STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new Minister of Defence. In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu conveyed General Musa’s nomination as the successor to Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Read more…
Former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, is currently in a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The former CDS, who arrived at the Presidential Villa on Monday evening, was led into Read more…
National Security Adviser NSA Malam Nuhu Ribadu has revealed that Nigeria is now receiving international support in its fight against insurgents and terrorists that are waging war on the country. Ribadu named some of the countries lending support to Nigeria Read more…
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE Nigeria’s defence minister, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned his appointment, with immediate effect. In a letter dated December 1, sent to President Bola Tinubu, Abubakar said he was quitting on health grounds. President Tinubu has accepted Read more…
The Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said the attacks on the Kairos and Virat vessels happened inside Turkey’s exclusive economic zone and “have posed Read more…
Armed bandits, on Saturday night, abducted a bride, her bridesmaids, and several well-wishers in Chacho village, Wurno local government area of Sokoto State, disrupting preparations for a wedding scheduled for the following morning. The attackers reportedly invaded the community around Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor A political pressure group known as Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) Grassroots Movement of Nigeria for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed their Principal and former Governor of Abia State Senator Orji Uzor Kalu along with the Inspector Read more…
Investigators claim the Ukrainian national led a group of saboteurs that blew up the pipelines A German court has issued a formal arrest warrant for a Ukrainian national allegedly involved in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September Read more…
All military personnel attached to the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State—where 26 schoolgirls were abducted—are currently facing interrogation at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. A credible senior government Read more…
Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that there was no coup in Guinea-Bissau. Jonathan believes the coup announced on Wednesday, as the country’s presidential election result was about to be announced, was ceremonial, wondering how a sitting President Read more…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has decried the rising insecurity in Nigeria, saying that the international community has the right to come and help Nigeria tackle insecurity. The former president said that since the government has failed to protect the lives Read more…
A court in Russia on Thursday convicted eight people on terrorism charges over an attack on a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine. The court sentenced all Read more…