Western powers on Thursday condemned Iran accelerating its production of highly enriched uranium, after a watchdog said it had upped manufacture following months of slowdown. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei(AFP) In a joint statement, Britain, France, Germany and the US said they “condemn this measure that further aggravates the continued escalation of the Iranian nuclear programme,” adding that “Iran’s production of highly enriched uranium has no credible civilian justification”. The statement came two days after the International Atomic Energy Agency released a report saying Iran “increased its production of highly enriched uranium, reversing a previous output reduction from mid-2023.”…
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Ayokunle Odekunle, a legal practitioner with extensive milieu in social commentary, has died, Peoples Gazette heard from his family members. Nigerian-born and educated before later moving to Canada, Mr Odekunle discovered he had stomach cancer that was spreading fast and leaving too little time to contain when he arrived in Edmonton in 2020, The Gazette heard during a recent interaction with him after doctors said his condition had become impossible to save. The cancer was stage four when he passed on Friday evening. Mr Odekunle studied law at the University of Ibadan, class of 2011, and was called to the…
It is Pollyannaish daydreaming to expect that two aggressively competing, proselytizing faiths such as Christianity and Islam can ever cohabit in perfect harmony, but in the Nigeria I grew up in, interpersonal relations between Christians and Muslims used to be reasonably cordial and respectful— for the most part. That’s now increasingly becoming a challenge, and no moments dramatize this fact than during the momentous religious festivities of the two faiths. During Christmas celebrations, for example, a band of idle, extremist, self-appointed, not to mention ignorant, Salafist moral police comb social media platforms in search of Muslims who wish Christians a…
French authorities have warned of a “very high” terror threat on New Year’s Eve because of the war in Gaza, as Germany also braced itself for violence. Gerard Darmanin, the French interior minister, said on Friday that 90,000 police officers and gendarmes would be deployed throughout the country during the festivities. “I’ve requested a very strong mobilisation of police forces and the gendarmerie under the context of a very high terrorist threat, of course due to what’s happening in Israel and Palestine,” said Mr Darmanin. Some 5,000 soldiers from Operation Sentinel, a military operation aimed at protecting the French from…
This is me shortly after arriving in the United States.It was while my mind was still in the box that the Islamic Republic had placed me in. This is me before I tried to learn beyond what I was fed before I saw the truth of the situation. It’s when I still believe the propaganda I have been fed since I was a child.I wholeheartedly supported the Palestinian cause because I assumed it was a matter of human rights. So you can see that I don’t hate Palestinians. I discovered that the “Free Palestine” movement was not concerned with human…
Betty-Anyanwu Akeredolu, wife of the ailing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has asked residents of the state, particularly those criticising some of her husband’s policies affecting the people, to “hug an electric transformer.” The insult hurled at the residents by Mrs Akeredolu came after a portion of the barricades installed on the busy dual carriageway of the popular Oba Adesida Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital, was removed by acting governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. “I’m an activist. Truth must be told, if e dey pain you, go hug transformer,” she wrote on her social media page on Monday. “Wall…
Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, is dead. According to sources, it was learnt that Akeredolu died in Lagos on Wednesday, December 27. He was 67 years old.
Maulana Prof. Maqary will be establishing the first female-only university in Nigeria. It is called Tazkiyah University and is located in Kaduna. May Allah bless it and help him.
A recent analysis of the 2024 Appropriations Bill has unveiled a staggering revelation: the N197 billion budget allocated to the National Assembly surpasses the total allocations to 25 federal universities combined. This significant allocation to the federal Legislature has raised eyebrows, particularly as it contrasts with the financial challenges faced by numerous sectors in Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu’s approach to the National Assembly’s budget has been viewed by critics as a continuation of a historical trend, favoring lawmakers at a time when citizens grapple with economic reforms such as fuel subsidy removal and the merger of the Naira exchange rates.…
