The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has inspected the ongoing production of Nigerian Air Force aircraft and helicopters at the Leonardo S.p.A’s defence manufacturing facilities in northern Italy.   Badaru, who was part of President Bola Tinubu’s delegation to the AQABA Process meeting, visited Leonardo’s Helicopters Division in ...

      Besiktas FC of Turkey have appointed Super Eagles stand-in captain Wilfred Ndidi as the club’s new vice-captain, with the announcement made by the club’s board of directors in a statement released on Friday.   Ndidi will serve as deputy to Turkish international Orkun Kökçü, who has been ...

    The coffin of a much-beloved opposition leader, Raila Odinga, arrived by helicopter to a stadium in his heartland of western Kenya on Saturday, where tens of thousands were packed in to see him.   AFP journalists said there were already signs of chaos as a huge group of ...

    The Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, has expelled 34 students for examination misconduct.   The institution also rusticated 13 others for one academic session, while several others received warning letters.   This was contained in a statement issued by the Head of Information, ...

      The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused the Nigeria Police Force’s bid to stop the “Free Nnamdi KanuNow” protest, allowing it to proceed as scheduled on Monday, October 20, 2025.   The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, had dispatched police lawyers to the court to ...

  The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a man, Lawal Faruq, who allegedly set fire to his ex-lover after their relationship went sour.   PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday that the incident happened at a military barracks in Ibadan, the state capital.   A counterinsurgency expert, ...

      The United States Embassy in Abuja has issued a security alert to Americans in anticipation of a planned protest scheduled for Monday in the Federal Capital Territory.   The protest, organised under the banner #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, is expected to draw crowds to Eagle Square and the Central Business ...

    UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer has condemned the decision to ban supporters of Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending their November 6 UEFA Europa League clash against Aston Villa, describing it as “the wrong decision,” The Independent on Friday reports.   Starmer’s remarks come after Opposition Leader ...

    The founder and Board of Trustees Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has said that politicians defecting to the All Progressives Congress are doing so out of their own free will and not under any coercion from President Bola Tinubu.   Aniebonam stated this ...

    Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has extended warm felicitations to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on the occasion of his 51st birthday.   This is as he described the revered monarch as “a beacon of peace, cultural rebirth, and national inspiration.”   In a Friday ...