The US and Israel have been told that they may not win their military campaign against Iran after the killing of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran was attacked by the joint military operation between Israel and the US, a development that Primate Elijah Ayodele of Nigeria projected could lead to a global economic meltdown

Ayodele’s prophecy came after the late TB Joshua’s prophecy resurfaced on social media, warning against the war and urging world leaders to prevent it.

Primate Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Oke Afa in Lagos, has said that the ongoing war in the Middle East would not be won by either the United States or Israel, which started it.

Recall that the US and Israel launched a military attack on Iran on Saturday, February 28 and assassinated the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in their bid to effect regime change in the Islamic Republic.

The death of Iran’s Supreme Leader has escalated the tension in the Middle East as Iran vowed to avenge the death of Khamenei. President Masoud Pezeshkian disclosed that Iran’s military would crush the bases of the enemy in the region, while describing the death of the Iranian leader as a ‘declaration of war against the Muslims’.

Reacting in a sermon on his church’s Facebook page, said the US would not win the war, and President Donald Trump would not be able to achieve his aim as he did in the case of Venezuela. He claimed that Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, would regret attacking the Islamic country.

He projected that Iran would soon face the United States squarely and that the war would not end so soon. He also posited that the US and Israel would not achieve their objective in the long run. He said he recalled that he warned that there would be global economic crisis, because attacking Iran could lead to such a situation.

Ayodele’s prophecy came after an old video of the late Prophet T.B Joshua projecting the outcome of a possible war between Iran and Israel has started trending on social media after a joint military operation by the United States and Israel assassinated the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

In the viral clip, the late cleric urged his congregation to pray against the war between Israel and Iran, adding that such a confrontation would lead to a third world war and that it would be more brutal than expected.

Prophet TB Joshua then called on world leaders to ensure that the war was prevented from breaking out because nations would ultimately take sides, leading to a third World War.

Since the successful assassination of the Iranian leader, the Middle East has not known peace. This is as Iran launched missile attacks at all US military bases in the region, which included Saudi Arabia, UAE, Dubai and other arab neighbours that house US military bases.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as the minister of state for finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite.

Uzoka-Anite will now move to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, as the Minister of State, her third portfolio in the administration.

President Tinubu has today conveyed the nomination of Oyedele to the Senate for confirmation in a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

Until President Tinubu nominated him as a minister, Oyedele from Ikaram, Akoko, Ondo State, was the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, which overhauled Nigeria’s tax system.

Oyedele, 50, is an economist, accountant and public policy expert.

He attended Yaba College of Technology, where he obtained a Higher National Diploma (HND) in accountancy and finance. He attended Oxford Brookes University and earned a BSc in applied accounting.

He also completed executive education programmes at the London School of Economics, Yale University, the Gordon Institute of Business Science, and the Harvard Kennedy School.

Oyedele spent 22 years of his working career at PwC, joining in 2001 and rising to become the Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader.

Oyedele is also a professor at Babcock University in Ogun State and a visiting scholar at the Lagos Business School.

Bayo Onanuga,
Special Adviser to the President,
(Information and Strategy)
March 3, 2026

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced a planned outage on the Benin–Ajaokuta 330kV transmission line to allow for ongoing restringing works at the Ihovbor Power Plant Turn-In/Turn-Out Transmission Substation, Business Day reported.

In a statement signed by Ndidi Mbah, General Manager of Public Affairs, the company said the project began on Friday, February 27, 2026, and is scheduled to continue until Tuesday, March 31, 2026. The work will take place daily between 8:00am and 6:00pm.

According to the company, the temporary shutdown is required to enable its contractor to proceed with the restringing of the 330kV transmission line connected to the Ihovbor Power Plant.

As a result of the exercise, the Benin Electricity Distribution Company will be unable to supply electricity to customers in UNIBEN, Oluku, Egba, and the Ihovbor area for up to 10 hours each day during the construction period.

““Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) will be unable to supply electricity to its customers in UNIBEN, Oluku, Egba, and Ihovbor environs for up to 10 hours each day during the construction period,” the statement read.

TCN explained that the project will also involve temporary power interruptions because sections of the transmission line cross major highways along the Benin–Ajaokuta corridor.

It added that road safety agencies have been informed and will be on standby to ensure the safety of motorists and residents throughout the exercise.

The company clarified that restringing activities will be suspended daily at 6:00pm, after which the affected feeders will be restored. This arrangement will enable BEDC to supply electricity to the impacted areas from 6:00pm to 8:00am the following day.

TCN apologised for the inconvenience the scheduled outage may cause and assured customers that full bulk power supply to the distribution company will resume once the project is completed.