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The Nigerian Army has carried out a major redeployment of senior officers to various commands and units accross the country to end the renewed attacks by terrorists, bandits and other criminal groups on innocent citizens in some parts of the country. TheSun.ng gathered exclusively that among those appointed is a new Theatre Commander for Operation Hadin Kai(OPHK), in Borno State, …

The Donald Trump administration may shut down nearly 30 United States embassies and consulates around the world, including several in Africa, as part of a sweeping plan to reduce the country’s diplomatic presence abroad. A CNN report on Wednesday, citing an internal US State Department document, states that the embassies in the Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Lesotho, and …

…says president has “abandoned” Nigerians during national crisis Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has sharply criticised President Bola Tinubu over his continued stay in France amid a surge in deadly violence across Nigeria, accusing the president of “abandoning the country” during one of its darkest moments. In a statement issued by his media office on Thursday, Atiku described Tinubu’s latest foreign trip …

By Idahosa Musa Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State suffered another significant loss on Wednesday when its member representing Ikpoba-Okha constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Nicolas Asosere, decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The development brings to five the numbers of PDP lawmakers at the State Assembly that had joined the ruling party in …

AI technology is ‘shooting the messenger’ by impersonating professional journalists to gain credibility for false narratives. Not long ago, journalism tools comprised a notebook, a typewriter and possibly some coins for a telephone box to phone copy into the news desk. Then computers, email and cell phones brought speed, connectivity and the potential to demand greater accountability of the world’s …

By Idahosa Musa National Vice Chairman, South South of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, has opined that the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nysom Wike is not the problem of the party but those with entrenched interest of wanting to contest every presidential election without adherence to PDP’s Constitution. Chief Orbih made the assertion while …

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has vowed that the killers and their sponsors responsible for the attacks in Bassa communities and other parts of the state will not go unpunished. In a state broadcast on Wednesday morning, Mutfwang described the attacks as “coordinated acts of terror” aimed at displacing residents and undermining their right to exist peacefully on their ancestral …

By Idahosa Musa There seems to be no end in sight over the crisis rocking the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State as the National Vice Chairman, South South of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, on Wednesday, donated a new Secretariat to the state party. The party for a long time now has continued to be bedeviled by …

Fresh from implementing a ₦15 price reduction in its loading cost for Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, the Dangote Refinery has again slashed its refined product prices to make them cheaper, cutting its ex-depot rate to ₦835 per litre. The new price represents a ₦30 reduction from ₦865 per litre implemented six days ago, marking a 3.5 per …

On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige. On the other side is the Trump administration, determined to go further than any other White House to reshape American higher education. Both sides are digging in for a clash that could test the limits of the government’s power and the …