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The newly appointed service chiefs have arrived at the national assembly for screening by the senate and house of representatives. On October 24, President Bola Tinubu appointed Olufemi Oluyede, a lieutenant general, as the chief of defence staff; Waidi Shaibu, a major general, as chief of army staff; and Sunday Kelvin Aneke, an air vice marshal, as the chief of air staff. He also named Idi Abbas, rear admiral, as chief of naval staff, while Emmanuel Akomaye Undiandeye, a major general, retained his position as chief of defence intelligence. Tinubu sacked the previous service chiefs following growing public pressure for…

The house of representatives has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to borrow $2.35 billion to finance part of the 2025 budget deficit. The green chamber on Wednesday also granted Tinubu’s request to issue a $500 million debut sovereign sukuk in the international capital market (ICM) to fund infrastructure projects and diversify Nigeria’s financing sources. The lower legislative chamber approved the president’s request after considering the report of the committee on aids, loans and debt management. The green chamber approved the implementation of the new external borrowing of N1,843,669,786,987.16 (equivalent to $1,229,113,000.00) at the budget exchange rate of $1.00/N1,500 as provided as new external…

Oyo PDP Chairman, Ogungbenro, Offers to Step Aside for Oke-Ogun Guber Candidate The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Oyo State, Hon. Dayo Ogungbenro has expressed his readiness to step aside if all party stakeholders agreed to pick a gubernatorial candidate from Oke-Ogun zone of the state come 2027 general elections. Hon. Ogungbenro made the declaration on Tuesday at the party general meeting held in Otu, Itesiwaju Local Government Area of the state. Hon. Ogungbenro emerged recently for the second term to lead the affairs of the Oyo State PDP for another four years. Hon. Ogungbenro appealed to…

Department of State Services (DSS) has trailed to Oyigbo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and arrested one Innocent Chukwuma who used his social media handle to rally the military to overthrow the current government. Posting on his “X” handle “@TheAgroman,” Chukwuma stated that a coup was needed in Nigeria and called on the military to “suspend the Nigerian government.” He posted, “A coup in Nigeria is needed. Dispose of APC, suspend the Nigerian Government, and join the AES. That is all we need now.””It will happen eventually. Nigerians, the military needs your support now! Only them can save this country.” “The…

The Federal Government has announced plans to scale up its direct cash transfer programme to include more poor and vulnerable Nigerians, according to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. Speaking at the Oxford Global Think Tank Leadership Conference and Book Launch in Abuja on Tuesday, Edun said the initiative currently benefits over 15 million households across the country. He noted that while progress had been made in stabilising inflation and the exchange rate, more needed to be done to lift Nigerians out of poverty and ensure citizens feel the positive effects of ongoing economic…

Former presidential candidate and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has described the Nigeria Police Force as an “irresponsible organisation” that routinely takes laws into its own hands, following his release from detention on Friday after meeting his bail conditions. Speaking after regaining freedom alongside 12 others, including Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, and his brother, Emmanuel Kanu, Sowore said the police acted outside their constitutional mandate by enforcing a court order in which they had vested interest. “If a court gives an order and there’s a contravention of that order, you go back to the same court to complain to…

Caleb Mutfwang, governor of Plateau, says he is facing pressure from political figures to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor spoke at an event held over the weekend at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Jos. Mutfwang noted his decision to remain in the PDP, saying only God and the electorate who voted him into office can determine his political direction. “It is true that they have been putting pressure on me,” the governor said. “But I told them that only two people can authorise me to change my party — one is…

A high court in Lagos state has ordered Multichoice Nigeria Limited to pay N5 million as general damages to a subscriber for the wrongful and wilful disconnection of his cable TV subscription. In the judgment delivered on September 30, 2025, Razak Olukolu, presiding judge, held that the defendant acted wrongfully by disrupting the claimant’s active television subscription without justification, despite proof of payment. The suit marked LD/ADR/2297/2019 was instituted by Ben Onuora, the Obi of Okwudor in Imo state, in 2019, seeking N20 million in general damages. He claimed that he and his family suffered severe inconvenience and emotional distress as a result of…

President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with the newly appointed service chiefs at the State House. Last Friday, Tinubu sacked the former service chiefs in a major shake-up of the nation’s military leadership. The president named Olufemi Oluyede, a lieutenant general, as the new chief of defence staff, replacing Christopher Musa. Prior to the appointment, Oluyede was the chief of army staff. Waidi Shaibu, a major general, was named the new chief of army staff, while Sunday Kelvin Aneke, an air vice marshal, was appointed as air chief. Idi Abbas, a rear admiral, was named the mew naval chief, while Emmanuel Akomaye Parker Undiandeye,…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed Biodun Oyebanji, governor of Ekiti, as its consensus candidate for the 2026 governorship election in the state. The endorsement was made on Monday during a party meeting in Ado-Ekiti. Opeyemi Bamidele, senate leader, moved the motion for Oyebanji’s adoption, which was seconded by Stephen Aribasoye, speaker of the Ekiti house of assembly. In his remarks, Usman Ododo, the chairman of the congress committee, said the affirmation is a reflection of Oyebanji’s giant strides in various sectors which have benefitted the people of Ekiti. Advertisement He added that APC remains a party of discipline, which has shown…