MasterTeeUSA: Looking for ways to run to Abuja from Ogun State ..I am sure he wont be at peace in Ogun after 8yrs. If he loses, expect him to run to Lagos or abroad lol
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has opened six overland transit routes for goods destined for Iran, formalising a road corridor through its territory as thousands of containers remain stranded at Karachi port because of the United States blockade of Iranian ports and ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
The Ministry of Commerce issued the Transit of Goods through Territory of Pakistan Order 2026 on April 25, bringing it into immediate effect. The order allows goods originating from third countries to be transported through Pakistan and delivered to Iran by road.
The announcement coincided with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Islamabad for talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Asim Munir, the latest in a series of diplomatic engagements as Pakistan seeks to mediate an end to the two-month war between Washington and Tehran.
Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan described the initiative as “a significant step toward promoting regional trade and enhancing Pakistan’s role as a key trade corridor”.
Iran has not publicly commented on the move, and Al Jazeera’s query to the Iranian embassy in Islamabad went unanswered.
The notification does not extend to Indian-origin goods. A separate Commerce Ministry order issued in May 2025, following the India-Pakistan aerial war that month, bans the transit of goods from India through Pakistan by any mode and remains in force.
Routes and regulations
The six designated routes link Pakistan’s main ports, Karachi, Port Qasim and Gwadar, with two Iranian border crossings, Gabd and Taftan, passing through Balochistan via Turbat, Panjgur, Khuzdar, Quetta and Dalbandin
The shortest route, the Gwadar-Gabd corridor, reduces travel time to the Iranian border to between two and three hours, compared with the 16 to 18 hours it takes from Karachi – Pakistan’s biggest port – to the Iranian border. The Gwadar-Gabd route could cut transport costs by 45 to 55 percent compared with costs from Karachi port, according to officials.
But for Iran, firms sending their goods to the country, and transporters, all routes into Iranian territory today are viable options, with the principal maritime passage they have traditionally used – the Strait of Hormuz – blockaded by the US Navy.
Corridor shaped by conflict
The current US-Iran war began on February 28, when US and Israeli forces launched attacks on Iran.
In the weeks that followed, Iran restricted commercial navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas passes during peacetime, disrupting one of the most critical arteries of global trade.
Pakistan brokered a ceasefire on April 8 and hosted the first round of direct US-Iran talks on April 11, in Islamabad. The negotiations lasted nearly a day but ended without a deal. Two days later, Washington imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports, throttling Tehran’s maritime access.
A second round of talks has since stalled. US President Donald Trump cancelled a planned visit to Islamabad by special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner last weekend.
Iran has ruled out direct negotiations with Washington while the blockade remains in place, though Araghchi told Pakistani officials that Tehran would continue engaging with Islamabad’s mediation efforts “until a result is achieved”.
The transit order appears to be a direct economic response to that impasse.
More than 3,000 containers destined for Iran have been stuck at Karachi port for several days, with vessels unable to collect the cargo. War-risk insurance premiums have surged from about 0.12 percent of a vessel’s value before the conflict to roughly 5 percent, making shipping to the region too expensive for many operators.
Recall that Abiodun was endorsed by the leaders of the party in the Senatorial district during a meeting held recently in Ijebu-Ode, where he was adopted as the consensus candidate of the party.
INEC has failed in its responsibility, for allowing this anormaly to fester in our political space.
Party leaders or elders or stalwart or any name they prefer never ever represent the mind of the people, they are only endorsing so they can be paid.
Moreover it is wrong for a judge to read the verdict before the trial.
INEC should step in and sanitize this wave of fraudulent endorsement and let the peoples vote count. Let the vote count.
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has declared interest to contest for the Ogun East Senatorial seat in the Red Chamber.
He disclosed this on Tuesday night during a meeting of Ogun East Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Iperu Remo.
At the meeting were Senator Adegbenga Kaka, Senator Lekan Mustapha, the Senatorial chairman, Otunba Adeleke Adedotun and other notable leaders of the party.
Recall that Abiodun was endorsed by the leaders of the party in the Senatorial district during a meeting held recently in Ijebu-Ode, where he was adopted as the consensus candidate of the party.
The governor’s declaration is coming hours after the incumbent, Senator Gbenga Daniel, picked the nomination and expression of interest forms to seek reelection into the upper legislative house.
Abiodun, while addressing the meeting, promised to give the people of Ogun East quality representation at the Senate.
He said, “When you gave me the mandate of Ogun State, I have never disappointed you. I want to assure you that I will offer Ogun East the best representation ever in the history of the Red Chamber. I want to promise you that I will offer the district the best representation.
"I will not be a back bencher. I will not be a person that will get there to just look. I will offer good representation to the good people of Ogun East, so help me God.
Your trump arrested a sitting president and killed another based in his gut feelings.
He that comes to equity most cone with clean hands.
IgOga: Blaming Trump for China's sins. How bad is your TDS? meanwhile this is how China operates. They once seized a plane in the Nigerian presidential fleet. Keep doing business with the dragon when things go south they will overreach to "punish" you. Communism at it's best.
I don't give a fuuk about American unity. All I stand for is truth, order and judgement.
