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Iran said it has told Donald Trump it is willing to open the strait of Hormuz in six days, and to start talks on its nuclear program the day after, so long as the US lifts sanctions on Iran’s oil exports in return, ends the war on all fronts – including in Lebanon – and releases some of Iran’s frozen assets.The proposal is designed to accelerate the steps first laid down in the memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran in June, particularly by helping the talks on Iran’s nuclear program start much more quickly than previously agreed.Iran…

The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has asked CWAY to improve the handling, storage and distribution of its bottled-water products following an inspection of the company’s production facility. The inspection followed a viral social media video and complaints about CWAY’s products, TVC News reported on Thursday.  LASCOPA officials inspected the production line, including bottle filling, capping and labelling, and checked how finished products were prepared, transported and stored before distribution. During the inspection, officials found plastic bottles set aside for disposal because they were considered unsuitable for use. CWAY told the officials that the discarded bottles were passed through…

The verdict on the Mambilla dispute has once again shown the extent public officials undermine their country, writes JOSHUA J. OMOJUWA What chance does a country have when its Attorney General is dancing with those who would undermine its interests at the highest level? That is not a rhetorical flourish. It is the question left standing after a three-member tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce delivered a 616-page final award in Paris on 16 September, and Nigeria won a case that never should have been. Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited commenced arbitration against Nigeria on 10 October 2017,…

 Who decides Nigeria’s elections: the voter, the politician, or the system standing between them? asks PAT ONUKWULI  Some statements politicians make disappear with the news cycle, while others linger because they touch the foundations of public trust. Recent remarks by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike fall into the latter category. Taken separately, they may be dismissed as political bravado. Taken together, however, they raise uncomfortable questions about Nigeria’s elections and voters’ sovereignty.  Speaking recently about the 2023 presidential election, Wike explained that the G5 governors had a strategy to deny Atiku Abubakar the traditional PDP advantage in the South-South. According to him,…

Michael Phillips played at a lagoon as a child, oblivious to the toxic chemicals within.

It was more than a rave; it was a runway, a dancefloor, and a statement all at once. When Desperados partnered with Roadblock at the EUI Centre in Port Harcourt, young people came dressed to express, not just to impress. Writes Mary Nnah Self-expression was the real dress code at the EUI Centre in Port Harcourt on Sunday, September 6, as Desperados, the Beer with Latin Vibe, partnered with Roadblock to deliver an eight-hour immersive experience that the city will not forget in a hurry. A City Ready To Show Up And Show Out By evening, the venue was already filling up.…

“I think increasingly the way to survive the news is to say things like: ‘I find it fascinating from a human behaviour point of view,’” says Marina Hyde. “It’s like a firewall against actually thinking: ‘My God, I mean, what are we living through?’”On the publication of her new book, What a Time to Be Alive!, The Guardian’s award-winning columnist talks to Nosheen Iqbal about Donald Trump, AI, Taylor Swift’s wedding … and her chance, tragic encounter with Keir Starmer. Photograph: Jay Brooks/The Guardian

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The emergence of Omooba Otukayode Hakeem Otufale as the new Olori Ebi of the Fusengbuwa/Jadiara Ruling House of Ijebu-Ode has opened a fresh chapter in the prolonged search for the next Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland. Coming after months of disagreements over the conduct of the succession exercise, competing claims to leadership of the ruling house and legal disputes, the development should be seen as an opportunity to reset the process and restore confidence in an institution whose decisions have consequences far beyond the walls of the family house. The Awujale is not an ordinary traditional title. It is…

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Party (NDC), Peter Obi, has backed the position of the party’s national leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, that support groups should not assume the party’s functions, rejecting the presidential campaign council recently constituted by the Obi-Kwankwaso Movement, popularly known as the OK Movement. Obi stated this during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time on Thursday while reacting to the dispute between the NDC and the movement over the 59-member Presidential Campaign Council. The OK Movement had announced the council on September 17, but the NDC later distanced itself from the structure, saying the…