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Turkiye shutters liberal Istanbul university seized in criminal probe

Turkiye has revoked the operational licence for a top private university with liberal values, effectively forcing it to close in the middle of the academic year, after the institution was seized by the state in a criminal investigation last year. In a presidential decree, published in the Official …

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APC Governorship Primaries: How 23 candidates emerge as Fubara withdraws, Pantami protests

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded governorship primary elections across 28 states, producing 23 candidates for the 2027 general elections, as the ruling party navigates a complex web of consensus arrangements, last-minute withdrawals, and logistical setbacks. All sitting APC governo…

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Russia labels Ukraine attack in occupied Luhansk ‘monstrous crime’

Russia has expressed outrage as it reported that a Ukrainian drone attack killed at least four people in the occupied Luhansk region. The Moscow-installed regional governor, Leonid Pasechnik, reported on Friday that a student dormitory in Starobilsk was hit. The Kremlin, which has killed thousands …

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Court strikes out suit seeking validation of FCT senator, Kingibe’s suspension from ADC, awards her N20m

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday, threw out a suit seeking to uphold an indefinite suspension of Ireti Kingibe, the senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, by the Wuse Ward chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Delivering judgement, Judge Peter Lifu held …

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Senegal PM slams West’s ‘homosexual tyranny’, defends LGBTQ crackdown

Senegal’s prime minister has condemned the West, accusing it of attempting to impose homosexuality on the West African nation. Ousmane Sonko made the remarks while addressing the National Assembly on Friday. During his speech, he defended newly introduced laws targeting Senegal’s LGBTQ community as…

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Israeli attacks kill several in Lebanon, with health workers targeted

Israeli attacks have killed at least 11 people in southern Lebanon, including several healthcare workers. The attacks occurred on Friday in the Tyre district. They are the latest in a long line, questioning the durability of the shaky United States-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Rec…

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Russia ‘looking for new soldiers’; Kyiv claims 83,000 dead so far in 2026

Russia’s attempts at escalation via Belarus, where it has delivered more nuclear weapons and held highly publicised joint war games, come as its ground war falters in Ukraine. Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskii told Militarnyi magazine that Ukraine has seized the tactical initiative, as…

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What the National Party of Nigeria taught President Tinubu, By Jibrin Ibrahim

The leaders of the NPN never abandoned the idea of single-party rule. They set out to destabilise the other parties that had left them, and funded factions in the NPP, PRP and GNPP. The most terrible thing they did was to use state power to declare the illegitimate factions they secretly supported …

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Tinubu’s appointment of 40-year old Aina as JAMB Registrar, receives widespread applause

In what many stakeholders have described as another bold statement of confidence in young Nigerian excellence, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), entrusting one of Nigeria’s most critical educat…

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Alia defeats challengers Orbunde and Kuraun in Benue APC governorship primary

The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has been nominated as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 governorship election. He won the party’s direct primary election held on Thursday across the state. The Chairman of the APC Governorship Primary Election Committee, Moha…

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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: Angry crowd sets Rwampara hospital tents on fire

Angry crowd sets Ebola hospital tents on fire in DR Congo An angry crowd set alight a section of a hospital at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after family and friends of a young man thought to have died from the virus were prevented from taking his b…

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Tanzanian police official Faustine Mafwele sanctioned by US for alleged human rights abuses

US sanctions Tanzanian police official over 'torture' of rights activists The US has sanctioned a senior Tanzanian police official over allegations linked to the "torture and sexual assault" of East African rights activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire last year. In a statement, US Secretar…

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APC adopts Kebbi gov for second term

Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has clinched the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress for a second term after emerging as the party’s sole candidate in a unanimous affirmation by delegates from all 225 wards across the state. The affirmation, held on Thursday at the Haliru Abdu …

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Power outages threaten survival of Nigeria’s innovation hubs – Report

The survival of many innovation hubs across Nigeria is under threat from persistent power outages, poor internet connectivity and weak funding, according to a new assessment report unveiled in Abuja on Thursday. The Chairman of the Innovation Support Network, Hanson Johnson, who presented the findi…

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Trump’s Killing Spree in Somalia Is Just One Assault in His Global War-Making

Trump’s Killing Spree in Somalia Is Just One Assault in His Global War-Making No American president has ever attacked Somalis with the persistence and at the rate of President Donald Trump. This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up…

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I’m not working for Tinubu, Kwankwaso faults Kano gov's spokesman

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in the 2023 election, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has dismissed claims that he is working for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Speaking during an interview with Global TV on Wednesday night, the former…

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How the world sees Donald Trump: surveys show other countries see US president as ‘unreliable’ and ‘dangerous’

Americans are increasingly turning against the war in Iran and the president that launched it. According to a survey conducted in April by US-based pollster, Pew International, 61% of people in the US disapprove of the war while only 37% approve. The US president’s overall approval rating, meanwhil…

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SSANIP urges FG to implement NBTE rules on polytechnic staff duties

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, SSANIP, Zone E, has called for the implementation of the directives and mandates of the National Board for Technical Education as it relates to proper delineation of duties in the system. This was part of the resolutions taken at the end of the …

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Local heterogeneity in Lassa fever serology in rural Nigeria: Implications for vaccine trial site selection

Figures Abstract Introduction Lassa virus (LASV) causes significant morbidity in West Africa, yet vaccine trial planning is hampered by a lack of high-resolution, community-level seroprevalence data. We aimed to characterize the fine-scale spatial and demographic heterogeneity of LASV exposure in r…

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Climate change induced complex shifts in snake distributions expose people to snakebite and threaten biodiversity

Figures Abstract Snakes play pivotal roles in many ecosystems. While some species, including medically important ones, are considered threatened by the IUCN, snakebite takes a heavy toll on rural agricultural populations in the developing world. Approximately 138,000 deaths and 400,000 disabilities…

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