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  French energy giant TotalEnergies has agreed to sell a 40 per cent interest in two Nigerian offshore exploration licences to Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a subsidiary of American oil major Chevron. The deal, announced on Monday, covers licences spanning about 2,000 square kilometres in the oil-rich Niger Delta deep-water basin and remains subject…

  Guinea-Bissau remained under firm military control on Thursday, November 27, after deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo fled to neighbouring Senegal following his detention by soldiers who seized power a day earlier. Senegal’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that Embalo arrived in Dakar aboard a military aircraft chartered by the Senegalese government, after being released from the…

  Former President Goodluck Jonathan is safe and has left Guinea-Bissau following Wednesday’s military coup, the Federal Government confirmed on Thursday. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, told journalists in Abuja that Jonathan departed the country on a special flight along with other members of his delegation, including former Ghanaian diplomat Mohamed…

  Gunmen on Wednesday night abducted at least 10 people from Angwan-Kawo and Kuchipa villages in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, the police have confirmed. The attack occurred on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, at about 8 p.m., according to the spokesperson of the Niger State Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun. “On November 26, 2025,…

  The Nigerian Defence Academy has fixed this Friday, November 28, 2025, for the opening of its online application portal for admission into the 78 Regular Course. The application window will run until April 30, 2026, according to a statement released on Wednesday by the Academy Registrar. The Academy said the opportunity is open to…

  Iliyasu Abdullahi Bah News of the death of renowned Islamic scholar and spiritual leader, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, began circulating early Thursday morning, throwing the Nigerian Muslim community into deep mourning. The death of the revered cleric was later confirmed by a former presidential aide to late President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad. In a…

  A Kano State High Court on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, adjourned the trial of former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar, and six others to February 3, 2026, for the hearing of all pending motions. The defendants are facing an 11-count charge filed by the Kano State Government, bordering on…

  President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the first batch of ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, taking a major step toward filling Nigeria’s long-vacant diplomatic positions more than two years into his administration. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the development during plenary on Wednesday, November 26, while reading the president’s letter…

  Nigeria is facing a sharp decline in access to one of the most critical HIV-prevention tools, as new global data show a 55 per cent drop in condom distribution in the country over the past year. The figure is contained in the World AIDS Day 2025 report by the Joint United Nations Programme on…