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The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Defence, Hon. Jimi Benson, has shed light on why the names of suspected terrorism financiers in Nigeria remain undisclosed. He explained that many of those alleged backers are already under “scrutiny”— being tracked, identified, and investigated — but public naming is being withheld for security reasons. […] More

The Senate has announced that it will on Wednesday begin the screening of former Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, following his nomination as the new Minister of Defence. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, in a statement issued through the Directorate of Media and […] More

Popular journalist and publisher, Dele Momodu, has alleged that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is using the controversial VIP escort withdrawal to target opposition figures and influence public sentiment. The development began after an online list circulated claiming that several prominent Nigerians had been stripped of their police escorts. The list included former […] More

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, Prof. Cornelius Omonokhua, has said both Muslims and Christians are victims of widespread killings by bandits and terrorists across Nigeria. Omonokhua made the remarks on Tuesday at the close-out event of the “Promoting and Protecting Freedom of Religion or Belief” project, organised by Search for Common […] More

Activist politician, Omoyele Sowore, has disclosed that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has become a celebrity in Sokoto Custodial Centre. Sowore disclosed this while addressing journalists within the premises of the Abuja Federal High Court yesterday. He said the Nigerian government would soon realize the biggest mistake it made […] More

Moscow has warned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that any preemptive military action that targets Russian territory would have repercussions. On Monday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reacted to the comments by Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chairman of NATO’s military committee. Dragone told the Financial Times that member states are considering being “proactive instead of […] More

Brant Philip, a Sahel-focused terrorism tracker, has sparked heightened scrutiny of U.S.–Nigeria security cooperation after alleging that American surveillance aircraft have now entered Nigerian airspace, days after earlier reports suggested the United States may be preparing for unmanned drone strikes against terrorist targets inside the country. In a series of posts on X, Philip said […] More

Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This comes with less than 24 hours to the PDP governorship primary election. Adeleke’s decision was communicated in a letter which surfaced on Monday, but was dated November 4, 2025. The governor cited the crisis in the party as the reason […] More

French giant, TotalEnergies has announced the sale of a 40 per cent stake in its Nigerian offshore exploration licences to Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a subsidiary of US oil giant Chevron. According to a report by Reuters, the agreement covers two licence areas spanning 2,000 square kilometres in the West Delta basin. The transaction […] More

The naira depreciated against the dollar at the official and parallel foreign exchange markets on Monday to begin the new month on a bearish note. Central Bank of Nigeria’s data showed that the Naira weakened to N1,448.44 on Monday, down from N1,446.74 traded on Friday last week. This means that the naira dropped by N1.7 […] More

Police in Borno State have recovered gold said to be worth N23.6m which a woman buried in Mallamfatori, Abadam local government area 15 years ago while running from a Boko Haram attack. According to the woman, she hid the gold in the sand before fleeing the town. She recently returned and reported the matter to […] More