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The post shares a 2022 photo of retired General Olusegun Obasanjo decorating his son, Brigadier General Adeboye Obasanjo, highlighting their shared legacy as father-son generals in the Nigerian Army’s engineering corps. Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president and military head of state, rose to full general during the Biafran War; his son, an infantry-trained engineer with combat experience, represents one of few …

United States Senator Ted Cruz has called for urgent international action to stop what he described as the “mass murder of Christians in Nigeria.” Reacting to Australian journalist Erin Molan’s interview with Nigerian preacher and eyewitness, Musa B. Musa, Senator Cruz took to X (formerly Twitter) to condemn the continued violence against Christians in the country. His statement followed Molan’s …

A mild drama unfolded at the Senate on Tuesday when Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) engaged in a brief disagreement during deliberation on the Criminal Code Amendment Bill, which seeks to impose stiffer penalties for aiding or procuring abortions in Nigeria. The bill, earlier passed by the House of Representatives and presented for concurrence by …

At least 16 Nigerian military officers are currently being detained incommunicado by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in connection with an alleged coup plot that the Bola Tinubu-led government and the military authorities claim they are investigating, SaharaReporters has learnt. Multiple military sources and family members confirmed to SaharaReporters on Wednesday that the detained officers have been held for over …

Forty-eight years after the Federal Government short-changed Enugu Rangers, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has finally stepped in to right the wrong. At an emotional ceremony in Enugu on Wednesday, the apex Igbo body paid each surviving member of the 1977 African Winners’ Cup-winning squad N1 million, fulfilling a pledge the Federal Government never redeemed. In 1977, when Rangers conquered Africa, the …

A bill seeking to repeal the Electoral Act 2022 and enact a new Electoral Bill 2025 passed the second reading at the senate on Wednesday. On October 16, the senate stepped down the bill to allow broader consultation and deeper scrutiny of its provisions after an extensive debate on its general principles. On October 14, Opeyemi Bamidele, senate majority leader, …

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from North, including governors from the region, have unanimously endorsed former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki, as their consensus candidate for the position of national chairman ahead of the party’s November convention. Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, disclosed this after a meeting of Northern PDP leaders held on Wednesday night in …

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from North, including governors from the region, have unanimously endorsed former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki, as their consensus candidate for the position of national chairman ahead of the party’s November convention. Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, disclosed this after a meeting of Northern PDP leaders held on Wednesday night in …

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from North, including governors from the region, have unanimously endorsed former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki, as their consensus candidate for the position of national chairman ahead of the party’s November convention. Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, disclosed this after a meeting of Northern PDP leaders held on Wednesday night in …

We had a productive meeting today with Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Barrister @AloyEjimakor, his brother Emmanuel Kanu, Barr. Wisdom Okere, and 10 others who were arrested and brutalized by the Nigeria Police Force for participating in a peaceful #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest at Kuje Prison. Despite the challenges they face, they are all in high spirits as we push for their release to …