Heavy security presence was observed on Monday morning at the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja as Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed officially assumed office as the party’s Acting National Chairman. Armed police officers and plain-clothes security operatives were stationed at strategic points around the PDP secretariat at Wadata Plaza, Garki, with […]
The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Ekiti State chapter, on Monday, defied warnings from the Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) and went ahead with a mass protest on the university campus. The demonstration, which drew hundreds of young people and civil society members, was aimed at pressing for […]
The Bayelsa State Police Command has declared a 24-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr. Levi Anyanwu, missing. Anyanwu, who was serving at the Ijaw National Academy in Kaiama, the headquarters of Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, reportedly went missing on October 8, 2025. The development has sparked concern among fellow corps […]
Nigerian public affairs analyst, Abisaya Busari Akinnadeju, has criticised United States President Donald Trump for describing Nigeria as a “disgraced nation,” calling the comment undiplomatic, unhelpful, and disrespectful to a sovereign state. In an open letter addressed to Trump and shared on social media, Akinnadeju said such remarks were unbecoming of a world leader […]
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan was formally sworn in for a new five-year term on Monday in a ceremony held under tight security in the capital, Dodoma — even as the country remained under an internet blackout and opposition figures accused security forces of killing scores of protesters who rejected the vote. State television […]
The Federal Government is set to stop foreign airlines from selling flight tickets in United States dollars, the President of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), Mr. Yinka Folami, has revealed. Speaking during a cultural and tourism programme held in Lagos over the weekend, Folami described the practice of ticket sales in […]
Senior Nigerian cleric and founder of the Guiding Light Assembly, Pastor Wale Adefarasin, has questioned the recent expression of concern by the United States government over alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria, describing it as “sudden and suspicious.” Reacting to reports of killings in parts of the country and recent remarks by some American […]
Growing tensions between the United States and two of Africa’s most powerful nations — Nigeria and South Africa — have sparked concerns among foreign policy experts who warn that Washington risks undermining decades of strategic partnership through hostile rhetoric and threats of military confrontation. Recent comments attributed to U.S. President *Donald Trump, suggesting possible […]
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan was formally sworn in for a new five-year term on Monday in a ceremony held under tight security in the capital, Dodoma — even as the country remained under an internet blackout and opposition figures accused security forces of killing scores of protesters who rejected the vote. State television showed […]
Growing tensions between the United States and two of Africa’s most powerful nations — Nigeria and South Africa — have sparked concerns among foreign policy experts who warn that Washington risks undermining decades of strategic partnership through hostile rhetoric and threats of military confrontation. Recent comments attributed to U.S. President *Donald Trump, suggesting possible […]
