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Washington and Tehran have "largely negotiated" a memorandum of understanding on a peace deal that would reopen the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, U.S. President Donald Trump announced.The disclosure has significantly heightened global expectations that an imminent breakthrough could end the three-month-old Middle East war. According to Trump, the emerging agreement, which is currently being brokered by Pakistan, would fully reopen the vital maritime passage.  The closure of the strait has triggered a severe global energy crisis since the United States and Israel launched military operations against Iran in February."Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly," Trump wrote on Truth Social.United States and Iranian media outle...

Minister of Works, David Umahi, has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu represents the Biafra Igbos have been looking for. Speaking during the APC presidential primary election in Umunaga Ward, Ohaozara LGA of Ebonyi, Umahi said the turnout of 5,009 APC members demonstrated strong support for Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general election. The Minister described Ebonyi as a stronghold of the All Progressives Congress and insisted the South-East had benefited significantly from the current administration through “juicy appointments” and major infrastructure projects. According to him, President Tinubu has integrated the South-East into national politics through key appointments and developmental projects. "Bola Tinubu is the Biafra we have been looking for. A man who ha...

Russia unleashed one of its heaviest bombardments of the war overnight, pounding Kyiv with hundreds of drones and missiles in an attack that killed at least four people and wounded dozens more, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, May 24. The assault, which Ukrainian officials said included the use of Moscow’s nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile, sent residents scrambling into underground shelters as explosions echoed across the capital through the early hours of the morning. AFP journalists in Kyiv reported repeated blasts shaking the city as smoke rose from multiple districts. By daylight, emergency crews were battling fires and combing through rubble left behind by strikes that damaged residential buildings, schools, shopping centres, theatres, museums and universities. ...

Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has announced that it has restored electricity supply to State House, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Lugbe, Garki, and other areas in the nation’s capital after an outage.  AEDC disclosed this in a notice on Saturday night.  Recall that major parts of Abuja were thrown into darkness due to the Transmission Company of Nigeria’s Apo substation fault.  TCN had on Saturday issued an update noting that its engineers were working to fix the fault.  In a notice later on Saturday night, AEDC announced electricity supply has been restored to affected areas.  “Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) is pleased to inform our esteemed customers that power supply has now ...

An early-morning fire on Sunday gutted a residential building at Tewo-Gbore Street, Ogele Ori-Sunbare in the Eyenkorin area of Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State, destroying parts of the property. The incident, which reportedly occurred at about 12:38 am, affected a building comprising a room-and-parlour self-contained apartment and a two-bedroom flat. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the spokesperson for the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, firefighters responded swiftly after receiving a distress call from the area. The statement said the timely intervention of firemen prevented the fire from spreading to nearby structures and limited the extent of the damage recorded during the incident. It said firefighters swiftly mobilised to the scene and ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives have arrested a 63-year-old Chinese woman, Ting Hung Kiong, for allegedly attempting to smuggle a large consignment of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, into Nigeria. The suspect, a Chinese national naturalised in Malaysia, was arrested on Sunday, May 17, 2026, upon her arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, from Thailand via Dubai aboard an Emirates Airline flight. According to a statement issued on Sunday by NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the suspect was intercepted at the Terminal 2 arrival hall of the airport. Babafemi said investigations revealed that the suspect travelled from Malaysia to Thailand before proceeding to Nigeria through the...

The United Nations on Friday warned that about 35 million Nigerians are at risk of acute hunger from June to August. The UN Humanitarian Country Team in New York City, United States, said Nigeria was facing a deepening hunger crisis, with millions at risk as the lean season approaches. “Nearly one in seven people, that is 35 million people nationwide in Nigeria, are likely to face acute food insecurity during this year’s lean season, which runs from June to August,” it said. The UN said the latest report makes Nigeria one of the world’s largest hunger crises, with the burden falling overwhelmingly in the northern part of the country. undefined “If assistance is further delayed, millions of families will be forced to reduce meals further, sell assets, or withdraw their childr...

Donald Trump has ordered Nigerians and other foreign nationals seeking permanent residency in the United States to return to their home countries to complete their green card applications. The new directive, announced on Friday by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, will apply to most applicants except in what authorities described as “extraordinary circumstances.” According to USCIS, the policy is intended to restore the original structure of US immigration law by requiring foreigners already in the country on temporary visas to process residency applications through American consulates abroad. “We’re returning to the original intent of the law to ensure aliens navigate our nation’s immigration system properly,” the agency stated. “From now on, an alien who is in th...

497 Nigerian migrants evacuated from Niger Republic through the Jibia border have been received in Nigeria by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI).‎‎The returnees arrived at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport at about 12:25pm on Friday, May 22, from Agadez in Niger Republic.‎‎The migrants were received by officials of the commission’s Kano Field Office alongside other relevant agencies.‎‎Speaking during the reception, the Federal Commissioner of the commission, Dr. Tijjani Aliyu Ahmed, said the evacuation followed a coordinated humanitarian effort by the Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Represented at the exercise by the Kano Field Coordinator of the commission, Lub...

The Trump administration has directed that any migrant seeking to get a green card must return to their home country to apply, effectively closing a loophole that allows migrants to remain in the United States while awaiting permanent residency. On Friday, May 22, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced new guidance directing immigration officers to treat the transition from temporary nonimmigrant status to permanent immigrant status under Section 245(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as a process that should generally take place outside the United States. Under the guidance, individuals seeking lawful permanent residency would typically be required to return to their home country, complete screening procedures and obtain an immigra...