IsraeliAIRFORCE: Your comment runs contrary to the unity of Americans against China in this episode. You commented your bias and that's an affront to readers association of Nairaland.
China detained nearly 70 Panamanian-flagged ships in March, according to the US Federal Maritime Commission, a number “far exceeding historical norms”.
When trump exited the UN and setup his fascist board of peace. I know the gringo was trying to plunge the world into chaos.
Imagine a company losing 70 container laden ships. That company or country will bankrupt.
We are no longer in 1946,this era of governance needs understanding, consultations and joint cooperatives.
Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States have released a joint statement in support of Panama, while criticising Chinese economic retaliation, [/b]after a Hong Kong-based conglomerate lost a legal dispute over the management of ports on the Panama Canal
[b]Panama’s Supreme Court in late January annulled contracts that had allowed a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison to administer the Balboa and Cristobal port terminals on the Panama Canal after deeming the decades-old agreements unconstitutional.
In their joint statement on Tuesday, the six countries claimed that following the court ruling, China has retaliated against Panama with “targeted economic pressure” on Panamanian-flagged ships.
China detained nearly 70 Panamanian-flagged ships in March, according to the US Federal Maritime Commission, a number “far exceeding historical norms”.
“These actions – following the decision of Panama’s independent Supreme Court regarding the Balboa and Cristobal terminals – are a blatant attempt to politicise maritime trade and infringe on the sovereignty of the nations of our hemisphere,” the signatories said.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said separately on X that Washington was “deeply concerned” by China’s economic pressure on Panama
“We stand in solidarity with Panama. Any attempts to undermine Panama’s sovereignty are a threat to us all,” he said.
China has previously accused the US of “bullying” and trying to smear its reputation in Latin America, while it described the Panamanian Supreme Court ruling as “absurd” and “shameful”.
If you want to be the president of Nigeria you need more than 14 000 votes.
Leadership needs experience many of the people sowere is calling failure pass through a process.. To be a president, you most have been A leader in your electoral ward Then you become a councilor Then you become LG chairman Then state assembly Then federal House of representative Then a senator Then a governor
This political process is similar to students. For you to be called a graduate, you must pass through the education. Process.
So why must Nigerians don't take sowere serious is that he lacks the background.
jahbenedict: What he said is it true or false? If true, why do people keep labeling him as arrogant stubborn, and jealous. He got 14K votes, how else can he increase the numbers? Isn't it by appealing to Nigerians, and showing that he is different from the others? Since 1999, it can be seen that Nigerians vote the individual and not the party, so people that keep telling him to join a popular party or form a coalition, are not sincere. If you believe what he is saying and you think he has the capabilities do them, throw your support behind him, and ask other people to join. When he becomes a movement, the other parties, will join him and not the other way around. For instance Peter Obi has a massive movement, he joined the ADC, and he has to play by their rules and the way it is going they are trying to drown him out and sideline him.
“We will mobilize Nigerians across the country to rally behind a credible vision that rejects the decadence and deception represented by both the @OfficialAPCNg and their opportunistic counterparts in ADC, PDP, Labour Party, and elsewhere.”
With 14000 votes that's not enough for a Councillor. Sowere please stop ego tripping and start to consider options.
Sowore: I declined opposition summit invitation — Nigeria deserves break from recycled failure
Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 poll, says he turned down an invitation to attend the National Opposition Summit in
He described the event as an attempt by entrenched political figures to rebrand themselves without accountability for past governance failures.
Leaders of opposition political parties held the summit on Saturday.
Afterwards, the political parties announced plans to present a single presidential candidate for the 2027 general election.
The parties include the African Democratic Congress (ADC) led by David Mark, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction chaired by Kabiru Turaki, and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).
In an X post on Sunday, Sowore said there was no need to pretend that politicians who had previously presided over “stagnation, corruption, and systemic decay” could credibly position themselves as agents of progress.
He said many Nigerians are aware of the nation’s political history and would not be persuaded by their efforts.
“I declined the Ibadan ‘Opposition summit’. Nigerians deserve a genuine alternative, not recycled failure,” he said.
“I was invited to attend the so-called ‘Opposition Summit’ in Ibadan, but I declined.
“There is no need to pretend that the same men (and a few women) who held Nigeria to ransom for years, presiding over stagnation, corruption, and systemic decay, can suddenly reinvent themselves as champions of progress or defenders of the people.
“Not all Nigerians are suffering from amnesia.”
The Sahara Reporters publisher said he would not participate in a coalition aimed at recycling discredited political actors under the banner of opposition politics.
Sowore said the AAC distances itself from the ruling establishment and opposition groups, adding that the party would mobilise nationwide for support.
“For the avoidance of doubt, our revolutionary party, the African Action Congress (@aacparty), will not be part of any charade designed to recycle failed political actors under the guise of ‘opposition,” he said.
“Instead, we are committed to presenting a formidable, people-driven alternative, one rooted in integrity, accountability, and genuine transformation.
“We will mobilize Nigerians across the country to rally behind a credible vision that rejects the decadence and deception represented by both the @OfficialAPCNg and their opportunistic counterparts in ADC, PDP, Labour Party, and elsewhere.”
Sowore added that “political challenges require a decisive break from existing structures instead of a rearrangement of the same broken pieces”.
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