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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its decision-making bodies following a military takeover in the country. The decision was taken by the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) during an emergency virtual meeting on Thursday, chaired by Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio, who also leads the Authority […]

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is safe and has left Guinea-Bissau following a military coup that toppled the country’s government, the Federal Government confirmed on Thursday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, told journalists in Abuja, “Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is very safe and out of Guinea-Bissau. He left with a special […]

The twenty-four freed schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area. Kebbi State. Photo: X/Bashir Ahmad Despite recurring attacks on schools across the country, 30 states have yet to implement the Federal Government’s Safe Schools Initiative. The Safe Schools Initiative was launched in May 2014 after the Chibok abduction, with an […]

Igbo World assembly Chairman and the Onowu Regent of Abagana, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze Igbo World assembly Chairman and the Onowu Regent of Abagana, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to free unconditionally the jailed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Anakwenze who was also a former Presidential Aspirant under […]

Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was earlier today Thursday escorted out of Guinea-Bissau by military personnel who had staged a coup on Wednesday. The Federal Government earlier on Thursday confirmed that Jonathan had safely exited Guinea-Bissau, where he had gone on election-monitoring duties only to be trapped by the military coup that toppled that […]

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is safe and has left Guinea-Bissau following the military coup that toppled the country’s government, the Federal Government confirmed on Thursday. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, made this known in an interview with journalists in Abuja. “Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is very safe and […]

Rescued students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga….Credit: Kebbi State government Twenty-four students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, who were rescued after last week’s abduction, were on Wednesday formally handed over to the First Lady of Kebbi State, Hajiya Zainab Nasare Idris. The handing-over ceremony, held in Birnin Kebbi, was conducted by […]

In Anambra State, while full commercial and social activities smoothly go on in Awka, the state capital, there is still a major lull in Onitsha and Nnewi, the commercial cities. he situation has remained a source of worry for residents and people who used to come from other parts of the country to buy wares […]

The released pupils Despite the reported intensified military operation against bandits, the criminals have continued their wave of terror, abducting 20 persons in Kwara and Kano between Monday night and Tuesday morning. The development comes barely 24 hours after 38 worshippers abducted from the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Isegun, Eruku, Ikere, Kwara State, on November 18, […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Federal Government over the release of abducted schoolgirls in Kebbi State, saying their freedom should not be presented as an achievement but as evidence of Nigeria’s worsening security environment. In a statement issued by his media office on Wednesday, Atiku said the return of the schoolgirls was […]