwarzo’s Impeachment Plot: More Than A Pound of Flesh

Column, Politics

By SHEDDY OZOENE Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, appears to be learning the game of strong-arm politics rather quickly. After his controversial decision in January to abandon the Kwankwasiyya Movement and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) that brought him to power in 2023, he now seems to be going for the jugular of his deputy, Mallam Aminu Gwarzo. Gwarzo’s offence is simple: he refused to board the train when the governor led most members of his state executive council into the rival All Progressives Congress (APC). Since then, the buzz in Kano has been unmistakable. For having the…