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    The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Friday charged the 404 newly recruited personnel of Amotekun, Agro Marshal and Grazing Marshal corps on crime reduction, protection of lives and property and as well agricultural projects to ensure food security.   Oyebanji charged them on the need for enhanced ...

  The President of the Republic of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, on Friday paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, at his hometown in Daura, Katsina State.   Barrow, who arrived in Katsina for the visit, was received by the Secretary to ...

  The University of Lagos has set Monday, July 28, for commencement of its online registration for the Post-UTME screening exercise for admission into all undergraduate programmes for the 2025/2026 academic year.   This was contained in a statement by the Registrar One and Secretary to Council, Mrs Abosede Wickliffe, ...

  President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, hosted members of the 1999 class of governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.   The former governors were led to the State House by a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori.   Details of the meeting were not disclosed as of the ...

    The internal crisis rocking the Social Democratic Party took a dramatic turn on Friday as the party’s National Executive Committee dissolved the National Working Committee led by the suspended National Chairman, Shehu Gabam, over the lingering crisis rocking the party.   The decision was announced at an emergency ...

  The Transmission Company of Nigeria and the Kano State Government have reached an agreement to resolve a protracted legal dispute that had stalled the completion of the Kumbotso–Rimin Zakara 330kV transmission line.   The resolution followed a high-level meeting convened on July 21, 2025, by the Kano State Ministry ...

    The Nigeria Basketball Federation has officially released a 17-man provisional roster for the senior men’s national team, D’Tigers, ahead of the 2025 FIBA Afrobasket tournament which will be held in Angola from August 12 to 24 PUNCH Online reports.   Headlining the squad list for the former AfroBasket ...

    France defended its decision to recognise Palestinian statehood amid domestic and international criticism on Friday, including against the charge that the move plays into the hands of militant group Hamas.   President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that his country would formally recognise a Palestinian state during a UN ...

  A former National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party and ex-Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has revealed that there is mounting pressure on the Osun Sate Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress.   Oyinlola, in an interview on Arise News’ Prime News ...

    The Mediation Training Institute has called on Nigerians to make mediation a daily practice to resolve disputes peacefully and build stronger relationships at all levels of society.   In a statement to mark the International Day of Mediation on Thursday, the MTI President, Segun Ogunyannwo, said mediation should ...