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The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Farouk Mijinyawa, has urged newly promoted senior officers to maintain purposeful and exemplary leadership.

The Federal Government has hailed the Council of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries (CORFEPS) as a crucial source of institutional memory and pledged stronger collaboration to drive national development.

The Federal Government has begun direct financial payments to students and technical vocational training centres under the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Initiative.

Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal on Friday launched a 10-year development plan aimed at transforming the state’s economy, infrastructure, and social sectors.

The Department of State Services has arrested a medical doctor accused of ferrying drugs from Sokoto to kidnappers operating in parts of Kwara State.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has secured full membership in the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use, placing Nigeria among a select group of global medicines regulators.

Public broadcasters in Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia have withdrawn from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, protesting the decision to allow Israel to compete despite the ongoing war in Gaza.

Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, on Friday defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All-Progressives Congress (APC) along with 15 other lawmakers.

Former Vice President and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has strongly criticized President Bola Tinubu, for nominating past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for an ambassadorial position.

The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda formally signed a sweeping, U.S.-brokered peace and economic agreement Thursday, dubbed the “Washington Accords,” aimed at ending decades of deadly conflict in the resource-rich eastern Congo.

The Nigerian Senate has directed federal regulatory and health agencies to immediately launch a nationwide crackdown on the sources of lead contamination, following reports that the threat of lead poisoning has become a significant public health concern in Ogun and Lagos States.