War: Iran Says Operation Completed, Threatens Israel With Bigger Response If Attacked, To Hit U.S. Bases If Washington Backs Counterattack Top Iranian commanders warned Israel on Sunday that the country would face a bigger attack if it retaliates against overnight drone and missile strikes, adding that Washington has been told not to back any military action from its ally. “Our response will be much larger than tonight’s military action if Israel retaliates against Iran,” Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri told state TV, adding that Tehran warned Washington that any backing of Israeli retaliation would result…
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EXCLUSIVE: Fear Of Sacking Massive Looms As Tinubu Moves To ‘Overhaul’ Agencies Chief executives of some Nigerian government agencies including the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Code of Conduct Bureau, Public Complaints Commission, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and the Legal Aid Council are reportedly anxious over moves by President Bola Tinubu’s administration to overhaul the agencies. This is part of plans for the justice sector reform, multiple sources said. It was gathered that some of them would be sacked while others would be retained or moved to other agencies. The wave of reforms may…
Exams Conducted During Eid-El-Fitr Holiday Are Illegal, MURIC Tells Nigerian Universities An Islamic human rights advocacy group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has declared examinations taken in two universities in Enugu on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2024 as illegal, null and void. In a statement issued on Saturday, the group’s Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, described the examinations as illegal and unacceptable by any standard because they were taken on days declared as public holidays by the Nigerian Government. The group called for the cancellation of the examination and tests. It said, “Reports reaching us from the…
BREAKING: FG Finally Bows To Pressure, Set To Engage Hunters, Vigilantes To Boost Security The National Coordinator, Financing Safe Schools Initiative, Mrs Halima Iliya, says plans are underway to actively engage hunters and vigilantes on intelligence gathering to curb attacks on schools across the country. The National Coordinator gave this indication in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. She said that aggressive community engagements and sensitization of students, parents and teachers will kick-off in the second quarter of the year. “As a component of the plan, for states with local vigilantes, we intend…
3rd World War Looms, Israel Reopens Airspace After Attack By Iran Israel has reopened its airspace following an attack by Iran using drones and missiles. Military and commercial flights to Israel have also resumed. Israel said over 300 drones were launched at it from Iran, Iraq and Yemen but most of them were intercepted with the support of the US and UK. There have been no casualties reported so far. Iran said the attacks were in retaliation for a 1 April attack on an Iranian consulate in Syria which killed seven Iranian officials including two generals. Consulates are diplomatic buildings…
Tinubu Speaks On Distance Learning In Nigeria President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that his administration will continue to promote the Open and Distance Learning, ODL, to improve access to higher education in the country. Mr Tinubu gave the assurance at the 13th Convocation and Investiture of the third Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, on Saturday in Abuja. “We will continue to do this in order to improve quality, access and affordability,” he said. Mr Tinubu was represented at the event by Dr Biodun Saliu, the Deputy Executive Secretary, National…
War: Get Ready – Iran Sends Strong Warning US, Others Iran has warned the US, the UK and their allies against getting involved in the war against Israel. The Islamic country also named its conflict against Israel ‘Operation True Promise.’ Iran launched hundreds of drones as well as cruise missiles towards Israel on Saturday. Experts fear that this could bring the six-month-old war in Gaza into a full-blown regional conflagration. Both Israel and Iran have confirmed the launch of what are believed to be powerful Iranian-manufactured Shahed drones. The Israel Defense Forces IDF said more than 100 drones had been…
War: You’ll Be Harmed, We’re Strong – Israel Sends Strong Warning Iran The Israeli Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned that whoever harms his country will in turn be harmed. The prime minister said this in a statement on Saturday evening in reaction to Iran’s drone attacks towards Israel. In recent weeks, Israel and its allies such as the US and UK have been preparing for a direct attack by Iran. However, Netanyahu warned, “Our defensive systems are deployed; we are ready for any scenario, both defensively and offensively,” he said. “The State of Israel is strong. The IDF is…
Iran Attack On Israel ‘Foiled’, Israeli Army The Israeli army said Sunday that Iran’s attack using hundreds of drones and missiles had been “foiled”, with 99 percent of them intercepted overnight. “The Iranian attack was foiled,” Israeli army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement. None of the drones and cruise missiles that were launched towards Israel had entered its territory, Hagari said, and “only a few” ballistic missiles reached Israel. One of them “lightly hit the Nevatim base”, he added, noting that the military compound was “still functioning”. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement:…
BREAKING: Blasts Rocks Jerusalem As Iran’s Drones Arrive Multiple blasts ripped through Jerusalem as missiles and drones fired by Iran arrived in Israel. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had launched direct attack… Multiple blasts ripped through Jerusalem as missiles and drones fired by Iran arrived in Israel. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had launched direct attack on Israel in retaliation of the killing of its men and two generals on April 1, 2024. The Interesting Things About Pha Din Pass, Dien Bien That Just A Few People Know Iran had accused Israel of attacking its consulate in Damascus,…