President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated retired General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the newMinister of Defence, forwarding his name to the Senate for screening and confirmation.The nomination, announced on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, comes immediately after the resignation ofthe former occupant of the office, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, on Monday, December 1, 2025. The presidential…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, AlhajiMohammed Badaru Abubakar, who stepped down from his position with immediate effect.The resignation was formally tendered by the former Minister in a letter addressed to the President anddated Monday, December 1, 2025. The reason cited for his immediate departure from the Federal…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has officially resigned his membership from the People’sDemocratic Party (PDP), the platform under which he served as Senator and was elected Governor.The resignation, submitted to his local party officials on November 4, 2025, underscores the deep-seated friction currently impacting the opposition party at the national level. Governor Adeleke, who…
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) is joining partners and communities around the globe to commemorate World AIDS Day 2025 under the theme “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response”. An estimated 40.8 million people are living with HIV (PLHIV) around the world, 610,000 of whom live in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, where the number of…
Tension gripped the Bayagan community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State thisweekend after armed bandits demanded a staggering ₦150 million ransom for the release of theirtraditional ruler, the Ojibara of Bayagan, Alhaji Kamilu Salami. The monarch was abducted on Saturday morning in a brazen attack that highlights the escalatingsecurity challenges facing traditional institutions…
The Federal Government of Nigeria is moving forward with a comprehensive, multi-billion Naira reformpackage for its health professionals, signaling a renewed commitment to addressing longstandingwelfare and remuneration concerns. A landmark federal review, submitted to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, recommends the single largest increase to non-salary-based professional allowances in more than two decades,…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits launched a brazen attack on a church in the Ejiba community, YagbaWest Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State, on Sunday morning, abducting the pastor, his wife,and several worshippers.The attack, which occurred during the early hours of Sunday service at a newly established Cherubimand Seraphim Church, has thrown the community…
The political landscape in Nigeria’s South-East region witnessed a significant development on Sunday,November 30, 2025, as the Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the recentlyconvicted leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), at the Sokoto Correctional Centre. The visit, which was confirmed by the Governor’s media aide and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded a second batch of ambassadorial nominees to the Senate, bringing the total number of new diplomatic candidates to 35 within a week. The latest list, sent in two separate letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, contains 32 names, made up of 15 career diplomats and 17 non-career nominees. The…
President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. The White House did not respond to questions about what Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, and it…
