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Following intensive talks, we are pleased to announce that the Peace Deal between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran has been REACHED. Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
The official signing ceremony will be on Friday, 19 June in Switzerland.
We would like to thank the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran for their commitment to finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict. We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to our brothers in this mediation effort, the great leadership of State of Qatar, for their support in reaching this agreement. I would also especially thank the visionary leadership of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Republic of Türkiye for their immense contributions in this regard.
With the agreement now in place, mediators will facilitate a series of meetings this week. These pre-implementation discussions will lay the foundation for the technical talks and the official signing ceremony.
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Mahmoud Sadis Buba (Abin Alʼajabi) wani ɗan takarar majalisar tarayya mai wakiltar Sabon Garin Zariya ne da ke jan hankali saboda yanayin halittarsa.
Abin Alʼajabi ya shaida wa BBC dalilin da ya sa ya fito wannan takara.
🎥 - Isa Umar Ladu/Abba Auwalu
Furodusa - Aminu Kutama
""In 2023, Tinubu won election with the sweat and majority of the Muslims votes, absolutely no doubt about that. Unfortunately, based on the facts available, it is clear that the Muslims, Islam and the North are not his priority but are the victims of his leadership. All he focuses on is Lagos, and even in Lagos, his most beloved are the Christians who constitutes the greatest beneficiaries. Dear politicians, this is the truth, ALLAH ordered us to say it and we must say it as it is. I am therefore advising our clerics that this year, when you want to campaign for Bola to us this time around, don't ask us to support him because he is our brother in Islam, or he is a Muslim, don't ask us to support him because he picks a Muslim running mate, tell us exactly what development he brought to us, tell us how his leadership improves our lives, how his leadership improves our health, education, transportation or agriculture and businesses, or if he has ever fulfilled his campaign promise that he will unfailingly provide electricity if he is elected, build your campaigns based on these. And if he doesn't have all these as mentioned, then allow us to chose a better person....." - PROFESSOR MANSUR SOKOTO
BREAKING: Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been named as Iran’s new Supreme Leader, state media report.
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Tinubu, Wale Edun, and the Politics of a Silent Exit
The unfolding drama between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has moved beyond routine cabinet disagreement into the realm of political intrigue. What Nigerians are witnessing is not merely a policy dispute, but a calculated stripping of authority that raises questions about intent, succession, and the real power dynamics within the Tinubu administration.
At the heart of the crisis is a sharp contradiction over revenue performance. While the President publicly declared that revenue targets were being met and even surpassed, Edun reportedly took a different route. In engagements with global financial institutions the World Bank, the IMF, and other multilateral partners he is said to have presented figures that reflected economic realities rather than political optimism. In doing so, he allegedly sought to distance himself from what he considered financial propaganda built on numbers “beyond manipulation.”
That divergence appears to have triggered presidential ire. Shortly after what insiders describe as a media onslaught by the minister, Edun was summoned to the Presidential Villa and reportedly rebuked harshly. The reprimand was swiftly followed by action: a circular was issued stripping him of his core statutory responsibilities and transferring them to the Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite. Overnight, the office of the substantive minister was rendered largely ceremonial his desk emptied, his authority hollowed out.
Yet, curiously, Edun was neither relieved of his appointment nor permitted the dignity of resignation. He remains a minister in name, trapped in a political limbo that suggests a deliberate strategy: neutralise first, discard later.
The depth of the rift became public during the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting. As customary, Edun arrived to chair the session, only to be confronted by his minister of state, armed with instructions to preside instead. The standoff forced an adjournment. When the meeting reconvened later in the day, both ministers again insisted on their legitimacy. Summoned to a higher authority, the matter was settled decisively. By 5pm, only Dr. Uzoka-Anite returned to chair the meeting. The message was unmistakable.
Beyond the personal clash lies a broader political context. Tinubu’s appointments have drawn criticism for favouring his ethnic and political base, reinforcing perceptions of exclusion and narrowing trust within the federation. Against this backdrop, the re-emergence of former Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun into public discourse has not gone unnoticed.
Adeosun, who resigned under President Muhammadu Buhari over allegations relating to a forged NYSC exemption certificate, has recently granted a series of confident interviews. She now leans on a court judgment which held that an NYSC discharge or exemption certificate is not a prerequisite for ministerial appointment. However, as Premium Times has pointed out, the ruling did not directly address the allegation of forgery itself. Still, the vigor with which Adeosun has reclaimed the public space suggests more than personal vindication. It suggests readiness.
Is Wale Edun being quietly eased out to make way for a familiar face aligned with Tinubu’s comfort zone? The pattern of public humiliation, institutional emasculation, and sustained silence points to a managed exit rather than an abrupt dismissal.
