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UPDATED: US/Israel-Iran War: Qatar 'shoots down' two Iranian fighter planes

Nigeria, March 2 -- Qatar has announced that its air force "successfully shot down" two Iranian fighter planes as well as seven ballistic missiles and five drones that entered its airspace. Qatari au... Read More


US/Israel-Iran War: Another American soldier killed as UK approves base for US use

Nigeria, March 2 -- Another US soldier has been killed by Iranian missiles as the war launched by Israel and the US on Iran intensifies. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that three American soldiers ha... Read More


Trump says Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead

Nigeria, March 1 -- President Donald Trump has said Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been killed alongside some other top Iranian officials. In a post on Truth Social, Mr Trump said... Read More


Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed

Nigeria, March 1 -- Iranian media has confirmed the death of the country's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran's Tasnim and Fars news agencies confirmed his death early Sunday, hours after I... Read More


Australian envoy visits NIWIMNRO, affirms need to support artisanal women miners

Nigeria, March 1 -- The Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Leilani Bin-Juda, has described the hardships faced by women in the Nigerian artisanal mining sector as "unbelievable" and affirmed the... Read More


185 Iranian schoolgirls now reported dead in US/Israeli missile attack

Nigeria, March 1 -- The death toll from the US and Israeli strike on an Iranian girls' elementary school has now risen to 185. CNN reports that the toll had moved from 95 to 118 to 185 as emergency w... Read More


85 Iranian schoolgirls now reported dead in US/Israeli missile attack

Nigeria, March 1 -- The death toll from a US and Israeli strike on an Iranian girls' elementary school has now risen to 85, according to local media. Al Jazeera quotes a report by Iran's semiofficial... Read More


Nigeria calls for restraint, dialogue as US/Israel war with Iran continues

Nigeria, March 1 -- The Nigerian government has called for restraint and a return to negotiation as US and Israel continue their war with Iran. In a statement on Saturday night, the Ministry of Forei... Read More


US labels Iran state sponsor of wrongful detention

Nigeria, Feb. 28 -- The US government has designated Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, a new diplomatic tool used for countries that "wrongfully" detain US nationals. The tool was create... Read More


What world leaders are saying about US, Israel's war with Iran

Nigeria, Feb. 28 -- Comments from several world leaders on the US and Israel's attack on Iran, causing the death of more than 50 pupils, have been supportive or cautious, rather than strongly critical... Read More