China has expressed her strong support for Nigeria and cautioned against any form of foreign interference, following recent U.S. threats of possible military action. In a statement published on the website of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spokesperson Mao Ning reaffirmed Beijing’s backing for President Bola Tinubu’s administration, praising Nigeria’s efforts to pursue a […]
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Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Olufemi Oluyede The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Olufemi Oluyede, has dismissed reports suggesting that Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria, maintaining that the country’s primary security challenge remains terrorism. Speaking to journalists on Monday in Abuja, Oluyede refuted U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent claim that Islamic terrorists were specifically […]
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The opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rallied round President Bola Tinubu in the face of the threat by American President Donald Trump of probable military intervention over alleged persecution of Christians in the country. Reacting to the threat and tagging of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, CPC, the party, through its National […]
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By Kayode Ajulo Gunboat diplomacy evokes powerful imagery of naval strength and military might, representing a historical practice where nations pursue foreign policy objectives through the threat of force. This method has been wielded to assert dominance, safeguard economic interests, and manipulate political outcomes in distant lands, often reflecting a complex interplay of coercion and […]
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as parties sign peace accord ahead of November 8 poll Over 55,000 security operatives to monitor exercise By John Dike, Osogbo Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has charged staff of the Commission in Anambra State to ensure flawless logistics and prompt commencement of voting in the November 8 governorship election, […]
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Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa state, has officially defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was received into the ruling party on Monday by Kashim Shettima, the vice-president, at a rally in Yenagoa, the state capital. The event drew a large crowd of supporters and top political figures across the south-south geopolitical zone. Nentawe […]
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By Reuben Abati I have chosen the provocative title of this piece deliberately knowing that some of the more patriotic elements among us in Nigeria would scream that it is impossible, because Nigeria is a sovereign nation. Indeed, since the end of World War II, the United States has refrained from portraying itself as a […]
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The battle for the control of the Peoples Democratic Party took a new twist on Monday in Abuja when loyalists of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, forcefully took over the party’s National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, in the absence of governors elected on the party’s platform and their loyalists. Members of the National Working […]
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The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has claimed that she was briefly stopped from travelling abroad on Tuesday after immigration officials seized her international passport at the airport. In a Facebook live video obtained on Tuesday, the lawmaker was seen confronting immigration personnel over the action, which she described as an unlawful restriction of […]
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President Bola Tinubu. Photo: State House President Bola Tinubu is set to conclude the appointment of ambassadors to Nigeria’s foreign missions worldwide after months of diplomatic gaps and growing pressure over the country’s absence of envoys abroad. Multiple Presidency officials familiar with the development told our correspondent that the President had ordered a “final cleanup” […]
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