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The Federal Government has filed a 13-count charge before the Federal High Court in Abuja against six individuals, including two retired senior military officers and a serving police inspector, over an alleged plot to wage war against Nigeria and commit acts of terrorism. The defendants—retired Major General Mohammed Gana, retired Naval Captain Erasmus Victor, Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim, Zekeri Umoru, Bukar …

  A source close to the presidency disclosed the development to SaharaReporters on Tuesday. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has relieved Wale Edun of his duties as Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, replacing him with Taiwo Oyedele in a dramatic shake-up of the country’s economic leadership. A source close to the presidency disclosed the development to SaharaReporters on Tuesday. In a statement …

Washington: President Donald Trump has accused Iran of repeatedly violating a ceasefire with the United States, as a two-week truce nears its expiration. “Iran has violated the ceasefire numerous times!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, without providing further details. The U.S. president had earlier said an extension of the truce was “very unlikely” if no …

Nigeria’s new Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Jimoh Ibrahim, says President Bola Tinubu is determined to resolve “long-standing grievances” fueling insecurity in Nigeria and across the wider region. Ibrahim stated this after presenting his Letter of Credence to UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the UN headquarters on Monday in New York City. He said Tinubu believed his presence …

Cuba has confirmed that officials from Havana and Washington recently held talks on the island, amid heightened tensions with the United States under President Donald Trump. A meeting between delegations from the two countries recently took place in Cuba, Alejandro García del Toro, the Cuban Foreign Ministry official responsible for U.S. affairs, told the newspaper Granma in remarks published on …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released its timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 General Elections. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the schedule of activities was signed by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Alhaji Sulaiman Argungu. He said the timetable outlined among other activities, timelines for screening, …

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday made fresh accusations against the United States, but did not explicitly rule out a new round of negotiations. “The provocations, threatening rhetoric and continued U.S. violations of the ceasefire, especially the attacks on Iranian merchant ships, are a significant obstacle to the continuation of the diplomatic process,” Araghchi said in a phone call …

An Iranian-flagged cargo ship recently seized by U.S. forces had recently traveled through chines port, spotlighting a supply route now under scrutiny as officials probe suspected dual-use cargo aboard the vessel.   The vessel, Touska, remains in U.S. custody as American forces continue inspecting what maritime security sources told Reuters is likely “dual-use” cargo — materials that can serve both civilian …

Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service, said it has arrested a German citizen suspected of attempting to carry out a terrorist attack in the country’s North Caucasus region. According to the agency, the woman born in 1969 was detained in the city of Pyatigorsk in the Stavropol region. Authorities alleged on Monday that she was acting on behalf …

Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says there is still room for those who left Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to return to the party. Wike, the PDP national leader, stated this on Monday during the party’s 108th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at Wadata Plaza, the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. He advised the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led National …