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  The Executive Director of the International Press Centre, Mr. Lanre Arogundade, has urged journalists to navigate the new media landscape with caution and courage.   Arogundade made this call on Monday at the public lecture held in honour of the 60th birthday celebration of Professor of Journalism, Tunde Akanni ...

  The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has warned that beneficiary institutions that fail to meet performance benchmarks or mismanage allocated funds risk being delisted from its support programmes.   Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, gave the warning at a one-day strategic engagement with heads of institutions, bursars, and heads ...

  The Debt Management Office on Monday held an investor meeting in Abuja for the issuance of the N300 billion Series Seven Sovereign Sukuk.   Director-General of the DMO, Patience Oniha, said the Sukuk had since its debut in 2017 become a preferred instrument for non-interest investors in the capital ...

  Nigeria’s U-20 national team, the Flying Eagles, have secured a place in the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations U-20 tournament and qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup after a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Senegal.   The tightly contested knockout stage encounter ended goalless after regular ...

  The Chairman of Gwer West Local Government Area in Benue State, Victor Ormin, has announced a daily restriction on movement into and out of the council area from 6.30pm.   Speaking to our correspondent by phone on Monday, Ormin explained that the decision was a precautionary measure to curb ...

  The United States and China announced Monday an agreement to drastically reduce tit-for-tat tariffs for 90 days, de-escalating a trade war that has roiled financial markets and raised fears of a global economic downturn. After their first talks since US President Donald Trump launched his trade war, the world’s ...

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday invited Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine during their first phone call, in which he also thanked the newly installed pontiff for urging peace in Ukraine.   “I invited His Holiness to make an apostolic visit to Ukraine. Such a visit would bring real ...

  The Ondo State Muslim Welfare Board says the first batch of 316 pilgrims have departed to Saudi Arabia.   State Board Chairman, Alhaji Dhikirulahi Chandy-Adam, made the disclosure in a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday.   Chandy-Adam, who explained that the pilgrims had already ...

  A man has lost his life while two others sustained varying injuries in an accident that occurred along the Trade Fair–Agbara route at Iyana Era Bus Stop, Lagos State.   The accident, which involved a commercial blue Mack truck with the registration number AKD 579 XM, and a private ...

  The Electoral Committee of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said candidates for the Lagos Mainland Local Government Area and the Yaba Local Council Development Area will emerge by consensus.   This followed the failure of the candidates to emerge on Saturday at the primaries ...