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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.

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 […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Isreal eliminates the Newly Appointed Chief of Staff of the Iranian Military General

Daily Dispatch June 17, 2025

General Ali Shadmani, who replaced the previous Chief of Staff of the Iranian military who was eliminated, was eliminated tonight! Maj. Gen. Ali Shadmani had headed the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, also known as Iran’s military emergency command. Shadmani had replaced Maj. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid, who was k!lled on Friday. The IDF says Shadmani […]

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Gaza: Just Humanity. Nothing Religious, Nothing Ethnic

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2025

By Hassan Gimba Victory is with patience. Success is with endurance. And war is a matter of turns. – Imam Ali, Nahj al Balagha, saying 189. Gaza. A four-letter word sounding like the tasty gizzard. But Gaza is nowhere as palatable as the gizzard. Gaza is now the symbol of all that is bad with […]

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By Restraint, Not Stealth, Iran Will

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2025

By Mohammed Adamu Someone disgustingly wondered why Iran could not even protect her military chiefs. And I said: how was she to have protected her military chiefs? By locking them up in a bunker or what? The most protected person in the world, the President of the United States, is neither unreach-able nor un-harmable! Even […]

NEWS

FG slams Israel over deadly attack on Ira

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2025

Nigerian government has issued a strong condemnation of Israel’s recent military strike on Iran. The government described the attack carried out early Friday as a dangerous trigger for the escalating conflict in the Middle East. In a statement released Saturday and signed by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, Nigeria […]