The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced the arrival of about 100 United States military personnel and associated equipment at Bauchi Airfield. The Director Defence Information (DDI), Maj.-Gen. Samaila Uba, confirmed the arrival of the US troops in a statement on Monday. Uba said the personnel are technical specialists serving strictly inContinue Reading
Confirming that he was recently in Nigeria, United States lawmaker, Senator Riley Moore said he held several high-level meetings with government officials and other key stakeholders. Confirming that he was recently in Nigeria, United States lawmaker, Senator Riley Moore said he held several high-level meetings with government officials andContinue Reading
By The Federal Government has declared that any violence framed along religious lines will be treated as a direct attack on the Nigerian state, reaffirming that the protection of all citizens—Christians, Muslims, and adherents of other faiths—is non-negotiable. The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, made the statement at theContinue Reading
*PRESS RELEASE More than eighty Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and leaders have expressed “grave concern and deep alarm” over American airstrikes on the Nigerian territory on Christmas Day, and “the troubling silence, absence, and abdication of responsibility by Nigeria’s political and military leadership.” “This event raises fundamental questions about sovereignty, constitutionalContinue Reading
By Paul Ejime The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday, 9 December, declared a state of emergency across the region, the first time since the regional bloc was formed in May 1975. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, announced during the 55th SessionContinue Reading
The United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has met with Nigeria’s National Security Advisor Nuhu Ribadu at the Pentagon. In a press statement made available at the official website of the US Government Department of War, the Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and SeniorContinue Reading
*(Most Gen Z of today’s digital age are preoccupied with social media and the attendant social vices. In Africa, many are worried about their lack of education, unemployment and the future. But here are the transformative thoughts incubating in a 14-year-old, Andrew Kenechukwu. Andrew, born to a Polish fatherContinue Reading
By Victoria Frances NIGERIA is not in the latest International Monetary Fund, IMF, list of Africa’s fastest-growing economies. Realnews reports that countries such as Benin Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda made the list if those leading Africa’s growth trajectory in the world. According to the IMF, Continue Reading
*By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When Olusegun Obasanjo took over in 1976 from the slain Murtala Mohammed as Nigeria’s military Head of State, the regime was already committed as a matter of policy to transition power to an elected civilian administration in 1979. This was a big deal, alright, butContinue Reading
