The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted sharply to the defection of Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, describing his move to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a regrettable but self-inflicted political blow. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the PDP...
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Nigeria has been plunged into yet another wave of sorrow as a string of violent incidents across Adamawa, Anambra and Sokoto States claimed dozens of innocent lives, drawing renewed calls for firm and compassionate leadership. In a painfully reflective statement, former presidential candidate Peter Obi lamented the country’s recurring...
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He announced this at a stakeholders meeting at the government house in Port Harcourt. More to follow…
Nigerian Senate has given President Bola Tinubu the green light to deploy troops to the Republic of Benin, endorsing a regional security move aimed at stabilising the neighbouring country after last weekend’s attempted coup. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the approval during Tuesday’s plenary, following deliberations on the President’s...
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared a state of emergency across West Africa due to a series of recent coups and failed mutinies in the region. This announcement was made by ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray during the 55th session of the Mediation and Security Council...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has dispelled reports of wrongdoing over the landing of its C-130 aircraft in Burkina Faso, insisting the touchdown was a precautionary measure taken after the crew detected a technical issue mid-flight. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared that it will embark on a nationwide protest on December 17, citing what it described as the worsening insecurity across the country. The decision was announced in a communiqué issued on Monday after the NLC’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Lagos....
Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum (NGF) has cimmended President Bola Tinubu for his rapid and decisive action in helping to quell the attempted military coup in neighbouring Benin Republic — a move the Forum says protected both Nigeria and the wider West African region. In a statement issued on Monday from...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has pushed back hard against what it describes as a fresh wave of political “absurdity” allegedly engineered by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and his allies. The party said the group’s announcement of a National Caretaker Committee is not only fraudulent but a deliberate attempt to...
President Bola Tinubu has commended the security agencies for their tireless efforts in securing the freedom of the 100 students of St. Mary Private and Secondary School, Papiri, in Niger State. While expressing his joy over the safe return of the students, President Tinubu equally charged the security agencies...
Niger State Government has received the 100 rescued school children of St. Mary Catholic schools Papiri, Agwara local government area of the state. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, who was represented by Wing Commander Abdullahi handed over the children to the Governor at the government house in...
Benin Republic’s President Patrice Talon has praised the country’s military leadership for swiftly crushing an attempted coup on Sunday, promising that those behind the plot will face justice. Hours after a group of renegade soldiers — calling themselves the Military Committee for Refoundation — stormed state television, announced the...
The bid by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to secure an urgent transfer from the Sokoto Correctional Centre suffered a major setback on Monday as the Federal High Court in Abuja refused to grant his request. Kanu, who was convicted of terrorism-related offences,...
The reported rescue of 100 pupils kidnapped from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State has stirred confusion, as the school’s proprietor, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna, said neither he nor the staff have received any official confirmation. Channels Television...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the gallantry of Nigeria’s military on Sunday for responding swiftly to the request by the Government of Benin Republic to save its 35-year-old democracy from coup plotters who struck at dawn today. Acting on two separate requests from the Government of Benin, President...
In what security operatives have described as one of Imo State’s most chilling criminal discoveries in recent years, the Imo State Police Command has uncovered a hotel and an adjoining mortuary allegedly used as a base for kidnapping, ransom collection and organ harvesting in Ngor Okpala. The operation, announced...
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has directed the immediate deployment of elements of its regional Standby Force to the Republic of Benin, following heightened security concerns triggered by the recently foiled coup attempt in the country. The directive was announced in a communique issued on Sunday in...
Nigeria has launched a series of coordinated precision airstrikes targeting fleeing members of the recently foiled coup attempt in the Benin Republic, according to details obtained by security analyst Zagazola Makama. Makama, citing high-level security sources, reported that the air operation focused on elements of the coup faction attempting...
A member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere, has called for a comprehensive audit of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) over the Federal Government’s alleged ₦4 trillion indebtedness to local contractors. Ugochinyere, who represents Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State,...
Crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a fresh turn on Friday as the Kabiru Turaki-led leadership formally asked Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court to step aside from a suit filed against the party’s national leadership. In a motion on notice, filed by a legal...