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US President Donald Trump has claimed that the “whole country” of Iran has been wiped out by the ongoing war, while predicting that the seven-month conflict will end “very quickly” and oil prices will subsequently “come tumbling down”.

A Director in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr Ali Mohammed, on Wednesday, told the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, that former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, was not a signatory to the Federal Government’s Consolidated Revenue Account from which ₦124.86 billion was withdrawn.

The Federal Government has moved to strengthen cooperation between Nigeria’s civil and military aviation authorities following the tragic Nigerian Air Force aircraft incident at Igbokoda, Ondo State.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has rejected attempts by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to rely on her acquittal by a United Kingdom court to challenge the forfeiture and sale of properties linked to her.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that 103,428,715 Nigerians are registered to vote in the 2027 general elections, with Lagos State emerging as the country’s largest electoral constituency, ahead of Kano and Kaduna.

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on the completion of 25 years in public office, describing the milestone as a rare achievement in a democratic system.

Efforts to consolidate the political reconciliation in Rivers State received another boost on Tuesday as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, APC governorship candidate Kingsley Chinda and their supporters met Governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of his political camp in Port Harcourt.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his address on the 1st of October, declared that Nigeria has moved from an economic reform era to an era of prosperity. With this declaration, a simple question has surfaced: What has actually changed since 2023?  

Oke disclosed this in a statement following the diplomatic ceremony held on Monday, October 5, describing it as a brief but significant occasion that formally marked the commencement of his assignment as Nigeria’s envoy to the French Republic.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed the death of all 25 persons aboard its ATR 42 aircraft, NAF 931, which crashed in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State.