INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Trump declares ‘very successful’ U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities

Daily Dispatch June 22, 2025

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that American forces had launched a “very successful attack” on three Iranian nuclear sites, including the highly fortified Fordow underground uranium enrichment facility. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump revealed that a

COLUMNS

Nuclear Truths and Selective Justice: The Treaty and the West’s Dance With ‘Hypocrity’ (1)

Daily Dispatch June 22, 2025

By Hassan Gimba The Arbiter It is a new” word, huh? Hypocrity. Well, it is not a word in usage. But come, you must have seen its closeness to hypocrisy. OK, hypocrisy is the act of pretending to have virtues, beliefs, or feelings that one does not possess, especially when those pretended beliefs contradict one’s actions. Now, interchange

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Cuba calls on international community to pressurize Israel to stop the attack on Iran

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2025

The Cuban Government has reiterated deep concern and has raised an alert to the imminent risk of intensification of Israel’s war against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Cuba called for the urgent mobilization of the international community to stop the Zionist military escalation and a direct attack by the United States against Iran It also […]

COLUMNS

Not The Iran We Thought It Was: What Has Changed in the Persian Gulf

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene On paper, it looked like a mismatch. Iran is not only one of the oldest and most established places in the Persian Gulf but also at least 75 times the size of Israel, with a population nine to ten times larger. Size for size, it’s a modern-day David and Goliath match-up, with […]

COLUMNS

Israel vs Iran: What is Nigeria’s foreign policy thrust?

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2025

By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 “Countries have no permanent friends or enemies but permanent interests” – Lord Palmerston, 19th century British Prime Minister. I was aghast when I read of Nigeria poking her nose into the scuffle between Israel and Iran. What is our own, as they say, in the long-standing […]

NEWS

FG orders emergency evacuation of Nigerians from Israel and Iran amid rising tensions

Daily Dispatch June 18, 2025

The Federal Government has initiated emergency evacuation plans for Nigerian citizens in Israel and Iran following the rapid escalation of hostilities between the two countries. This directive comes in the wake of a major airstrike campaign launched by Israel on Friday, targeting over 100 strategic sites in Iran, including military and nuclear facilities. The strikes […]