The Nigerian Army has dismissed a claim in a viral publication that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu was planning to forcefully recruit Nigerians aged 18 and above into military service. The Nigerian Army denied this in a…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has urged military retirees to engage in skills acquisition a move aimed at improving the living standards of retired military officers and personnel. Oluyede made this call on Wednesday while speaking at…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly postponed his scheduled trip to South Africa for the G20 Leaders’ Summit as he awaits further security briefings from Vice President Kashim Shettima on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on Christ Apostolic…
Labor Party’s Peter Obi has condemned recent attacks in different parts of Nigeria in the past few days. Obi decried that the government rather than try to solve the insecurity issue in the country by uniting, is consumed by internal…
The national youth chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Mr. Eze-Onyebuchi Chukwu, has urged president Tinubu to caution “self acclaimed prophet, Primate Ayodele” over his alleged statement attributing the problems in Nigeria to Igbos. According to Chukwu who…
THE THREE NAMES OF BENIN’S MISSING MUSEUM: How the Benin Royal Museum Became EMOWAA, Then MOWAA – An Open-Source Investigation (2018–2025) By Engr. Osasere F. Osifo For years, the debate surrounding the restitution of the Benin Bronzes has been dominated…
The former governor of Anambra state, Willie Obiano is reportedly alive and well. Despite rumours circulating in some sections of the media that he had died in London, the former commission for information and public enlightenment in Anambra, Don Adinuba,…
President Bola Tinubu has reappointed Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for another five-year term. This was confirmed by the State House on Friday in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser…
The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria has threatened to embark on a nationwide naked protest on November 24, if government does not pay their outstanding pension increment arrears and palliative allowances. The coalition’s National Chairman, Mr Mukaila Ogunbote, announced…
By Farooq Kperogi I have read competing perspectives on the correctitude (or lack thereof) of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and Lt. A.M. Yerima’s conduct in the viral video of their gladiatorial rhetorical combat. My concern, however, is different. Several social…
