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  President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to reclaiming ungoverned areas, particularly forests from terrorists and other criminal elements in the country.   Tinubu said advanced surveillance and technology would be deployed to combat kidnapping, banditry, and terrorism.   The President made the promise while addressing elders and ...

  The immediate past Chairman of the Nigerian-American Public Affairs Committee, Texas, Mr Ike Chidolue, has urged Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to present credible evidence to support her allegations or resign from the Senate.   Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, had accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and ...

  British police on Sunday said they had arrested five men, including four Iranians, on suspicion of “preparation of a terrorist act”.   The arrests were carried out in London, Swindon and the Greater Manchester area, with all five arrested on suspicion of “terrorism offences”, London’s Metropolitan Police said in ...

  Inter Miami CF returned to winning ways on Saturday night, capturing a 4–1 win over the New York Red Bulls at Chase Stadium, snapping a three-match losing streak in all competitions.   According to a post on Fabrizio Romano’s X handle on Sunday, Argentine legend Lionel Messi’s 67th-minute strike ...

The New York State Catholic Conference, an organisation that represents the bishops of the state in working with government to shape laws and policies that promote social justice and respect for life, has criticised United States President Donald Trump for sharing seemingly AI-generated images of himself dressed as the Pope. ...

Eight Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries +member countries, on Saturday, announced a sharp increase in oil production for the month of June, at the risk of driving down already very low prices.   Saudi Arabia, along with Russia and six other members of the oil cartel, will implement a ...

  A mother, Fijabi Oyindamola Omotayo, crying profusely on Facebook, has called on members of the public and security agencies to help locate her son, Oladipupo Siwajuola, a student of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo.   Omotayo, in a live video on Facebook, said she dropped off her son at the university ...

  The Police Command in Gombe State has arrested a 27-year-old Taraba-bound Joseph Babari contracted to fight in Plateau State.   The command’s spokesperson, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Gombe, the state capital.   Abdullahi said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday around ...

  President Bola Tinubu said his administration is committed to reclaiming ungoverned areas, particularly forests, in the North West and across Nigeria, deploying advanced surveillance and technology to combat kidnapping, banditry, and terrorism.   “We will invest more in technology and take over the forests,” Tinubu said when he addressed ...

  A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to implement the recommendations of the 2014 Constitutional Conference in honour of Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark.   George appealed at a media briefing on Friday in Lagos.   ...