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Photo: Mohammad Badaru Abubakar, former Minister of Defence By Didimoko A. Didimoko In a country where political officeholders hardly succumb to pressure, no matter how bad they perform, the resignation of Minister of Defence, Mohammad Badaru Abubakar, a key ally of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at a moment when the…

By Deborah Nnamdi Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) barely 24 hours before the party’s governorship primary, escalating the crisis currently unsettling the party’s state chapter. A resignation letter dated November 4 and addressed to the chairman of Sagba Ward 2 in Ede…

Police operatives from the Trans-Ekulu Division of the Enugu State Command have arrested a 26-year-old man, Chibuike Ugwuja, for allegedly staging his own abduction and demanding N35 million from his family. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed the development in a statement issued on Monday in Enugu. According to…

Forty-four members of the House of Representatives have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to exercise his constitutional authority to secure the release of detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as part of a broader political strategy to restore peace in the South-East. The lawmakers—drawn from diverse political parties, regions,…

National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Nuhu Ribadu, has reassured anxious parents and authorities of St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, that the pupils abducted by armed bandits “are doing fine and will return soon.” Ribadu delivered the…

By Deborah Nnamdi Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has paid a visit to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at a prison facility in Sokoto State. Otti was accompanied by Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel Kanu; the Abia State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice,…

By Deborah Nnamdi A man, his wife, and their three children were burnt to death in the early hours of Monday after a fire consumed their home in the Kofar Sauri community of Katsina metropolis. The tragic incident also destroyed most household items in the building, many of which were…

Africa has begun administering a revolutionary HIV-prevention injection that offers 99.9 percent protection, in what experts describe as one of the most significant advances in the global HIV response in decades. South Africa, Zambia, and Eswatini on Monday launched the first public rollout of lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injectable drug that…

Four pupils from Egbolo community in Igalamela-Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State lost their lives on Monday morning when a truck transporting them to school in nearby Ofuloko community lost control and plunged into a river. The tragic incident occurred around 8:30 a.m., throwing the community into chaos as…

Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has dismissed claims linking him to a possible vice-presidential ticket with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2027 general elections. The former Rivers State governor made his position clear after comments by Atiku’s ally, Dele Momodu, suggesting that Atiku might consider Amaechi…