English professional footballer, Busayo Saka, who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team has opened up that he chose to marry his lover, Tolani Benson, to preserve his Yoruba identity. He is engaged to Tolani, a lady he describes as beautiful and well-brought-up. Saka consistently reassures her […]
Around a dozen soldiers have been arrested in Benin following an attempted coup, including the ringleaders of the foiled operation, military and security sources told AFP Sunday. One source said 13 people have been detained, while another confirmed that all but one of the suspects are serving soldiers; the remaining detainee is a former member […]
By Dayo Johnson, Rotimi Ojomoyela, James Ogunnaike, Adeola Badru, Alemma Aliu, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Steve Oko and Egufe Yafubougi As bandits from the North push farther toward the fringes of the South, security anxieties have deepened across the southern corridor, stretching from the thick forests of Oke-Ogun in Oyo to the oil-rich creeks of the Niger […]
Profile of Christopher Musa: Date of Birth: December 25, 1967 (Age: 58) Education: – Bachelor of Science Degree Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna Graduated: 1991 – Advanced Military Training College of Advanced Studies, Zaria Attended: 1986 (prior to NDA enrollment) – Primary and Secondary Education Sokoto, Nigeria Completed: Prior to 1986 Military […]
Christopher Musa By Johnbosco Agbakwuru In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu conveyed General Musa’s nomination as the successor to Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned on Monday. Musa, 58, served as Chief of Defence Staff from 2023 until October 2025. He won the Colin Powell Award for Soldiering in 2012. Born in […]
By Emmanuel Iheaka, Owerri Suspected gunmen on Monday evening reportedly hijacked an Aba-bound bus carrying passengers in the Ngor Okpala area of Imo State. Eyewitness accounts claimed the hoodlums emerged from the bush, shot sporadically and took control of the bus which had left Owerri for Aba, Abia State. The situation, according to the witnesses, […]
By Justina Otio The Senior Special Assistant (Protocol) to President Bola Tinubu, Demola Oshodi, has opened up on the reason figures such as former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, and former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode were named in the recently published ambassadorial list. Naija News […]
Genocide: What we discussed with American officials — Rotimi Amaechi Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has cleared the air on the meeting with the then opposition figures, held with American officials, saying it was only to press for a free and fair election. There were allegations that the then political opponents of former […]
By Richard Ogunsile Stakeholders across the South East have reacted sharply to the National Assembly’s (NASS) recommendation for the creation of six additional states across Nigeria. The South East stakeholders warn that the proposal fails to address long-standing structural and political marginalisation of the region. Naija News understands that the Joint Constitution Review Committee of […]
Genocide: ‘You seem to be panicking’ – Piers Morgan tells Nigeria Foreign Minister, Yusuf Tuggar By Don Silas British broadcaster, Piers Morgan has assured the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Yusuf Tuggar, that his recent interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored will be aired in its entirety. Morgan stated this to address […]
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