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The opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) has asked President Bola Tinubu to be honest with Nigerians on the real reasons behind the sudden and rather abrupt change in the leadership of the Nigerian military. The ADC national publicity secretary, Mallam Bolaji, said this in a statement on Friday. He said while the party acknowledges that […]

A Paris court has handed a rare whole-life sentence to 27-year-old Dahbia Benkired, who was found guilty of the brutal rape and murder of 12-year-old Lola Daviet, a case that has deeply shocked France and reignited debate over immigration and public safety. The court ruled that Benkired, an Algerian national who was under an order […]

Born on February 20, 1972, in Makurdi, Benue State, Air Vice Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke hails from Udi local government area of Enugu State. He is the son of Air Warrant Officer (Rtd) Sylvester and Mrs Ngozi Aneke. He started his early education at Army Children School, New Cantonment ‘A’, Kaduna (1976–1982) and Government College, […]

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has denied media reports that convener of #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, was rearrested on Friday afternoon on a fresh charges after his initial bail. There were media reports that Sowore was immediately re-arrested after stepping out of the court by the police and he is expected to be arraigned before […]

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), at its October 2025 plenary in Paris, France, has officially removed Nigeria from the list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, commonly known as the ‘grey list’. This was revealed by the director/chief executive officer of the the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Ms. Hafsat Abubakar Bakari, on Friday. She […]

The Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalisation Programme (YEIDEP) has announced the postponement of the business grants disbursement to Batch A applicants, initially scheduled to commence on October 20, 2025. In a statement, the programme’s Coordinator-General, Comrade Kennedy Iyere, cited complexities in ensuring a transparent, accountable, and accurate disbursement process as the reason for the delay. […]

President Bola Tinubu has welcomed Nigeria’s delisting from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. The FATF announced the delisting at its Plenary in Paris, France, on Friday. The FATF is the world’s foremost standard-setting body for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. The announcement formally removed Nigeria from the list of […]

President Bola Tinubu has sent a congratulatory letter to the first female Prime Minister of Japan, Sanae Takaichi, describing her emergence after winning the votes in the parliament as an affirmation of her contributions to the influence of her political party in governance in Japan. According to a statement by his spokesman Bayo Onanuga, the […]