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The visit comes as the U.S. Congress intensifies scrutiny of worsening insecurity in Nigeria, particularly attacks on Christian communities in the North and other parts of the country.  high-level delegation of United States lawmakers and diplomats on Sunday visited Nigeria for a security-focused fact-finding mission, amid growing concerns in Washington over alleged large-scale persecution and killings of Christians across the …

round a dozen soldiers have been arrested in Benin following an attempted coup, including the ringleaders of the foiled operation, military and security sources told AFP Sunday. One source said 13 people have been detained, while another confirmed that all but one of the suspects are serving soldiers; the remaining detainee is a former member of the armed forces. The …

s part of its commitment to fostering inclusive growth by empowering individuals with technical skills, Chemical and Allied Products (CAP) Plc, has completed a transformative two-week training programme for inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. The initiative, delivered in partnership with the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) and the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), trained 78 inmates and officers …

he Benin Republic presidency says that President Patrice Talon is safe and the army is regaining control from the coup plotters. This comes shortly after a group of military officers appeared on Benin national television Sunday morning, declaring the removal of the president and all state institutions. The group of army officials described themselves as the Military Committee for Refoundation. …

ivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has remained silent over yesterday’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) of 17 lawmakers of the State House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Martins Amaewhule. However, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, despite the recent announcement of his …

he Trump administration’s undeclared war on what it calls “narco-terrorists” in Latin America opens an aggressive new chapter in US history and reignites the war on drugs. Declared by President Richard Nixon in the 1970s, the war on drugs is a decades-long campaign, woven into American foreign, justice and public health policy, to forcefully stop the flow of drugs into …

 Nigerian Air Force jet has reportedly crashed near Karabonde, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. A Niger State-based online digital television network, Lapai TV, stated in a post on its official Facebook account on Saturday evening: “Two Nigerian Air Force Pilots Reportedly Survive Alpha Jet Crash Close to Karabonde, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State,” the short post, …

The senate president is demanding N200 billion in general damages, N500 million as litigation costs, a public apology, and a retraction of the allegations. he Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has filed a defamation suit against Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over the allegations of sexual harassment she levelled against him in February. In the suit, Mr Akpabio is demanding N200 …

“merica Alone” might be the simplest précis of the White House’s new National Security Strategy, an extraordinary document released Friday that starkly lays out the administration’s broad foreign policy priorities. In a 33-page wall of words and grievances that self-summarizes as “America First,” it manages to reject European allies with a borderline racist swipe, concede the United States must share …

ormer Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has denied allegation of financing terrorism, describing it as mischievous and malicious. Emefiele was reacting to media reports naming him among alleged financiers of terrorism in Nigeria. In a statement on Saturday, December 6, 2025, Emefiele stated that “categorically and unequivocally that this claim is entirely fabricated, baseless, …