Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Shaibu Chief of Defence Staff, Lt Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has clarified the reason behind the presence of United States military personnel in parts of the country. He said the U.S. forces were invited to support Nigeria with training and modern military technology. According to him, the cooperation is focused…
A middle-aged man, Babangida Mohammed, has been rescued by Bauchi State police after reportedly being kept in chains for 10 years by his father, Mohammed Lawal, in Shadawanka village on the outskirts of Bauchi city due to his mental illness. Authorities revealed that the victim had been kept in chains by his 72-year-old father, Mohammed…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the remand of a nursing mother, Hope Onome Ogbholemu, over alleged investment fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned her and husband, the Chief Executive Officer of Onome Global Market Resources Limited and Lexicon Multi-concept Media Limited, Osabohein Alex Ologbose, before Justice Ekerete…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a three-count charge against former Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai over the alleged interception of communications belonging to Nigeria’s National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu. In an interview last week, El-Rufai claimed that he and other unnamed individuals listened to conversations from Ribadu’s phone after it had been…
The National Assembly will reconvene plenary on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, after abruptly cutting short its recess, amid strong indications that lawmakers are set to review the timetable for the 2027 presidential election. A notice issued by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, directed senators and members of the House of Representatives to…
The United States has frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians accused of having links with the Boko Haram and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL. The over 3,000-page document released at the weekend by the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC, also identified individuals sanctioned for cybercrime-related offences…
Leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said he built a mosque and named it after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mother following divine instruction. The newly built mosque in Oke-Afa, Lagos, named Abibatu Mogaji, the late Tinubu’s mother was unveiled on February 14 during Ayodele’s annual thanksgiving programme, which attracted political,…
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has dismissed claims that it imported a dangerous chemical known as thallium sulphate from Poland. The reaction came after former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai, disclosed on 𝕏 that opposition figures had received information suggesting that about 10 kilogrammes of the toxic substance were brought into the…
Henry Baro, the Asiwaju of Delta State, uas raised a toast to two of Delta’s brightest stars – Rt. Hon. Elder Dr. Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, JP, crowned Governor of the Year 2025 by Leadership Newspapers and New Telegraph and Olorogun Festus Keyamo, SAN, named Silver Bird Man of the Year. Baro’s toast, a blend of…
By Oto Drama, PhD. THE recent admission by Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, that they successfully intercepted and recorded the telephone conversations of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has done more than just ignite a political firestorm. It has pulled back the veil on the dark underbelly of the Nigerian…
