“We will use best efforts to get their Ships and Crews safely out of the Strait. In all cases, they said they will not be returning until the area becomes safe for navigation,” Trump said in a Truth Social post, noting operations would begin on Monday.

She described the Jabi Lake Recreation Area as a vital public space where residents gather for exercise, social activities and community events.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has set a 30-day deadline for the US military to end its blockade of ports, saying US President, Donald Trump, must choose between an impossible military operation or a bad deal.

Dangote Group has dismissed as false and malicious a publication alleging that its President, Aliko Dangote, distanced himself from Tony Elumelu, describing the report as entirely baseless.

In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi; his Kano State counterpart, Senator Musa Kwankwaso, and others leaving the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and charging Nigeria’s political atmosphere with their defection to the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.