The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, says the contributions of serving and retired officers and men as well as those who died in the course of defending the nation’s democracy and national unity would not be in vain. He also assured that the military would continue to pray for the quick recovery of those … Read more
Obiora Agbasimalo, the 2021 Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Anambra State is still missing after 885 days, amidst worrying silence by the Nigerian authorities. Mr Agbasimalo was abducted on 18 September 2021, less than a month before the governorship election in Anambra State which was held on 6 November 2021. Charles Soludo, a renowned … Read more
The Nigerian government has said the country recorded 1,227 confirmed cases and 219 deaths of Lassa Fever across 28 states from week one to 51 of 2023. The data is contained in the latest report by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The situation report published on the website of NCDC shows an increase … Read more
The former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Koroma, will appear in court on Wednesday, 17 January, for his alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt. He was on Wednesday charged, before a Magistrate Court, with treason, misprision of treason, and two counts of harbouring suspects. Mr Koroma was granted bail by the High Court following … Read more
The Defence Headquaters, says troops intervened in 19 out of the 36 villages in Plateau State after receiving distress calls from villagers about attacks by militants on 24 December. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, a major-general, said on Friday in Abuja that the militants carried out simultaneous attacks on the villages from various … Read more
Following a clear failure of its foreign policy in the Sahel region, President Emmanuel Macron of France is constituting a new team to help regain lost grounds. However, African foreign policy experts doubt the success of the move with one describing it as “a man-child fighting hard to retain its feeding bottle” The new team’s … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, extended the 15 December interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from taking any action against the 26 Rivers House of Assembly members who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Donatus Okorowo extended the order following an … Read more
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has denounced the action of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly members from the state, who accused him of being “dictatorial” in the running of the state. Mr Alia, in a statement on Friday by his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, condemned the “blatant and unwarranted assault” on … Read more
On Friday, 15 December, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, ruled that the ousted president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, be reinstated as leader of the country. Mr Bazoum was overthrown by members of his presidential guard on 26 July. He is under house arrest with his wife … Read more
In September, a call was made for a technical pause to the African troop drawdown from Somalia, following the initial withdrawal of 2 000 troops in June. The country’s national security adviser, Hussein Ali, put the request for a pause to the UN Security Council (UNSC) citing continued terror attacks in the country’s south-central regions. … Read more
