President Bola Tinubu has departed Lagos for Europe to continue his end-of-year break and to prepare for his official trip to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Special Adviser to the President Tinubu, on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday. According to Onanuga, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed…
Fresh details have emerged on the joint counter-terrorism operation in which the United States, working in close coordination with Nigeria, launched 16 precision-guided Tomahawk cruise missiles against Islamic State targets in Sokoto State, officials from both countries confirmed on Friday. Security sources described the Thursday night action as an opening phase—a test run—with indications that…
Long-distance combat drones launched from a United States military facility in Ghana neutralised a major terrorist build-up in Sokoto State following an intelligence-driven security collaboration between the Nigerian government and the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), according to a report by PRNigeria. The report quoted multiple security sources to have confirmed that the operation deployed advanced…
The federal government of Nigeria has confirmed that coordinated security cooperation with international partners, including the United States, has resulted in precision air strikes on terrorist targets in the North West of Nigeria. The operations are part of ongoing efforts to tackle persistent terrorism and violent extremism across the country. In a statement confirming the…
US prosecutors have indicted Izunna Okonkwo, a dual US-Nigerian citizen, and five other defendants over an alleged $41 million insider-trading and stock-manipulation scheme said to have spanned nearly four years. In a statement issued on Sunday, the US Department of Justice said a federal grand jury returned the charges on Friday, accusing the defendants of…
No fewer than 42 Nigerians have been deported from Ghana’s Ashanti Region following rulings by various courts over alleged prostitution, fraud, and other related offences. The development was disclosed in a Facebook post on Thursday, December 18, 2025, by the Ashanti Regional Minister, Frank Amoakohene. According to him, other foreign nationals deported include 13 Cameroonians,…
Details have emerged on how Nigeria service men detained in Burkina Faso over alleged violations of her air space policies were released. It was revealed that Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar formally apologised to Burkina Faso for the unauthorised entry of a Nigerian military jet into Burkinabè airspace, an incident that led to the…
By Chido Onumah The eleventh session of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (the UN Anti-Corruption Conference) or CoSP 11 kicked off on Monday, December 15, in Doha, Qatar. CoSP is “the main decision-making body of the Convention. It supports parties and signatories in their implementation of the Convention…
Contrary to the official Nigerian version, it was not the crew that chose to land at Bobo-Dioulasso, the Burkinabe government has said. The aircraft was reportedly detected by Burkinabe Air Force radars as it entered the national airspace without authorization, flight plan, and without prior communication. In the face of this apparent violation of air…
The Registrar-General and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Ishaq Hussaini Magaji (SAN), has been hit by a wave of allegations, involving controversial marital arrangements, an overseas property dispute, and alleged abuse of official influence, following two marriages that reportedly collapsed within months of his assumption of office. Multiple sources familiar with…
