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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an urgent alert to law enforcement agencies across California over a potential drone attack allegedly linked to Iran.  According to an internal memo, Iranian authorities were believed to be considering deploying unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel positioned off the U.S. coastline. The suspected plan emerged after tensions escalated following U.S. military actions that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader last month.  The warning stated that intelligence gathered in early February suggested Iran may have considered launching a surprise attack using drones targeting unspecified locations in California if the United States carried out strikes against Iran.  Investigators said the potential attack could ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed his unwavering belief in democracy. The Nigerian leader made the remark on Wednesday while addressing leaders of the All Progressives Congress and members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council at the State House in Abuja. Speaking about his political journey, Tinubu recalled that he once remained in the opposition without issuing threats, even during difficult political periods. According to him, “When circumstances were not in my favour years ago, I respected the process and stayed in opposition without threatening anyone except the military junta.” The President reiterated his strong commitment to democratic ideals, national unity, and adherence to the rule of law, describing himself as a steadfast supporter of democracy who will conti...

The opening week of the war against Iran cost the United States more than $11.3 billion, lawmakers were told in a Pentagon briefing, according to a New York Times report underscoring the pace at which the conflict is consuming weapons and resources. The Times, citing unnamed sources familiar with Tuesday’s closed-door briefing, said members of Congress were told that the figure excludes many costs connected with the buildup to the strikes — suggesting the final tally for the first week could rise substantially. Defence officials had previously told Congress that roughly $5.6 billion worth of munitions were expended in just the first two days of fighting, according to US media — a burn rate far higher than earlier public estimates. The Centre for Strategic and International Studies...

At least one Nigerian has been identified among 122 people injured following the interception of Iranian ballistic missiles in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid escalating tensions in the middle East. Authorities in the Gulf nation said their air defence systems have been responding to retaliatory missile attacks launched by Iran since the conflict began on February 28, 2026. In a statement on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defence disclosed that its air defence units had detected a total of 262 ballistic missiles fired from Iran since the start of the hostilities. According to the ministry, 241 of the missiles were successfully intercepted, while 19 landed in the sea. However, two missiles fell within the UAE’s territory, leading to cas...

Two violent convicted drug dealers have been jailed for three years over the m8rder of a 34-year-old Nigerian man, Quaham Babatunde, in Ireland. Bruno Tache and Rory Carr attacked Babatunde after he had been fatally st@bbed in Dublin city centre.  Babatunde d!ed after he was attacked following a St Valentine's night out on South Anne Street in February 2025. Tache, aged 21, with an address at Trimleston, Balbriggan in Co Dublin, and 22-year-old Carr from Ard Na Gréine, Seapoint Lane in Balbriggan, had pleaded guilty to affray and assault charges. The violence began in the early hours of 15 February 2025 after an event at Club 22 on South Anne Street, which 400 people had bought tickets for and the men had attended. Tache drank large measures of spirits...

The University of Lagos has kicked against the school’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who have declared an industrial action without following due process. ASUU UNILAG on Tuesday, ordered lecturers to withdraw their services from Wednesday over ‘amputated’ January and February salaries. The Chairman, ASUU, UNILAG chapter, Prof Idou Keinde, stated that the lecturers did not receive the full complement of their salaries: Consolidated Salary Structure for Academics, Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance and Professorial Allowance. Keinde vowed that the lecturers would not resume work until their full salaries are paid. But UNILAG, through its Head, Communication Unit, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, on Wednesday, said the university would continue to engage w...

President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigeria has ‘overcome economic challenges under his administration,’ stressing that state governors no longer run to banks for loans to pay salaries. The President made the remarks while hosting religious and traditional leaders for an interfaith breaking of the fast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday, March 9. In a statement released, presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said President Tinubu promised to continue making the most of the opportunity given to him to lead the country by sustaining the trajectory of economic growth and prosperity. Nigerian Culture Showcase “I am just grateful, one person among millions, that I have been given the opportunity to serve. And all I can do is promise that I will continue to be faithful in d...

Eight men who filmed themselves gang-r@ping an 18-year-old British girl in a hotel in Spain have been jailed for a total of 73 years. Seven Frenchmen and one Swiss man recorded their vile attack and shared pictures and videos of it on social media. Two of the men were staying in the BH Mallorca Resort hotel and lured the 'semi-conscious' woman to room 108 after plying her with alcohol on August 14, 2023, the prosecutor's office previously said. The two men then invited a group of strangers from the corridor to follow them into the hotel for 'free s£x' around 7.30am, local media previously reported. They then undressed the woman and r@ped her for half an hour, 'taking advantage of the secluded room to which they had led her', according to prosecutors. 'They performed vari...