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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, …

  By Mike Osarogiagbon nidentified gunmen shot and killed a Police Inspector on Friday during a routine stop-and-search operation along the busy Ugbowo–Lagos Road, near Ekosodin Junction in Benin City, Edo State Capital, Nigeria. The incident, which occurred around midday, reportedly led to a brief exchange of gunfire between the assailants and other police operatives on duty in the area. …

he Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, has announced the suspension of all funeral and burial activities throughout the 2025 Igue Festival period, in keeping with age-long Benin customs and traditions. The royal proclamation is contained in the official programme of activities for this year’s festival, released on Thursday and endorsed by the Secretary of the …

The legislation, earlier transmitted by the House of Representatives, secured concurrence in the upper chamber. he Nigeria Police Force is now a step closer to leaving the contributory pension scheme following the Senate’s passage of the Nigeria Police Force Pension Board Bill. The legislation, earlier transmitted by the House of Representatives, secured concurrence in the upper chamber. “A bill that …

t least 1,680 schoolchildren have been kidnapped in Nigeria since 2014 when the Chibok girls incident happened, the Senate said on Wednesday. Similarly, terrorists attacked about 180 school facilities within the same period, according to its AdHoc Committee investigating the implementation of the Safe School Initiative (SSI). The committee, which is headed by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, said the trend …

Sahara Reporters gathered that the two men were working at a BUA road construction site in the state. wo Chinese nationals have been kidnapped in Kwara State, Sahara Reporters has gathered. Sahara Reporters gathered that the two men were working at a BUA road construction site in the state. They were working on the Bode Saadu/Kaiama/Kosubosu road project during the …