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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has clarified a viral video involving its patrol team in Abuja’s Central Business District, describing the incident as misrepresented. The Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Osondu Ohaeri, gave the clarification in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the footage showed a tense encounter between FRSC officials …

Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra says the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) primaries will no longer permit monetary inducement or transactional politics. He spoke on Saturday at the party’s South-East zonal stakeholders’ meeting in Awka. Soludo linked the party’s slow growth since 2002 to a culture where officials allegedly exploited aspirants during primaries. He said the practice weakened internal democracy, …

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Lagos Branch, has removed its Chairman, Dr Babajide Saheed. As a result, Dr Temidire Ewonowo has taken over leadership of the association as the new Chairman. The impeachment took place on Saturday in Lagos during an Emergency General Meeting of the association, following purported repeated violations of the rules and regulations of NMA by the …

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, says the scheme has remained central to Nigeria’s unity since the civil war. Nafiu said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Nafiu said as the scheme marks its 53rd anniversary on May 22, its contributions to national integration and …

The Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that Nigeria and Türkiye have reached an agreement for the immediate deployment of 200 Nigerian Special Forces for training in Türkiye. Musa disclosed this in an interview on the sidelines of the 5th Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF2026) in Antalya, Türkiye, on Saturday, following discussions with his Turkish counterpart, Yasar Guler. …

CAIRO (AP) — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports. The strait is closed until the U.S. blockade is lifted, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy said Saturday night, …

Brig.-Gen. Uche Nnabuihe has raised concern over low enlistment from the South-East, revealing Anambra recorded only 117 applications out of 38,000 nationwide. Nnabuihe led an Army delegation to sensitise youths in Awka, noting the figure was recorded on April 7, before a nationwide awareness campaign began. He said the exercise aimed to encourage more youths from Anambra and the South-East …

The Turkish government has advocated regional cooperation as the best way to tackle specific regional conflicts amid what it described as the current period of a “free fall” in global governance. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made the call at the Fifth Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF2026) on Saturday in Antalya, Türkiye. According to him, in the contemporary world order, multilateralism …

The Police Command in Benue has arrested seven suspects over alleged connection with the April 15 abduction of some passengers in Otukpo. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Edet Udeme, confirmed the development in a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi on Saturday. Udeme said that the arrests were made during a coordinated joint security operation involving the police and other …

BEIRUT (AP) — Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehran maintained its grip on the who got through and threatened to close it again if the U.S. kept in place its blockade of Iranian ships and ports. The …