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New AC Milan head coach Ruben Amorim has pledged to uphold the enduring legacy of club icon Franco Baresi as he begins the delicate task of restoring the Rossoneri to the upper echelons of Italian and European football. The Portuguese tactician, who returned to the dugout after his January dismissal by Manchester United, spoke with quiet resolve in Perth on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s high-stakes friendly against bitter rivals Inter Milan. The match forms part of the “Calcio Italiano” festival, a week-long showcase of Italian clubs on Australian soil. Baresi, the legendary defender who captained Milan through their golden years…

A fresh legal battle has erupted within the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, casting a long shadow over the party’s preparations for the 2027 general elections and exposing deep fissures in its internal democracy. Several aspirants widely regarded as loyal to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa have dragged the party, the Independent National Electoral Commission and some of the eventual candidates before the Federal High Court in Abuja. At the heart of the suits is the APC’s decision to conduct direct primaries for the National Assembly elections scheduled for May 16, 2026, and the subsequent transmission of names that,…

What began as a year of national service for 27-year-old Okebaram Stanley Chimaroke ended in tragedy and unanswered questions in the creeks of Nembe, Bayelsa State. The Civil Engineering graduate of the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Imo State, and former Students’ Union Government president for the 2022/2023 session, was serving under the National Youth Service Corps in Nembe Local Government Area. On the evening of July 24, 2026, colleagues lost contact with him. Repeated calls to his phone went unanswered. By the next day the matter had been reported to the Bayelsa State Police Command, triggering a search that involved security…

The embattled Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Adeniyi Matthew Adeyemi, has formally requested the House of Representatives to grant him administrative clearance to appear before its investigative panel. Currently in custody, Adeyemi, through his legal team, maintains that any report on the controversy that excludes his testimony would be incomplete and fundamentally flawed. In a statement issued late Sunday by his lawyers, led by Festus Akhigbe, Adeyemi rejected the emerging narrative that paints him as a lone operator who single-handedly invented a federal agency. He argued that the administrative trail left by the PFIPC tells…

Tensions ahead of the August 15 Osun State governorship election sharpened on Monday as the All Progressives Congress and Governor Ademola Adeleke’s campaign organisation exchanged sharp accusations over the alleged release of hardened criminals and the neutrality of the police. The Director-General of the APC campaign council for Osun Central, Adebayo Adeleke, claimed that Governor Adeleke had used his prerogative of mercy in recent weeks to free several notorious offenders from prison. According to him, the releases were timed to create chaos in the run-up to the election. “Within the last eight weeks, some hardened criminals in prison have been…

Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Monday mounted a robust defence of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, insisting the administration deserves praise rather than criticism for policies that are beginning to stabilise and reposition the Nigerian economy. Speaking at the Delta State Economic and Investment Summit in Asaba, Shettima told an audience of business leaders, state officials and investors that the country had inherited deep structural challenges but was now recording measurable gains. Chief among them, he said, was a sharp recovery in foreign reserves and a shift from capital flight to capital inflows. “Professor Soludo, you have done a lot of…

President Bola Tinubu is set to receive the Executive Bill package for the National Policing Bill on September 3, 2026, as the Presidency accelerates efforts to put in place a workable legal framework for state police across the country. Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill, Femi Gbajabiamila, made the announcement on Monday after the group’s meeting at the Presidential Villa. Gbajabiamila told State House correspondents that the approved work programme is a seven-week, milestone-driven exercise running from July 27 to September 14. The Executive Bill package is scheduled…

Apple has launched a fresh legal challenge against the UK government’s latest push for access to users’ encrypted data, reigniting a high-stakes privacy battle between the tech giant and British authorities. The US company confirmed the appeal to AFP on Monday, underscoring its long-standing refusal to create any backdoor that would allow government surveillance of private information. The dispute centers on a UK demand that Apple build a “backdoor” into its systems so law enforcement agencies can access encrypted data uploaded by users when required. Apple has repeatedly rejected such requests. “As we have said many times before, we have…

National Policing Bill efforts advanced on Monday as the Federal Government invited Nigerians to submit memoranda and policy proposals aimed at creating a comprehensive legal and operational framework for state policing across the country. The invitation was announced by the Chief of Staff to the President and Chairman of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill, Femi Gbajabiamila, after the group’s meeting at the State House in Abuja. A statement released through the official X handle of the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the development. According to the statement, the Working…

The Department of State Services, working in close collaboration with other security agencies, has recorded a major success in ongoing efforts to restore stability in Imo State. The joint operations resulted in the killing of two suspected commanders of the Eastern Security Network and the destruction of multiple militant camps across the state. Security sources confirmed that the sustained campaign, conducted over the past month, specifically targeted camps linked to two notorious militant figures. These were identified as Ifeanyi Okorienta Eze, popularly known as “Gentle de Yahoo,” and Monday Oluchi Ogu, who operates under the alias “B44.” The raids were…