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Mar

08

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

JUST IN! Pressure Mounts To Grant Iranian Women’s Football Team Asylum After Home Govt Brands Them Traitors

Sports

The Iran women’s football team faces the uncertain prospect of returning home after a 2-0 defeat against the Philippines ended their Women’s Asian Cup campaign. The Philippines’ Sara Eggesvik and Chandler McDaniel scored the goals on the Gold Coast last night. Iran finish fourth in Group A and are eliminated despite some heroic saves from the goalkeeper, Raha Yazdani, in their final game. Their third loss came after the players and coaches sang the national anthem, displaying a military salute before the match. It was the second time they sung the anthem in the tournament after they decided not to,…

Mar

08

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Iran’s Military Disobeys President In Creeping Signs Of Internal Power Struggle

Foreign

*'Next Supreme Leader Must Be Someone Hated By America, Israel, Not Praised' *Successor To Late Ali Khameinei To Be Announced Shortly, Partly In Bid To Marginalize President *Israel Hands Death Threat To Whoever Succeeds Khameinei As the war against the United States (US) and Israel enters its eighth day today, signs of an internal power struggle are beginning to emerge inside Iran. Yesterday, President Masoud Pezeshkian on state TV apologized to the country's Middle East neighbours over missiles fired by Iran into their territories, saying his country would no longer do so if those countries do not make themselves launchpads…

Mar

08

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Son Of Late Ayatollah Khamenei Narrowly Escapes Death In Israeli Air Attack -Report

News

*Wife Killed *Reportedly Goes Into Hiding Mojtaba Khamenei --the expected next Supreme Leader of Iran— was reportedly wounded in an Israeli air strike. The son of Iran’s slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei survived an assassination attempt made by Israel during the devastating launch of Lion’s Roar military operation 28 February this year. which occurred in tandem with the US’s Operation Epic Fury, Times of Israel reported yesterday. Other strikes in the joint military attack killed his father and roughly 40 other high-ranking Islamic Republic leaders. Also killed was Mojtaba’s wife, Zahra Haddad Adel, who came from a family long associated with…

Mar

08

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Iran Regime Change ‘Unlikely’ Even After War … Except In One Or Two Scenarios -Report

Foreign

The Iranian regime is unlikely to be toppled even by a large-scale military assault, a classified report by the US National Intelligence Council concluded. The report, which was completed a week before the current US-Israeli military campaign, highlights several factors for the regime's resilience, the Washington Post reported. The National Intelligence Council acts as a focal point for coordinating analysis across the 18 agencies of the US Intelligence Community. First, the assessment found that the Iranian regime has established clear protocols to ensure survival even if high-ranking leaders are killed. Second, intelligence officials find it unlikely that fragmented opposition groups…

Mar

08

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

WAR UPDATE! We Will Never Surrender To US, Take Your Dream To Your Grave -Iranian President Tells Trump

Foreign

*Refuse To Surrender, Then We Will Have To Totally Destroy You --Trump Fires Back *Iran Apologises To Gulf Arab Nations Hit By Tehran's Missiles In open defiance, President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran has rejected US President Donald Trump’s call for his country’s unconditional surrender in the ongoing war, waving off the demand as a “dream." But, he issued a rare apology for Iranian attacks that hit neighbouring states, even as missiles and drones continued to strike Gulf countries. In a prerecorded address broadcast on state television on Saturday, Pezeshkian said the country would never capitulate, responding to remarks by the…

Mar

07

2026

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Daniel Bwala’s Al Jazeera Humiliation, By Farooq A. Kperogi

Opinion, Politics

By FAROOQ A. KPEROGI I barely know Daniel Bwala. He came to the forefront of national media attention in 2022 because of his impassioned opposition to the choice of Kashim Shettima as Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s running mate. But beyond his public break from the APC, he came across to me as a voluble, ignorant and opportunistic careerist, not because of his stance on Tinubu’s choice of a Muslim running mate, but because of what struck me as his facileness and self-seeking obsessions. His dramatic volte-face from being a virulent Tinubu critic to a fawning, vicious Tinubu battering ram has proven…

Mar

07

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

WAR UPDATE! Khamenei ‘Returns’ From The Dead

Foreign

*To Taunt Israel Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's official account is still active even after joint US-Israeli airstrikes hit Tehran and killed him on February 28. In a threatening message, Khamenei's account posted that Israel has made a big mistake in attacking the Middle East eand will face consequences that will make it "desperate." The post read: "The Zionist regime has made a big mistake, and its consequences will make the regime desperate, by God's grace," the post on X read. The image in the post features a three-panel collage designed to showcase Iran's missile power. The first…

Mar

07

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

JUST IN! Again, Benue Boils As Herdsmen Slaughter 27 Near Military Base, Community Leader Angrily Queries Relevance Of Personnel

News

*Community Smells A Rat *Gov Alia Reacts By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Fresh round of bloodletting rocked Benue State as heavily armed men suspected to be killer herdsmen attacked Jato-Aka, Mbachon, and Tse- Yough settlements of Yaav council ward, Kwande Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, leaving about 27 persons dead and several others bleeding with various degrees of injuries. Many of the latter are presently receiving medical attention in an unidentified hospital in Jato-aka with scanty information on their response to treatment. President General (PG), Kwande United People's Organization (KWUPO), Simon Aloko Nachi, who disclosed these while reacting to…

Mar

06

2026

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Journalist Pelumi’s #EndSARS Death: Coroner Issues Fresh Order To Hedging CMD LASUTH

Health

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The Coroner Court investigating the death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a young journalist with Gboah TV, who was reportedly shot and arrested while covering the #EndSARS protests on 24 October, 2020, has given the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) 14 days to provide it with a report on the whereabout of an unidentified body tagged 1385. The mysterious body was reportedly received by LASUTH from the Ikorodu General Hospital on 3 November, 2020 with a post-mortem examination conducted on it later that month. In a statement sent by the Communications…

Mar

06

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Prominent Delta Title-holder Urges State Govt To Tame Rising Unemployment Through Industrialization

News

*Roads, Other Infrastructure Ok, But Cannot Tackle Joblessness, He Says From Emmanuel Ogoigbe, Warri A prominent Niger Delta activist and traditional chief of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Chief (Dr) Mulade Sheriff, has called on the Delta State Government to urgently adopt large-scale industrialisation as a strategy to tackle rising unemployment and worsening socio-economic challenges confronting the state. Sheriff, who took the position in a statement issued to journalists in Warri, expressed concern over what he described as the alarming rate of youth unemployment across Delta State, warning that it poses potential security threats, if not addressed. While commending State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori…