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In a move to end decades of legal deadlock, the Federal Government of Nigeria has officially restructured the infamous OPL 245 oilfield, splitting it into four separate assets. Sources familiar...

Air travel across the Middle East was thrown into chaos after joint strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel triggered widespread airspace closures, forcing the cancellation of thousands...

Iran will form an interim leadership council to assume the responsibilities of the Supreme Leader until a successor is selected, a senior security official said on Sunday, following confirmation of...

Iranian state media have confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following a joint military offensive by the United States and Israel, marking one of the most consequential...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is piloting an interactive simulation tool aimed at improving how quickly countries detect, report and respond to disease outbreaks. The initiative centres on the “7-1-7...

An Igbo advocacy group, the Ndigbo Worldwide Union, has endorsed calls by some U.S. lawmakers urging Nigeria to remove Sharia and blasphemy provisions from its Constitution, arguing that no modern...

The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) has pushed back against reported calls by some U.S. lawmakers to end the practice of Sharia law in Nigeria, describing such proposals...

Oil prices dipped on Friday and were set for a weekly decline as traders weighed progress in indirect talks between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme and...

Global financial markets continue to trade cautiously, as renewed concerns over artificial intelligence disruption and escalating geopolitical tensions unsettled investors, driving demand for safer assets such as government bonds and...

Attacks by Islamist militants have sharply increased in the border areas linking Niger, Benin and Nigeria, transforming once-remote transit routes into active conflict zones, according to new research by a...