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The Chief of Defence of Staff, Christopher Musa, has given the reason why the Nigerian military has been unable to permanently end oil bunkering and theft in the Niger Delta region. Mr Musa, an army general, spoke when he appeared on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday. He explained that communities in the region “protect” those carrying out the oil …

A total of 113 Nigerian Army Generals on Tuesday bowed out of the service. The breakdown includes one General, one Lieutenant General, 67 Major Generals, and 44 Brigadier Generals. At the Regimental Dinner Night organised in honour of newly retired and retiring Nigerian Army senior officers in Abuja,  the Minister of Defence,  Abubakar Badaru, hailed the support of the Nigerian …

Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have withdrawn the impeachment notice that was previously sent to Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The lawmakers officially began their sessions in the state capital of Port Harcourt on Wednesday. The lawmakers gathered solely to focus on the withdrawal of the impeachment notice against Fubara during their deliberations. This follows a meeting between President …

Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, December 20, swore in former governor of Plateau state and immediate past minister of labour and employment, Simon Lalong, as the senator representing Plateau South. The Court of Appeal had declared Lalong as validly elected lawmaker to represent Plateau South senatorial district. Lalong had on Tuesday, December 19, formally resigned from the Federal Executive Council …

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Durham, N.H. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19, declared Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the …

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday asserted that there is no way back for the 25 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly whose seats have been declared vacant except through a fresh nomination process. Leading members of the National Working Committee (NWC) at a press conference after an emergency meeting of the situation …

“When things go out of hand, we will act. But meanwhile, we still see it within the ambit of the law. Mind you, we have other litigation going on in this party and we won’t want to plunge our party into another crisis. “And let me tell you something, it’s not only Wike, there are other people who worked against …

*Building named after ex-air force chief Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru, has declared the commitment of the federal government to the welfare of the members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN).Badaru spoke at the inauguration of block of flats built to accommodate personnel of the National Defence College (NDC) at Ushafa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. …

• Vows Ijaws won’t let Fubara become a stooge South-South Leader Edwin Clark has described the directives issued to Governor Sim Fubara as a resolution of the political crisis in Rivers State as not only appalling but also unacceptable, particularly to the Ijaw ethnic nationality. The directives were given at a meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu and attended …

Mr Akpabio’s lavish events exhibited wastefulness and insensitivity to the harrowing plight of Nigerians who are being forced to make more sacrifices from already dire situations Despite the Nigerian government faltering in providing palliative to citizens for the aggravation of their economic misery by the removal of petrol subsidy and foreign exchange reform, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, spared …