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Nigeria has deployed military aircraft to the Benin Republic following unconfirmed reports of a coup attempt that allegedly targeted President Patrice Talon on Sunday, marking a significant escalation in regional security concerns along West Africa’s coastal corridor. Security sources confirmed that fighter jets took off from Lagos and were observed conducting aerial surveillance operations…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) account for the alleged disappearance of N55.9 billion voted for the procurement of election materials for the 2019 general elections. The demand was contained in a letter dated December 6, 2025, signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Mr Kolawole…
Former National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Iyiola Omisore, has rejected his disqualification from the party’s Osun State governorship primary, describing the screening committee’s decision as “the jokiest report of the year” and raising concerns over the integrity of the process. Omisore spoke on behalf of the disqualified aspirants after meeting…
The Federal Ministry of Education on Saturday clarified widespread misconceptions surrounding subject selection in the newly revised Senior Secondary School Curriculum, assuring students, parents, and school administrators that no restrictions have been imposed on subject choices. The clarification was issued in Abuja on Saturday by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the…
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed claims that he recently instituted a ₦200 billion defamation suit against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, insisting that the case was filed over three months ago and not a fresh legal action as widely reported. In a statement issued on Saturday, through his media aide, Jackson Udom, Akpabio accused the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, December 6, 2025, adjourned proceedings in the suit challenging the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention held in Ibadan to January 14, 2026. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2501/2025, was filed by a faction of the party aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capital…
The United States has imposed fresh visa restrictions on Nigerians accused of involvement in the rising wave of attacks against Christians, signaling a tougher diplomatic stance on religious violence in the country. The move was announced on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who described the policy as a direct…
Nigeria’s newly screened Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), has drawn a firm line against ransom payments in the country’s fight against terrorism and kidnapping, insisting that paying criminals only fuels further violence and insecurity. Speaking on Wednesday during his Senate screening in Abuja, Musa declared that the Federal Government would no…
Governor Ademola Adeleke is poised to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Accord Party, following his formal resignation from the PDP and the emergence of Adebayo Olugbenga Adedamola as the party’s candidate for the August 8, 2026, Osun State governorship election. Adeleke’s resignation, dated November 4, 2025, was addressed to the…
The Senate will today, Wednesday, December 3, 2025, screen retired General Christopher Gwabin Musa following his nomination by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Minister of Defence, in a move aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s security architecture amid worsening insecurity. The nomination was transmitted to the Senate on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, through a formal letter…
