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A renewed dispute over Nigeria’s uneven security response has erupted after Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, condemned critics who questioned the swift rescue of the family of former Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu, equating their mindset with that of terrorists. Olusegun made the remarks in a series of posts…
Armenians went to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election widely viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s pivot toward the West, a shift that has strained the country’s traditional alliance with former imperial ruler Russia. The election is seen as a test of the government’s efforts to forge a peace…
The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel to the highest category, reflecting deepening concern within the United States defence establishment that one of Washington’s closest allies is intensifying efforts to spy on senior American officials. The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency in recent weeks issued the new counterintelligence threat assessment amid rising tensions…
The battle for Delta State’s political soul has returned to familiar ground, with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and former Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege drawing fresh battle lines ahead of the 2027 general elections, more than three years after their first contest. The rivalry has taken a dramatic turn through a double defection. Oborevwori left…
Nigeria’s education sector faces renewed pressure from armed group attacks on schools, with the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Malick Fall, urging stronger collective commitment to safe, inclusive and violence free teaching and learning environments. Mr Fall made the call after meeting a delegation from the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre…
Nigeria has started screening its citizens in South Africa for a voluntary repatriation programme expected to cover more than one thousand people as anti immigrant tensions persist in the host country. The process began on Thursday, according to foreign ministry spokesman Kimiebi Ebienfa. “Total figure not out yet. We are expecting over a thousand…
Chief Olabode George, former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party and a retired general, has advised Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, to direct his counsel on ending terrorism straight to President Bola Tinubu, the Commander in Chief, rather than to the service chiefs. George described…
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence by hanging for Chelynor Halim, a convicted kidnapper from Delta State, in a unanimous decision by a five member panel that dismissed his appeal as lacking merit. The apex court on Friday affirmed the 2017 judgment of a High Court in Asaba, Delta State, which found…
A faction of the Accord Party has selected Professor Christopher Imumolen as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election through a consensus process at a special national convention in Lagos. The announcement was made in a statement by the faction National Secretary, Mallam Muktar Abdullah. Delegates from the 36 states and the Federal Capital…
Efforts to calm tensions within the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) have entered a new phase as the party begins a reconciliation process following complaints and disagreements arising from its nationwide primary elections. The decision was reached during the party’s second National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, where leaders resolved to engage aggrieved aspirants and party members…
