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  Workers of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, staged a protest on Wednesday against the Ondo State Police Command over its alleged refusal to comply with a court order concerning a vehicle belonging to their union.   The protesters, members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, FUTA chapter, ...

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has deployed 2,900 personnel across Kwara State ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations to ensure a peaceful and secure festive period.   State Commandant, Mohammed Umar, said officers and men have been strategically positioned in all 16 local government areas to safeguard prayer ...

  Following the recent attack on its Semegu office in Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State, the Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has provided an explanation for the incident.   This was outlined in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim ...

  Cancer care specialists in Nigeria have issued an urgent call for coordinated efforts to improve access, training, and innovation in gynaecological brachytherapy.   This appeal was made in a statement released on Monday by MEDSERVE-LUTH Cancer Centre during a stakeholders’ gathering in Lagos for the third Brachytherapy Summit hosted ...

    South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung pledged to reach out to the nuclear-armed North and “heal wounds” as he assumed office on Wednesday, following a decisive victory in a snap election triggered by his predecessor’s controversial martial law declaration.   The centre-left leader also warned that “rising protectionism and ...

  The Katsina State Police Command has announced the deployment of comprehensive security arrangements to safeguard lives and property during and after the forthcoming Eid El-Kabir celebrations across the state.   This was disclosed in a statement released by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, made available to ...

    ‎A man and woman were publicly flogged 100 times each in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Wednesday after they were found guilty of sex outside marriage by a court operating under strict Islamic law. ‎ ‎Sexual relations between an unmarried couple is outlawed in Aceh, which imposes a ...

  A yet-to-be-identified man has reportedly fallen from one of the top floors of the 26-storey Cocoa House building in Ibadan, Oyo State.   PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident, which threw the entire business community into panic, occurred in the early hours of Monday.   One of the eyewitnesses ...

  Former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Abia State, Chief Awa Kalu, SAN, has denied initiating any police complaint against Victor Giwa, a legal practitioner currently facing criminal charges reportedly related to forgery.   In a formal letter dated May 30 and addressed to the Inspector General of ...

  The Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, has revealed that Nigeria is steadily moving from dependence on foreign military procurement to local production.   In a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday by Mati Ali, the Personal Assistant on Media and Publicity to the minister, Badaru stated that “this ...