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Senate Summons Security Chiefs Over Alleged Terror Funding
The Senate has asked the National Security Adviser, Director DSS; Director, National Intelligence Agency; and Defence Intelligence Agency to appear before it, over allegations of funding of terrorist group Boko Haram by the USAID. The call for an urgent investigation into allegations that international organizations, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), may…
Top US Official Quits Social Security Administration After Fight With DOGE
The top official at the United States Social Security Administration has quit after an alleged clash with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees over access to sensitive personal data. According to reports, Michelle King, a career official who served at the agency for more than 30 years, was acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration…
789 Ex-terrorists Undergoing De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, announced that approximately 789 former terrorist combatants are currently undergoing de-radicalisation, rehabilitation, and reintegration through the Operation Safe Corridor initiative. Represented by the Chief of Defence Policy and Plans, Air Vice Marshal Sayo Olatunde, Musa shared this update during the OPSC Stakeholders Meeting in Abuja on Tuesday….
Osun, Lagos Crises, Seeds Of Tinubu Desperation For Power– Atiku Tells Nigerians
The former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has told Nigerians that the crises rocking Lagos and Osun States are seeds of the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC desperation to retain power. The former Vice President was reacting to the local government crisis in Osun State that led to the death…
Osun Crisis: Adeleke, APC Trade Words As Calls For State Of Emergency Intensify
The political landscape in Osun State seems to be brimming with crisis following the recent calls for state of emergency to be declared amid recent political turmoil bedeviling the State. The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State through its National Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru had yesterday urged the Federal Government…
BREAKING: PANDEF Leader Edwin Clark Dies at 97
Renowned Nigerian statesman and leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has passed away at 97. His passing was confirmed in a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark on behalf of the family and Mr. Penawei Clark for the children. According to the statement, Clark died on Monday, February…
Top Yoruba Monarch, Apetu of Ipetumodu, Joseph Oloyede, Detained By FBI Over $4.2Million COVID-19 Fraud
A Yoruba monarch from the Southwest region, the Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, who was reported missing in March 2024, has been located in FBI custody. He faces serious charges of defrauding the U.S. government of $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds. The monarch, who is also a U.S. citizen, is currently battling a…
Lagos Assembly Crisis: Atiku Warns Tinubu Against Interfering In State Matters
Amid the leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has insinuated that President Bola Tinubu is behind security operatives’ invasion of the assembly. The state assembly has been enmeshed in an unresolved crisis since the lawmakers impeached former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa and replaced him with Mojisola Meranda in…
Chaos, Pandemonium Ensue As Lagos Assembly Holds Plenary Amid Leadership Tussle
The leadership tussle in the Lagos State House of Assembly today took a new dimension with heavy security presence at the premises during a plenary session. Security vans and personnel were spotted in and outside the premises of the Lagos Assembly complex in the Alausa Area of the commercial city. Ahead of the plenary, security…
Musk’s DOGE Advocates Access To US Tax System – Reports
Multiple reports from the US have it that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sparked alarm by seeking access to a system with the US tax office that has detailed financial data about millions of Americans. Spearheaded by Musk, the world’s richest man, US President Donald Trump has embarked on a campaign to…