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By Ali Elias Atiku Abubakar alleges that Nigeria’s newly gazetted tax law was altered after passage by parliament, warning that the move amounts to a serious constitutional breach. Former Vice President and presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, has raised alarm over what he describes as the gazetting of a “fake” Tinubu Tax Act, arguing that the document released to the public differs materially from the version passed by the National Assembly. The development, he says, represents a grave constitutional violation with serious implications for Nigeria’s democracy and rule of law. Speaking through his X (formerly Twitter) account, Abubakar emphasized that under Section 58 of the 1999 Constitution, a law becomes valid only after passage by both chambers of the National Assembly, pres...

 (Courtesy Fox News/John Lamparski/Getty Images) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian By Ali Elias Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has declared that his country is engaged in what he described as a “total war” with the United States, Israel and Europe, framing the current confrontation as broader and more complex than any conventional military conflict Iran has previously faced. In an interview published on Saturday by Iranian state media, Pezeshkian accused Western powers of attempting to cripple Iran politically, economically and culturally, arguing that pressure from multiple fronts amounts to an all-encompassing form of warfare. The remarks were reported by Israeli and regional media outlets, including The Times of Israel and The Jerusalem Post. “In my opinion, we are at...

Photos courtesy: Punch By Elias Ali British heavyweight boxing star Anthony Joshua is recovering in hospital after a road accident on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that claimed the lives of two men travelling with him, once again drawing attention to the deadly mix of speed, road design and weak enforcement on one of the Nigeria’s busiest highways. The crash occurred on Monday morning along the Berger–Sagamu axis of the expressway, a stretch widely regarded by motorists as deceptively safe due to its modern design. The road runs as an eight-lane expressway from Berger through Sagamu before narrowing to six lanes towards Ibadan, a transition that traffic experts say often encourages overspeeding and risky overtaking. Joshua, 36, a former two-time world heavyweight champion, was said t...

How Daily Life Is Evolving for Women in Iran Photo courtesy: The Guardian (British) By Elias Ali Three years after the death of Mahsa Amini ignited the most sustained challenge to Iran’s clerical authority in decades, women across the country are once again testing the limits of state power—this time with bare heads, open defiance, and a quiet confidence that the regime may no longer dare to respond as brutally as before.On the streets of Tehran, young women now walk unveiled in broad daylight, many recording their journeys on smartphones and uploading the footage online. What was once an act of rare courage has become increasingly routine, a visible marker of how profoundly public attitudes have shifted since 2022, when Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died in custody after be...