Nigeria, Netherlands Sign Historic Customs Alliance On Trade Facilitation, Border Security 

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsNigeria, Netherlands Sign Historic Customs Alliance On Trade Facilitation, Border Security 

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 26, 2026

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Customs Administration of the Kingdom of the Netherlands have signed a Joint Declaration to strengthen collaboration between the two Customs authorities. This has reinforced ongoing efforts to enhance trade facilitation, border security, capacity building, and the fight against transnational organised crime. This declaration was signed on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Brussels by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, and the Director-General of Netherlands Customs, Mrs. Nanette Van...

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UK Prime Minister, Starmer Announces Resignation

NewsWorld NewsUK Prime Minister, Starmer Announces Resignation

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 22, 2026

Keir Starmer, on Monday announced his resignation as British Prime Minister, after less than two years in office in a term characterised by policy U-turns. Starmer’s decision to announce his departure will now start a race among Labour MPs to become the UK’s seventh prime minister in 10 years, with Burnham in pole position to win. If he is uncontested, he could be in Downing Street within weeks. Speaking from a podium outside Downing Street...

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Oil Prices Crash 10% as Iran Reopens Strait of Hormuz

NewsOil & GasPoliticsWorld NewsOil Prices Crash 10% as Iran Reopens Strait of Hormuz

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 18, 2026

..Trump Confirms Easing of Tensions Global oil prices fell sharply on Friday, dropping by about 10 per cent after United States President Donald Trump confirmed that the strategic Strait of Hormuz has been reopened to commercial shipping. The development followed an announcement by Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, who said the vital maritime route had been restored for commercial traffic under an ongoing ceasefire arrangement in the Middle East. “In line with the ceasefire in...

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Mojtaba Khamenei Named Iran’s Supreme Leader as War With U.S., Israel Intensifies

NigeriaWorld NewsMojtaba Khamenei Named Iran’s Supreme Leader as War With U.S., Israel Intensifies

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 9, 2026

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named the new Supreme Leader of Iran following the death of his father, Ali Khamenei, in a move that signals the continued dominance of hardline leadership in Tehran amid the country’s escalating conflict with Israel and the United States. The decision was announced shortly after midnight in Tehran by the Assembly of Experts, the powerful clerical body responsible for selecting the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic. “By a decisive vote,...

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Widespread Protests by Shi’ite Groups Across Nigeria Over Death of Iran’s Supreme Leader

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsWidespread Protests by Shi’ite Groups Across Nigeria Over Death of Iran’s Supreme Leader

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 2, 2026

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), widely known as Shi’ites, took to the streets of several Nigerian states at the weekend in protests sparked by the reported killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a series of coordinated airstrikes by the United States and Israel. Demonstrations were held in Lagos, Kano, Niger, Sokoto, Gombe, Kaduna, Bauchi and Yobe states, where supporters of the movement marched through city streets, waving Iranian flags...

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Nigerian Elected To Chair UN Peacekeeping Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

AfricaNewsWorld NewsNigerian Elected To Chair UN Peacekeeping Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 20, 2026

The Charge d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations, Syndoph Endoni, has been elected to Chair the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, known to be “The UN’s most strategic committee,” for a record 54th time. The election to Chair of the committee, also known as C-34, was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York during the opening of the 2026 Session. Nigeria is among the world’s 15th-largest troop contributors...

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Grammy Honours Fela Kuti with Lifetime Achievement Award

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsWorld NewsGrammy Honours Fela Kuti with Lifetime Achievement Award

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 31, 2026

Afrobeat pioneer and Nigerian music legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has received a major global honour nearly three decades after his death. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported that the Recording Academy, organisers of the Grammy Awards, will posthumously confer a Lifetime Achievement Award on Fela. The honour makes him the first African to receive the prestigious award. According to the BBC, the award recognises Fela’s enduring influence on global music, culture and political expression....

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Colombian Lawmaker, 14 Others Dies In Plane Crash

NewsWorld NewsColombian Lawmaker, 14 Others Dies In Plane Crash

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 30, 2026

A Colombian lawmaker, Diogenes Quintero, and 14 other passengers died when a twin-propeller aircraft carrying 15 people crashed in a mountainous region near the Venezuelan border on January 28. The plane was carrying 13 passengers and two crew members. According to AFP, the aircraft departed from the border city of Cúcuta and lost contact with air traffic control shortly before it was scheduled to land in the nearby town of Ocaña at about 5:00 p.m....

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US Seizes Nigerian-Owned Supertanker Over Piracy Activities

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsUS Seizes Nigerian-Owned Supertanker Over Piracy Activities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 12, 2025

The joint operations of the United States Coast Guard and the US Navy have seized a Nigerian-owned supertanker, Skipper, following allegations linking the vessel to crude oil theft, piracy activities, and other cross-border crimes. Aside from suspicion of stolen crude, investigators are probing the tanker’s alleged role in transporting hard drugs and its possible ties to a network reportedly financed by Iranian-linked and other Islamist-backed money-laundering groups. The 20-year-old vessel, Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC)...

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Netherlands to Return 119 Stolen Benin Bronzes

Arts & CultureNewsNigeriaWorld NewsNetherlands to Return 119 Stolen Benin Bronzes

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 5, 2025

Over a century after they were looted during the 1897 British invasion of Benin, 119 Benin bronzes are finally making their way back home. The Dutch embassy in Nigeria confirmed to TheCable on Thursday that the artefacts will arrive in the country in the week of 16 June. A formal handover ceremony has been scheduled for 21 June at the National Museum in Lagos. From there, the artefacts will eventually be moved to their rightful...

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