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Middle East: Israel Eliminates Iran’s New War-Time Military Chief Amid Escalating Hostilities

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By Chukwuebuka Chukwuemeka Tehran, June 17, 2025 – The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have claimed responsibility for the targeted killing of Major General Ali Shadmani, Iran’s newly appointed war-time Chief of Staff, in a high-precision airstrike that struck central Tehran. This marks the second major blow to Iran’s top military leadership within days, following the June 13 assassination of Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, Shadmani’s immediate predecessor. Gen. Ali Shadmani According to NBC News and multiple Middle East correspondents, General Shadmani was among the most trusted military advisers to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and was overseeing operations of both the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran’s conventional army. His sudden death is a major setback for the Iranian military command, which has now lost multiple senior figures in less than a week. A Calculated Israeli Strategy The IDF has emphasized that this strike was the result of advanced intel...
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OPINION: Are You the Messiah, or Shall We Look for Another?

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  By Chukwuebuka Chukwuemeka Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State When Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia—robed not only in clerical cassock but also in moral authority stepped into the political ring to run for governor of Benue State, he did not arrive as just another politician. He was hailed as a redeemer. A priest among politicians. A voice of conscience in the storm of corruption, insecurity, and neglect. For many in Benue, weary from years of violence and disillusionment, Alia's emergence seemed like a divine intervention. But now, barely two years into his administration, a haunting question echoes across the valleys of Guma, the burnt farmlands of Ukum, and the blood-stained streets of Makurdi: “Are you the Messiah, or shall we look for another?” This question, borrowed from the lips of John the Baptist in Scripture, captures the mood of a people betrayed by hope. For the Benue masses, who handed Alia a broad mandate in 2023 believing that the shepherd’s staff would now bring ...
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🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷 Military Bases on High Alert in the Middle East as Iran Issues New Threats

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  🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷 Military Bases on High Alert in the Middle East as Iran Issues New Threats By Chukwuebuka Chukwuemeka   / ONZA News Desk Tensions are escalating in the Middle East after Iran threatened military retaliation against American, British, and French bases across the region. In what appears to be a direct response to Western support for Israel, Iranian authorities have vowed to target these installations if further military collaboration against Tehran continues. Iran’s warning comes in the wake of coordinated defense operations where Western forces—especially the United States—assisted Israel in intercepting a barrage of Iranian drones and missiles. That strike, launched on June 13, was seen by many as a major flashpoint that could tip the balance toward regional warfare. How the UK Is Responding British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has already deployed Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets and support aircraft to military bases in Cyprus. The UK curre...
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Brilliant Bayern Crush Auckland City 10–0 in Record-Breaking Club World Cup Opener

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Chukwuebuka Chukwuemeka Bayern München stormed into the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup™ with a devastating 10–0 demolition of Auckland City FC, sending an unmistakable message to the rest of the competition. The Group C clash at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati will go down as the biggest victory in Club World Cup history—and it’s only Day One. French Flair Leads the Onslaught It was a night of pure dominance, orchestrated in part by Bayern’s French contingent. Kingsley Coman, Sacha Boey, and Michael Olise contributed five goals between them in a dazzling first-half display that overwhelmed their amateur opponents from New Zealand. Coman opened the floodgates in the 6th minute—the first goal ever scored in the new-format FIFA Club World Cup—heading home after a clever assist sequence involving Jonathan Tah and Joshua Kimmich. He added a second in the 21st minute, bookending a four-minute blitz in which Boey (18’) and Olise (20’) also found the net. Olise completed his brace in first-half st...
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APC’s Endorsement of Tinubu/Shettima Ticket Flops in Northern Nigeria

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 By Chukwuebuka Chukwuemeka President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, GCFR A recent move by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to galvanize support for the Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima presidential ticket in Northern Nigeria has dramatically backfired, triggering protests and deepening internal divisions along religious lines. Backlash in the North Efforts to stage high-profile endorsement events across Northern states were met not with applause but with ridicule—highlighted by a viral incident dubbed the “fake bishops fiasco.” During a July 2022 rally—when Tinubu formally unveiled Shettima as his running mate—several individuals masquerading as Christian clerics took the stage. They were swiftly exposed as impostors by genuine church officials. The embarrassing spectacle undermined the campaign’s credibility and sparked outrage among Northern Christians and moderate Muslims alike says theafricareport.com. Faith Faultlines Resurface Northern Christian leaders, already uneasy about...
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Mossad’s Secret Drone Network Revealed as Israel-Iran War Enters Day 3 Nuclear talks collapse, death toll climbs past 90, and world powers urge restraint

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By Chukwuebuka Chukwuemeka Israel’s three-day offensive against Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure is being fought not only from the air but also from inside Iranian territory, according to a new report that says the Mossad smuggled explosive-laden drones into the country months before Friday’s opening strikes. The disclosure comes as exchanges of missiles and air-strikes push the region toward a wider war and force the cancellation of U.S.–Iran nuclear negotiations that had been scheduled for Sunday in Oman. A war months in the making Haaretz, citing a senior Israeli security official, reported that Israel’s external intelligence service established a covert logistics base “deep inside Iran” stocked with armed drones that were activated in parallel with Israel Air Force (IAF) sorties at dawn on June 13. The home-grown fleet reportedly targeted surface-to-surface missile launchers near Tehran and disrupted Iranian air-defence radars, clearing the way for IAF fighter-bombers ...
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Protests Erupt in Benue Over Escalating Killings as Youths Block Abuja-Makurdi Highway

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  By Chukwuebuka Chukwuemeka MAKURDI, BENUE STATE — Tension reached a boiling point in Benue State on Sunday, June 15, as hundreds of enraged youths took to the streets in a massive protest against the unending killings ravaging their communities. Clad in black attire and waving palm fronds, the demonstrators blocked the busy Abuja-Makurdi highway and paralyzed movement around the Wurukum Food Basket Roundabout in Makurdi. Protesters around the Wurukum Food Basket Roundabout in Makurdi. The protest comes in the wake of a fresh wave of brutal attacks across the state, including a massacre in Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area where over 200 people were reportedly killed by suspected armed herdsmen. Just days earlier, another set of overnight attacks on Mtswenem and Akondotyough Bawa in Makurdi LGA, and Agbami and Kenvanger in Katsina-Ala LGA, left at least 26 people dead—many hacked in their sleep. Witnesses told onzanews that women and children were among the vic...
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