LAGOS APC: THE CALL IS TIMELY – AND ONLY THE ENEMIES OF PEACE WILL OPPOSE IT. The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) wholeheartedly welcomes and supports the timely, forthright and pragmatic call by South-West Governors urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to accelerate the establishment of State Police across the federation. For...
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Welcome back, Sir, NSA Nuhu Ribadu. Thank you for a job well done. You’ve returned with renewed hope and renewed strength for Nigeria.
Your mission in Washington was a success: securing partnerships, technology, and the critical tools denied to us for years. Nigeria is entering a new phase. Now it’s time to bring the fight home, flush out the bandits, dismantle the terror networks, and restore lasting peace to every community. A new chapter of strength, clarity, and...
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Iran Foreign Minister To Discuss Nuclear Programme During France Visit
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, will discuss the country’s nuclear programme and the case of an Iranian citizen held in France during a visit to Paris this week, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The meeting between Araghchi and his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot, comes after France backed a resolution calling on Iran to allow...
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Political Leaders Celebrate Formal Vice President Of Nigerian Atiku Abubakar On His 79th Birthday
Nigerian presidential hopeful and former vice president Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday turned 79 amid insecurity and terrorism in Nigeria. Atiku who has been aspiring for the presidential office since 1993 recently left the Peoples Democratic Party—PDP– to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and is expected to contest again in the 2027 general election. Some...
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Tchiroma Bakary Flees To Gambia Amid Election Unrest In Cameroon
Issa Tchiroma Bakary, Cameroonian opposition leader and runner up in last month’s presidential election, has fled to The Gambia after weeks of mounting pressure and violent unrest at home. In a statement issued on Sunday, Gambia’s Ministry of Information said Tchiroma arrived in the country on November 7and is being accommodated “purely on humanitarian grounds”...
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US Puts Visa Restrictions On Haitian Government Official, Alleging Support For Gangs
The U.S. State Department said on Monday it imposed visa restrictions on a Haitian government official for allegedly supporting gangs and other criminal organizations and for what Washington called an obstruction to the Haitian government’s fight against “terrorist gangs.” The State Department did not identify the individual in its statement and any visas currently held...
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U.K. Rejects Nigeria’s Request To Repatriation Ekweremadu
The United Kingdom has rejected a request by the Federal Government of Nigeria to repatriate former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is serving a prison sentence in Britain for organ trafficking. Ekweremadu, 63, is serving time in a UK facility after he was found guilty in 2023 of plotting to harvest the kidney of...
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BBC Leaders Grilled By Lawmakers Over Its Standards After Trump Threatened To Sue
The BBC’s chairman acknowledged Monday that it was too slow in responding over a misleading edit of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump but rejected claims that the broadcaster’s impartiality was being undermined from within its own board. Senior BBC leaders were quizzed by Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee amid a major crisis at the publicly funded...