October 26, 2026

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Osun 2026: Accord Party clears Governor Adeleke as sole governorship aspirant

Osun 2026: Accord Party clears Governor Adeleke as sole governorship aspirant

By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo December 10, 2025
Accord Party has formally given Osun State Governor, Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, the green light to contest its 2026 governorship primary, setting the stage for his bid to secure the party’s ticket unopposed. At the screening session held on Wednesday in Osogbo, the state capital, the committee confirmed that...
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UPDATED: Why I defected from PDP to APC –Rivers Governor Fubara Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara

UPDATED: Why I defected from PDP to APC –Rivers Governor Fubara

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja December 10, 2025
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Tuesday formally abandoned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared his move to the All Progressives Congress (APC), setting off a new wave of political realignments in Rivers State. The governor made the announcement during a stakeholders’ meeting at the Government House, Port...
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PDP hits back as Fubara joins APC, says Rivers Governor “inflicted injury on himself Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara

PDP hits back as Fubara joins APC, says Rivers Governor “inflicted injury on himself

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja December 10, 2025
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted sharply to the defection of Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, describing his move to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a regrettable but self-inflicted political blow. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the PDP...
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Obi laments rising killings, says Nigeria facing “unending tragedy” 2023 LP Presidential candidate, Peter Obi

Obi laments rising killings, says Nigeria facing “unending tragedy”

By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja December 10, 2025
Nigeria has been plunged into yet another wave of sorrow as a string of violent incidents across Adamawa, Anambra and Sokoto States claimed dozens of innocent lives, drawing renewed calls for firm and compassionate leadership. In a painfully reflective statement, former presidential candidate Peter Obi lamented the country’s recurring...
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Senate approves Tinubu’s request to deploy Nigerian troops to Benin Republic after failed coup President Bola Tinubu addressing military troops

Senate approves Tinubu’s request to deploy Nigerian troops to Benin Republic after failed coup

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja December 9, 2025
Nigerian Senate has given President Bola Tinubu the green light to deploy troops to the Republic of Benin, endorsing a regional security move aimed at stabilising the neighbouring country after last weekend’s attempted coup. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the approval during Tuesday’s plenary, following deliberations on the President’s...
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Nigerian Air Force clarifies emergency landing in Burkina Faso, denies detention of crews Nigerian Air Force NAF aircraft lands in Burkina Faso

Nigerian Air Force clarifies emergency landing in Burkina Faso, denies detention of crews

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja December 9, 2025
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has dispelled reports of wrongdoing over the landing of its C-130 aircraft in Burkina Faso, insisting the touchdown was a precautionary measure taken after the crew detected a technical issue mid-flight. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air...
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NLC sets December 17 nationwide protest, demands urgent action on rising insecurity NLC protest Joe Ajaero

NLC sets December 17 nationwide protest, demands urgent action on rising insecurity

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja December 9, 2025
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared that it will embark on a nationwide protest on December 17, citing what it described as the worsening insecurity across the country. The decision was announced in a communiqué issued on Monday after the NLC’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Lagos....
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Nigerian governors hail Tinubu’s swift military move that foiled Benin Republic coup plot President Bola Tinubu

Nigerian governors hail Tinubu’s swift military move that foiled Benin Republic coup plot

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja December 9, 2025
Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum (NGF) has cimmended President Bola Tinubu for his rapid and decisive action in helping to quell the attempted military coup in neighbouring Benin Republic — a move the Forum says protected both Nigeria and the wider West African region. In a statement issued on Monday from...
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PDP slams Wike, allies for “deepening illegality” with fictitious caretaker committee FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and PDP logo

PDP slams Wike, allies for “deepening illegality” with fictitious caretaker committee

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja December 8, 2025
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has pushed back hard against what it describes as a fresh wave of political “absurdity” allegedly engineered by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and his allies. The party said the group’s announcement of a National Caretaker Committee is not only fraudulent but a deliberate attempt to...
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Tinubu welcomes return of 100 Catholic students, charges security agencies on safe return of others Niger State Govt receives 100 rescued school chidren5

Tinubu welcomes return of 100 Catholic students, charges security agencies on safe return of others

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja December 8, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has commended the security agencies for their tireless efforts in securing the freedom of the 100 students of St. Mary Private and Secondary School, Papiri, in Niger State. While expressing his joy over the safe return of the students, President Tinubu equally charged the security agencies...
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Benin Republic President Talon hails loyal Army after foiled coup attempt, vows mutineers “will not go unpunished” Benin Republic President Patrice Talon

Benin Republic President Talon hails loyal Army after foiled coup attempt, vows mutineers “will not go unpunished”

Tom Chiahemen December 8, 2025
Benin Republic’s President Patrice Talon has praised the country’s military leadership for swiftly crushing an attempted coup on Sunday, promising that those behind the plot will face justice. Hours after a group of renegade soldiers — calling themselves the Military Committee for Refoundation — stormed state television, announced the...
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FG reportedly secures release of 100 abducted schoolchildren in Niger State Map of Niger State

FG reportedly secures release of 100 abducted schoolchildren in Niger State

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja December 8, 2025
The reported rescue of 100 pupils kidnapped from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State has stirred confusion, as the school’s proprietor, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna, said neither he nor the staff have received any official confirmation. Channels Television...
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Tinubu commends Nigeria’s Armed Forces for protecting democracy in Benin Republic President Bola Tinubu and Benin Republic President Patrice Talon

Tinubu commends Nigeria’s Armed Forces for protecting democracy in Benin Republic

By DAVID IORJA, Abuja December 8, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the gallantry of Nigeria’s military on Sunday for responding swiftly to the request by the Government of Benin Republic to save its 35-year-old democracy from coup plotters who struck at dawn today. Acting on two separate requests from the Government of Benin, President...
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Police bust hotel, mortuary allegedly used for kidnapping, ransom deals and organ harvesting in Imo Police bust hotel, mortuary allegedly used for kidnapping, ransom deals and organ harvesting in Imo

Police bust hotel, mortuary allegedly used for kidnapping, ransom deals and organ harvesting in Imo

Tom Chiahemen December 8, 2025
In what security operatives have described as one of Imo State’s most chilling criminal discoveries in recent years, the Imo State Police Command has uncovered a hotel and an adjoining mortuary allegedly used as a base for kidnapping, ransom collection and organ harvesting in Ngor Okpala. The operation, announced...
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ECOWAS orders immediate deployment of standby force to Benin Republic after foiled coup plot Ecowas

ECOWAS orders immediate deployment of standby force to Benin Republic after foiled coup plot

Tom Chiahemen December 8, 2025
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has directed the immediate deployment of elements of its regional Standby Force to the Republic of Benin, following heightened security concerns triggered by the recently foiled coup attempt in the country. The directive was announced in a communique issued on Sunday in...
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Nigeria fighter jet executes precision airstrikes to stop fleeing coup plotters in Benin Republic NAF fighter jet

Nigeria fighter jet executes precision airstrikes to stop fleeing coup plotters in Benin Republic

Tom Chiahemen December 8, 2025
Nigeria has launched a series of coordinated precision airstrikes targeting fleeing members of the recently foiled coup attempt in the Benin Republic, according to details obtained by security analyst Zagazola Makama. Makama, citing high-level security sources, reported that the air operation focused on elements of the coup faction attempting...
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