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In many communities across Zamfara State, the fasting season is a time of reflection, faith, and shared sacrifice. But for thousands of families facing economic hardship, it can also be a period of increased strain. This year, relief came in a tangible, heartfelt, and memorable form. TMDK Group, through its coordinated community outreach initiative, distributed 7,000 bags of rice and 10,000 bags of maize flour to residents within the Talata Mafara LGA in Zamfara State. The distribution was designed to support vulnerable households during the fasting season, ensuring that families could observe the period with dignity and reduced financial pressure…

President Donald Trump The US had claimed that its current invasion of Iran is over nuclear talks, but these fell apart given the contradictory statements by Trump and leading members of his administration. These include claims that the talks were stalling, which was a lie, to claims that Iran had developed a nuclear capacity to strike US. The lie in the latter is in the fact that the same US claimed in June, 2025 that it had destroyed Iran’s nuclear programme. The on-going invasion of Iran by the United States (US) and Israel, coupled with the zeal of the European…

News » Premier League news » Manchester United newsMarch 6, 2026 20:11 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Man Utd duo to return vs Villa? Manchester United are set to receive a double injury boost ahead of the Premier League clash against Aston Villa at Old Trafford this month. The Red Devils were recently on a seven-match unbeaten streak before a disappointing loss to Newcastle United at St James’ Park on Sunday.Lisandro Martinez was sidelined for a third-straight game with a calf problem, but he is poised to return against the Villans on the 15th of March.The centre-back could be reinstated in the starting XI…

Nigerian football fans have turned to dark humour on social media platform X to mock the country’s persistent electricity crisis, joking that even if the Super Eagles make it to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, many Nigerians will have no power to watch the matches, Saturday PUNCH reports. The jokes come against the backdrop of a worsening national grid situation. Nigeria’s electricity generation dropped below the 4,000 megawatt threshold in recent weeks due to persistent gas supply shortages affecting thermal power plants, with the Nigerian Independent System Operator recording just 3,940.53 megawatts as of one Thursday morning. The grid collapsed…

Popular afrobeats singer, Ahmed Ololade, better known as Asake, has melted the hearts of people after a video of him gifting his father, Fatai Odunsi, fondly known as Malo, a 2025 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado jeep, valued at about N130m on Friday, March 6, 2026. Earlier in the week, Asake had gifted his mother a new Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon G63, said to be worth about N311m. Although fans initially questioned his motive for gifting his mother a new car without doing the same for his father, Asake and his father remained silent, letting their actions speak amid the heated debates that…

“At a time of tensions both globally and regionally, it is in everyone’s interest to secure lasting peace and security in Colombia,” said Miroslav Jenča, delivering his quarterly briefing. He said the coming year “undoubtedly provides a window to advance peace as a strategic national objective, and for Colombia and its partners to engage constructively through dialogue to address shared challenges,” particularly in the border area with Venezuela “where cooperation on all sides is essential.”  Switch in focus Mr. Jenča also heads the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, and he reported on re-organization outlined in Council resolution 2798 (2025), adopted last October. The resolution extended the Mission’s mandate for a year…

At the funeral, a woman clutched a photograph of smiling pupils—perhaps her own daughters, now dead. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights demanded a “prompt, impartial and thorough investigation” into what it called a “horrific” attack. Iran is in mourning. One hundred and sixty-five schoolgirls and staff were killed in a strike during the U.S.–Israel war, their small coffins draped in the national flag and borne on trucks through grieving streets. I read all these on Al Jazeera! What kind of people spend their days and nights designing, manufacturing and storing weapons that mass-kill innocent…

“5G” is an umbrella term that encompasses the current fifth-generation cellular wireless network technologies. All the major carriers and phones support 5G connections, which can offer faster data speeds than older technologies such as 4G LTE or 3G.Essentially there are three types of 5G: Millimeter-wave (mmWave), which can be fast but has limited range; low-band 5G, which has slower speeds but works on a broader range; and midband, which is a balance between the two that’s faster than low-band but also covers a larger range than millimeter-wave. Midband also incorporates C-band, a batch of spectrum auctioned off by the Federal Communications Commission in 2021.Your phone’s 5G connection…

The Peoples Democratic Party has hailed a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja that directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise Oluwole Oluyede as its governorship candidate in Ekiti State. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said in a statement on Friday that the Court’s ruling clears the way for the party’s victory in the Ekiti Governorship election. Despite INEC’s announcement of July 20 as the election date, the PDP had been mired in internal crisis. INEC had previously rejected the party’s governorship candidate, Oluyede, led by Tanimu Turaki, SAN, citing non-compliance with the Electoral Act. The candidate and…

By Adedapo Adesanya President Bola Tinubu has approved the postings of 65 ambassadors-designate and high commissioners to various countries and the United Nations, including the former head of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Lateef Kayode Are, who is to serve in the United States. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, disclosed on Friday that 31 non-career and 34 career ambassadors have been assigned to their duty posts. The Senate had confirmed all 65 nominees in December 2025 following screening by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has…