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A foreign policy expert and international diplomat, Ambassador Olutoyin Oloniteru, has urged Nigeria to take decisive action against neighbouring countries allegedly providing safe havens for terrorists operating within its borders. A statement by the spokesman of Elizade University, Ilara Mokin, Mr Williams Olufunmi, said that the foreign policy expert spoke at the institution:s 2026 Diplomatic […]

KThe Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has called on leaders and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party to embrace reconciliation and move beyond lingering litigations following the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria concerning the party’s national convention. Akpoti-Uduaghan made the call in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by […]

Mojtaba Khamenei. Photo: AFP Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is injured but “safe and sound”, the son of the president said Wednesday, offering the first official explanation for why the 56-year-old has not been seen since his appointment at the weekend. “I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei […]

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, Italian PM Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned on Wednesday a deadly missile strike on a school in Iran early in the Middle East war, calling for those responsible to be identified. “On behalf of the government, I express my firm condemnation of the massacre of girls at the school in […]

India and other yet-to-be disclosed countries have declined to accept some of President Bola Tinubu’s recently posted ambassadors-designate due to diplomatic policies that discourage receiving envoys from administrations with less than two years remaining in office, High-ranking officials in the Presidency and the foreign service disclosed on Tuesday that India, where career diplomat Ambassador Muhammad […]

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery accounted for about 92 per cent of Nigeria’s daily petrol supply in February, as the Federal Government has paused the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). This came as filling stations on Tuesday retained petrol prices at above N1200 per litre despite a N100 reduction in the gantry price by the […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Tuesday visited the Osun State College of Health Technology for oversight activities and an orientation programme for members of the union at the institution. The visit featured a joint congress, headcount of members and an orientation session […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ife Federal Constituency have urged the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, to work closely with party stakeholders to ensure unity and victory in the August 2026 governorship election in Osun State. They also advised the state’s APC chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, […]

Wike, Fayose, Olawepo-Hashim canvass reconciliation The hammer fell on Monday on the disputed National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Alhaji Taminu Turaki. The Court of Appeal in Abuja upheld two Federal High Court judgments that voided the national convention which produced the factional party officers on November 15 last […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has pledged that security forces will reclaim communities overrun by bandits in Kwara State and other parts of the country. He assured that the Nigeria Police Force would deploy all necessary operational and administrative strategies to restore peace and security in areas affected by banditry […]