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Africa’s energy market is undergoing a major shift as rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East force countries to rethink their fuel supply chains, positioning the Dangote Refinery as a critical alternative for the continent. The ongoing conflict involving Iran has disrupted global oil flows, particularly through key transit routes such as the Strait of Hormuz, which accounts for a significant share of global crude supply. The disruption has triggered a sharp increase in oil prices and tightened the availability of refined petroleum products worldwide. As a result, African nations that have historically depended on fuel imports from the Persian…

Borno State governor Babagana Zulum, has said that five suicide bombers slipped into the state, and only three of them have set off their IEDs so far. Read Also: Maiduguri Explosions: How UNIMAID professors narrowly escaped being killed He dropped the bombshell in an exclusive chat with BBC News Pidgin on Friday, while reacting to the triple blasts that rocked Maiduguri, the Borno capital in north-east Nigeria. At least 23 people were killed and around 100 others wounded when suspected suicide bombers hit three spots at once. The Nigerian Army said the targets were the Post Office area, the Monday…

The Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, has released a video reportedly showing coordinated attacks on Nigerian military camps located in Buratai, Maiduguri, and Shiwari, also known as Mile 4 near Baga. According to the group, the assaults were executed on the night between March 15 and 16. It would be recalled that the ISWAP had earlier issued a statement taking responsibility for the attacks, reiterating its claim of inflicting casualties on Nigerian troops. ISWAP also claimed that five Nigerian soldiers were killed in the attack. However, the Nigerian Army said only injuries were recorded, with no fatalities confirmed. See…

News » Premier League news » Newcastle United newsMarch 20, 2026 21:10 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Delap to Newcastle? Chelsea are prepared to part ways with striker Liam Delap amid interest from Newcastle United, according to talkSPORT. The west London giants won the race to sign the Englishman from Ipswich Town last summer, but the move has not worked out.Delap struggled with injuries during the early phase of his career and has since played second fiddle to Joao Pedro upfront.The 23-year-old has netted just two goals from 31 appearances and it is claimed that he could be offloaded in the summer.Delap is valued…

South Korean megastars BTS reunite Saturday for their first show in nearly four years, with an expected 260,000 fans taking over central Seoul for a K-pop extravaganza livestreamed to millions more worldwide. Widely lauded as the biggest boy band in the world, BTS went on hiatus in 2022 so the group’s seven members could serve compulsory stints in the South Korean military. The comeback concert by the group at the vanguard of the Korean cultural wave is staged on the doorstep of the historic Gyeongbokgung royal palace — a fitting venue for the so-called “Kings of K-pop”. Hundreds of thousands of…

After a four-year break, K-pop supergroup BTS returns Saturday with a massive, free comeback concert in Seoul, where thousands of police are locking down a central boulevard for the Netflix-exclusive spectacle expected to draw tens of thousands of fans. The performance at Gwanghwamun Square launches a global tour spanning dozens of shows across the United States, Europe and Asia, which analysts say could generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue per quarter. All seven members of the band — RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook — recently completed South Korea’s mandatory military service, and hope to reclaim their status as one of the world’s…

Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy — sparking internet parodies and adoration from presidents — has died at 86. Norris died Thursday, in what his family described as a “sudden passing.” “While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace,” the family said in a statement posted to social media. Before he would become a star in movies and on TV, Norris was wildly successful in competitive martial…

A jury has found Elon Musk liable for defrauding investors by deliberately driving down Twitter’s stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations, finding that he did not “scheme” to mislead investors. The civil trial in San Francisco centered on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control of Twitter, which he later renamed X. Jurors were asked to decide if two tweets and comments Musk made on a podcast in May 2022 amounted to him intentionally defrauding Twitter shareholders, who…

A senior vice president of Super Micro Computer Inc. and two others affiliated with the company were charged Thursday with conspiring to smuggle billions of dollars of computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China. The men violated U.S. export controls laws by scheming to divert massive quantities of the high-performance servers assembled in the United States to China between 2024 and 2025, according to the indictment in Manhattan federal court. In a release, FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle Jr. said the defendants used fabricated documents, staged bogus equipment to pass audit inventories and utilized a pass-through…

Amnesty International on Friday said that FIFA’s inaction on clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements flouts international law. “By refusing to take action against clubs based in Israeli settlements, FIFA has failed to enforce its own rules and is blatantly flouting international law,” Steve Cockburn, head of Economic and Social Justice at Amnesty International, said in a statement. Cockburn said that FIFA had “a clear opportunity” to stand up for Palestinians’ rights and international law, “with this decision it has shamefully chosen to abandon both.” The statement came after FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee on Thursday found the Israel Football Association (IFA)…