President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new Minister of Defence, following the resignation of Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar on Monday. In a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu confirmed that he had forwarded Musa’s name to Senate President Godswill Akpabio in a …
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has withdrawn his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), less than 24 hours to the party’s governorship primary election in the state. A letter announcing his resignation surfaced on Monday, although it was dated November 4, 2025. In the letter, Adeleke attributed his decision to the lingering leadership crisis …
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the appeal by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ruling that it lacked merit and had become academic following his conviction for terrorism offences by a Federal High Court on November 20. In a judgment delivered on Friday, a three-member panel of the …
Barely two weeks after declaring his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Kebbi State, former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, will appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for questioning. Malami confirmed the development on his Facebook page on Friday. He stated that the anti-graft agency …
Senator representing Delta North, Ned Nwoko, has alleged that a coordinated group of detractors is using the current situation involving his wife, actress Regina Daniels, to blackmail and damage his reputation. The lawmaker made this claim in a statement released by his Communication and Technical Action Team on Monday in Abuja, amid reports of alleged …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has officially declared Timipre Sylva, former Governor of Bayelsa State and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, wanted over an alleged $14,859,257 fraud involving the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). This was made known on the commission’s Facebook official Page on Monday evening. The EFCC notice, …
The administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu has set out to appoint ambassadors to fill long-vacant seats in Nigeria’s foreign missions, while also ordering key security chiefs to begin immediate action, a move observers say may be partly driven by recent threats from the United States. Diplomatic void and looming appointments Since September 2023, Nigeria has …
In an emotion-laden tone, the senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, confronted Nigerian immigration officials who allegedly seized her international passport on Tuesday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, while she was travelling abroad. Speaking during a Facebook Live broadcast, the visibly agitated lawmaker said her international passport was seized based on what …
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Bode George, has warned former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, against taking legal action against the party over its national chairmanship process, saying such a move could attract disciplinary measures. Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme on Tuesday, George said …
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he has not received any formal invitation or subpoena to appear as a witness in the ongoing terrorism trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking during his monthly media chat on Friday in Abuja, Wike …