For now, Edun remains suspended between office and oblivion, a cautionary tale of what happens when technocratic truth collides with political narrative. Whether he survives this storm or becomes another footnote in Nigeria’s revolving door of finance ministers is a question only time and the President will answer.
The 2026 Budget allocation by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs):
1. Presidency → ₦355,100,320,721
2. National Assembly → ₦344,852,880,669
3. Ministry of Defence → ₦3,154,393,400,291
4. Ministry of Foreign Affairs → ₦344,235,906,716
5. Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation → ₦98,163,122,322
6. Ministry of Interior → ₦696,416,792,599
7. Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation → ₦26,942,251,897
8. Auditor General for the Federation → ₦15,881,134,488
9. Public Complaints Commission → ₦29,460,000,000
10. Federal Civil Service Commission → ₦2,604,702,873
11. Independent National Electoral Commission → ₦1,013,778,401,602
12. Federal Character Commission → ₦6,531,190,463
13. Federal Ministry of Police Affairs → ₦1,329,461,895,087
14. Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy → ₦84,560,421,789
15. National Security Adviser → ₦664,119,740,541
16. Code of Conduct Tribunal → ₦2,370,626,414
17. Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission → ₦2,780,925,426
18. Police Service Commission → ₦2,397,074,830
19. Secretary to the Government of the Federation → ₦293,021,567,646
20. Federal Ministry of Special Duties & Inter-Governmental Affairs → ₦13,781,104,156
21. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security → ₦1,447,973,604,421
22. Federal Ministry of Finance → ₦16,781,272,498,002
23. Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment → ₦87,436,249,085
24. Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment → ₦183,572,952,990
25. Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation → ₦838,674,080,349
26. Federal Ministry of Transport → ₦431,798,285,025
27. Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace → ₦88,209,964,483
28. Federal Ministry of Power → ₦1,107,103,148,958
29. Ministry of Petroleum Resources → ₦71,597,986,053
30. Federal Ministry of Steel Development → ₦21,520,279,269
31. Federal Ministry of Works → ₦3,485,652,384,621
32. Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning → ₦9,102,998,474,710
33. National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission → ₦4,683,161,168
34. Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission → ₦4,710,115,027
35. Fiscal Responsibility Commission → ₦1,991,672,502
36. Federal Ministry of Water Resources → ₦458,648,182,716
37. Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development → ₦105,926,305,272
38. Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy → ₦149,181,952,655
39. Federal Ministry of Tourism → ₦10,417,248,347
40. Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy → ₦59,882,227,219
41. Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development → ₦156,335,330,765
42. Federal Ministry of Livestock → ₦81,186,171,499
43. Judiciary → ₦341,625,739,236
44. Federal Ministry of Justice → ₦150,554,556,545
45. Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission → ₦21,120,395,993
46. Code of Conduct Bureau → ₦15,748,365,861
47. Federal Capital Territory Administration → ₦460,737,525,183
48. Federal Ministry of Niger Delta → ₦1,350,964,245,478
49. National Sports Commission → ₦206,433,718,652
50. Federal Ministry of Women Affairs → ₦154,315,760,358
51. Federal Ministry of Education → ₦2,399,161,320,016
52. Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare → ₦2,149,385,867,131
53. Federal Ministry of Environment → ₦164,144,903,358
54. National Population Commission → ₦31,359,208,037
55. Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation → ₦462,663,187,207
56. Federal Ministry of Youth Development → ₦518,362,661,771
The brutal killings of 16 innocent people, which happened in the Udune Efandion community in Uromi, Edo State, yesterday, 27th March 2025, are highly irresponsible and a clear case of jungle justice. The video has clearly shown human inhumanity to humans in Nigeria.
Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the government to ensure citizens are protected and culprits are always brought to book without any form of selective justice. It is said that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
In addition, the protection of the lives and property of citizens is not a favour but the primary responsibility of government as enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution Section 14 (2) (b). I also strongly advise security agencies to carefully analyse the video being circulated on the killings and identify the criminals, and arrest them. The following technologies and their applications are recommended:
1) Object Detection: Identifies specific objects, such as face, skin, clothing, or accessories, using computer vision. Colour, OpenCV, and PyTorch;
2) Facial Recognition Technology (FRT): Uses artificial intelligence (AI) to compare facial features in the video with that of the suspects. Convolutional Neural Networks and OpenFace are apt here; and
3) Deep Learning-based Video Analysis: Uses neural networks to analyse video content. Google Cloud Video Intelligence is relevant in this regard.
I believe the technologies, algorithms, and applications mentioned above can help the security agencies to identify the culprits involved in this brutality and those committed in the past and even the future.
Our heartfelt condolences to the family of the victims while praying to Allah to be merciful to them and bring absolute peace and stability in Nigeria. May Allah expose the perpetrators of this crime and all the perpetrators of the previous crimes committed in Nigeria and the world in general.
Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, CON
(Majidadin Daular Usmaniyya)