Kwankwaso may join Atiku, Peter Obi, El-Rufai, plots defection to ADC

By George Oshogwe Ogbolu As preparations for the 2027 general elections gather momentum, former Kano State Governor and national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is weighing the option of joining forces with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, under the African Democratic […]

Key Boko Haram commanders killed in Borno airstrikes

Key Boko Haram commanders killed in Borno airstrikes By Ochogwu Sunday Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, supported by Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force platforms, have reportedly neutralised several key Boko Haram terrorist commanders in Borno State. The development followed major airstrikes during operation in the Bama Local Government Area of the state. Popular security […]

Wike faults Fubara for replacing monarch who is in a coma in the hospital

  By Ifunanya Obeme-Ndukwe Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of refusing to reinstate His Royal Highness, Eze Ohna Sergent Awuse, the Paramount Ruler of Emohua, as Chairman of the Rivers State Traditional Rulers Council. Wike revealed that Awuse had fallen ill and went into a coma, […]

Nnamdi Kanu’s wife recounts 2009 abduction, blames uwazuruike

By Enioluwa Adeniyi Uchechigeme Anyanw??t?t? Okwu-Kanu, wife of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has recounted the circumstances surrounding her husband’s abduction in 2009, describing the episode as a painful milestone in their long struggle. In a social media post on Thursday, Okwu-Kanu said both she and her husband endured immense […]

Tinubu arrives Lagos after three-state tour

Tinubu arrives Lagos after three-state tour President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos State for the end-of-year holidays. He had visited Borno and Bauchi states earlier in the day, as part of his three-state official tour. On arrival at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, President Tinubu was received by Governor […]

South moves against northern bandits

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 New Defence Minister, Christopher Musa

  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 […]

Tinubu nominates ex-CDS Christopher Musa as Defence Minister

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 […]

Why Reno Omokri, Fani-Kayode, Yakubu were added to Ambassadorial List – Presidency

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 […]

South East stakeholders kick as National Assembly proposes six new States

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 […]

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