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President Bola Tinubu has nominated the immediate past Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, as a non-career ambassador. The President also named Ita Enang, a former senator; Chioma Ohakim, former Imo State first lady; and Abdulrahman Dambazau, former minister of interior and ex-Chief of Army Staff, as non-career ambassadors. This is coming barely […] More

The Senate has commenced the screening of three ambassadorial nominees submitted to the upper legislative chamber by President Bola Tinubu. The exercise began on Wednesday under the leadership of Senator Sani Bello (APC, Niger North), who chairs the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. All three nominees appeared before the committee for assessment. The committee is […] More

The Catholic community in Kaduna has been thrown into panic following the abduction of Reverend Father Emmanuel Ezema, a priest of the Zaria Diocese, who was whisked away by unknown gunmen late Tuesday night. The Diocese of Zaria confirmed the disturbing development on Wednesday, in an official notice signed by the Diocesan Chancellor, Rev. Fr. […] More

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