The latest war of words comes as the 60-day peace agreement between both countries expires without a final deal. U.S. President Donald Trump has said that there are no talks underway with Iran, while Iran says U.S. violations of the initial terms rendered the deadline meaningless.

Against all odds, the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has been re-elected for another four-year term after emerging winner in the state governorship poll held on Saturday, August 15, 2026 across the state. Adeleke, Accord party candidate in the election, polled a total of 511,067 votes and won in 19 councils, to defeat his closest rival Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Candidate (APC) who polled 444,815 votes and won 11 councils to emerge second in the race.

Local authorities issued a level five emergency warning, its highest alert, on Thursday. This was downgraded to a level four by Friday morning, but they continue to warn of landslide and flooding risks. The deluge comes after a series of storms swept through Japan and neighbouring countries this week, in what meteorologists forecast to be an unusually active typhoon season.

Thirty-six hours after the 7.4-magnitude quake hit western Colombia, a woman has been rescued from the rubble in the city of Pereira. This comes as the death toll in the earthquake has risen to almost 200, with hundreds of others reported to be missing. The 32-year-old woman, Daniela Largo, from was pulled from beneath a […]

There is no end yet to the reactions trailing the recent anti-Christian comments by an Islamic cleric, Yahya Jingir, in Kano. This time, it is coming from a renowned vocal Christian cleric, Prophet Isa El-Buba. The General Overseer of El-Buba Outreach Ministries has strongly condemned Jingir’s statement, insisting that Nigeria belongs to both Christians and […]

Preliminary reports had it that the earthquake, the most devastating in the country for a long time, shook Cali, Bogotá and several other major cities in the western part of the country, causing significant damage particularly to buildings. The tremor was felt strongly in the nation’s capital, with alarms sounding and people rushing to the streets as a precaution.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said his country rejects the latest US-backed peace plan for Gaza, demanding the full disarmament of Hamas before any Israeli forces withdraw.

Tehran has now spelled out what means, laying out a series of conditions that appear to go beyond the memorandum of understanding which was agreed in June but later suspended amid US strikes on Iran, Iranian retaliation across the Middle East and a resurgence of attacks on shipping.

INEC announced the extension in a statement issued on Sunday by the Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna.

A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who was at the scene, reports that all entry points into Mokwa were blocked by the angry protesters.