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President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, who died in the United Kingdom on Sunday at the age of 77. The President, in a condolence message issued on Monday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described Idris’s death […]

The management of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has expelled 42 students following investigations into allegations of examination malpractice. The affected students comprise 31 Higher National Diploma and 11 National Diploma students drawn from various institutes and programmes of the institution. The decision was contained in a statement issued on Monday […]

Vice-President Kashim Shettima will represent President Bola Tinubu at the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York and deliver Nigeria’s national statement on Thursday. Nigeria is scheduled as the fourth speaker in the afternoon session, with Shettima expected to address the General Assembly between 4pm and 4:30pm New York […]

CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued the administration of United States President Donald Trump over the revocation of their White House press access. The media organizations filed the case at the US District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking the restoration of access for their journalists and protection […]

A court in Seoul has ordered North Korea to pay about 44.6 billion won, equivalent to roughly 32.5 million dollars, to the South Korean government over the destruction of an inter-Korean liaison office in 2020. The Inter-Korean Liaison Office in Kaesong was built to improve relations between the two Koreas. […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima will inaugurate two major projects in Ilorin today as Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is turbaned as the Sardauna of the Ilorin Emirate. The projects are the Kwara Garment Factory, which is expected to employ at least 4,000 people at full capacity, and the 11-storey Kwara Revenue Service […]

Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has warned countries against provocative actions, calling for greater cooperation to manage international tensions. Dong made the remarks while opening the 13th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, where he also spoke against militarism, hegemony and attempts to rewrite history. His comments come as tensions remain high over […]

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has been convicted of four counts of war crimes committed during the Kosovo conflict with Serbia in the 1990s. Thaci, who was a senior commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal. The charges […]

Human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on fake and substandard drugs in Nigeria. Adeyanju also wants the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Mojisola Adeyeye, and heads of other regulatory agencies, including the […]