Homepage News from Saturday, March 14th, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has been “totally defeated” in the ongoing war in the Middle East, with Israeli leaders also claiming that the conflict is entering a critical phase.

A member of the 1980 Africa Cup of Nations winning squad of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Henry Nwosu, has lost his life at 62 years old.

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has flagged off the reintroduction of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the state after about 10 years.

Former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, has attributed the recent increase in petrol and diesel prices in Nigeria to poor national planning and the absence of strategic buffers to cushion the impact of global shocks.

President Bola Tinubu has called on the media to extend the same level of scrutiny directed at the Federal Government to state and local governments across the country.

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of ₦1.894 trillion as revenue generated in February 2026 among the Federal Government, state governments and the 774 local government councils.