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US President Donald Trump has shared what appears to be an AI-generated video depicting Iran’s Kharg Island being blown up. The video, posted on Trump’s Truth Social account, shows what appears to be the view from a military aircraft as structures on the island are detonated. Trump accompanied the video with the words: “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!” Kharg Island, located about 25 kilometres off Iran’s coast, is the country’s primary oil export terminal and handles around 90 per cent of its oil exports. The post came hours after the US struck two Iranian launchers for the first time in weeks, with several people reportedly killed and injured. The strikes took place on Iran’s Larak Island on Sunday, August 30, according to a US official. They were the first known US st...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bashir Ahmad has criticised a United States lobbying firm over claims that President Tinubu will not be granted access to meet with his US counterpart, Donald Trump. The US firm, Von Batten-Montague-York had in a statement on Monday revealed that the meeting “Tinubu has been pushing for” with Trump at the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA “will not happen.” According to the firm, “key members of the Trump Administration have made it clear that President Trump is not going to meet privately with an alleged heroin trafficker.” Reacting, Bashir declared that as a political attack “dressed up as certainty.” According to Bashir, “Tinubu is the democratically elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ...

The Kogi state police command has rescued ten out of the fifteen corps members abducted by suspected k!dnappers along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Ofu Local  Government Area of Kogi State last Wednesday, August 26. The victims were travelling from the NYSC orientation camp in Bayelsa State when they were abducted. The corps members were reportedly on their way to Abuja after completing the three-week orientation programme in Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA of Bayelsa when armed assailants attacked the vehicles.  The state Commissioner of Police, Naziru Kankarufi, who confirmed this development to newsmen, said security agents are combing the surrounding forests and intensifying efforts to rescue the remaining victims. The police boss mentioned that several suspects have been ar...

Iran and the United States traded strikes overnight into Monday, marking their first direct military exchange in over a month and threatening to shatter weeks of relative calm. The escalation began on Sunday when the US military conducted a targeted strike against two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island, located near the Strait of Hormuz. Captain Tim Hawkins, spokesperson for US Central Command (CENTCOM), confirmed that the action was taken after observing Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces preparing to deploy sea mines into the critical shipping lane. CENTCOM defended the move as a necessary measure to eliminate an imminent threat to commercial shipping and protect global energy routes. Iranian state media reported casualties among military personnel and civilians ...

The Federal Government has unveiled plans to establish world-class medical simulation centres across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones as it targets an increase in annual medical school admissions to 20,000 within the next three years. The move is part of efforts to expand the country’s healthcare workforce and strengthen practical training for medical and other health professional students amid concerns over the migration of Nigerian-trained healthcare workers. The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this while receiving the report of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Medical Simulation Committee. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Office of the Minister of Education and signed by the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the minister...

The African Action Congress, AAC, has rejected the reported suspension of the case against its 2027 presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of State Services, DSS In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Rex Elanu, on Sunday, the AAC asked the DSS to immediately discontinue the prosecution of Sowore. The party’s demand followed reports that the secret police had suspended its prosecution of Sowore until after the 2027 presidential election. Recall that the DSS ordered its private counsel, Akinolu Kehinde, SAN, to take steps to suspend the alleged cyberbullying case instituted against Sowore until after the 2027 presidential election The development came against the backdrop of a meeting between the Director-General of the DSS, Tosin...

Gunmen who abducted members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have demanded N20m ransom each. LIB reported that the 15 corps members travelling from Bayelsa State to Abuja after completing their three-week orientation exercise were abducted along the Aloma-Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. A family member of one of the victims told Daily Trust that the abductors had contacted them to make known their ransom demand. "One of our daughters who was kidnapped on her way from Bayelsa State to Abuja after completing three weeks orientation camp. The kidnappers are requesting N20 million naira,” the family source said. The development comes after the Kogi State Police Command confirmed the abduction of some passengers, including NYSC members, along t...

The Benue State Police Command has arrested a 500-level student of Fr Moses Adasu University, formerly Benue State University, for allegedly attacking a neighbour with hot water. The spokesperson for the command, DSP Peter Aondongu, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, August 29, 2026 said that an investigation had commenced to unravel the cause of fighting between the two students. “Yes, it happened yesterday, Friday, August 28, 2026. From the information I have, both students were staying in the same room and had an issue. The suspect allegedly boiled water, added salt and pepper, and poured the mixture on the victim and then locked her inside,” the PPRO said.  “After some time, people became aware of what had happened and were able to intervene and rescu...

Former Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno has been found guilty of bribery in a corruption case linked to the construction of the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, the public prosecutor’s office said on Friday, August 28. Moreno, 73, was sentenced to five years in prison and permanently barred from holding public office. The attorney general’s office launched an investigation in March 2023, alleging that Moreno, members of his family and local and Chinese business partners were involved in a corruption network connected to the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant. The facility began operating in 2016 but has experienced technical problems since. “Lenin Moreno’s conduct is consistent with the charges brought by the prosecution: the crime of bribery attributed to a public officia...

President Bola Tinubu has begun a three-week vacation as part of his annual leave. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday. The statement said Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday (today) for Europe. His  first stop will be London, United Kingdom. According to the statement, President Tinubu is expected to return home after the working vacation to join the hectic campaigns for the January 2027 election. https://youtu.be/B8OZHw-V6Go?si=0xXkJo88SM2R4kUh