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The cleric said the government must first accept responsibility for decades of failure to protect citizens from terrorism, banditry and other violent crimes. The Lead Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare, has urged President Bola Tinubu to publicly apologise to communities devastated by insecurity. Bakare, who made the call on Sunday during his State of the Nation …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has approved the revocation of 1,095 properties across Abuja after owners failed to settle ground rent, land use conversion charges, or Certificate of Occupancy fees within a 14-day grace period that expired on Tuesday, 25 November 2025. The action was disclosed in a statement issued at the weekend by the Department …

Children and family members of immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum resources and former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, are said to be traumatized at his Maitama residence in Abuja, as security operatives have laid siege to the house. Sylva, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was accused of financing coup plot against President Bola …

Sunday Dare, Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication to President Bola Tinubu, has criticised former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other critics for what he described as “ignoble” attempts to undermine the current administration’s efforts to combat terrorism in Nigeria. In a statement titled “Between Tinubu’s Capability and the Ignobility of Pseudo Statesmanship,” issued via his X handle on Sunday, …

Ambassador Reno OmokriThat’s a spectacular mockery of this countryThat’s a continental jokeHis lies and general stupidity asideWith the volume of bigotry against the IgboThat Reno Omokri has vomited in the last few months How can any one who cares about national unity?Make the clown an AmbassadorTinubu is irresponsiblePerhaps he isn’tPerhaps Tinubu endorses the filth that issues from Reno’s mouth It …

The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded withdrawal of the ambassadorial list sent to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying it is populated by people with “integrity deficit”. The party also asked President Tinubu to renominate only Nigerians with “stellar democratic credentials and high moral standing, capable of commanding global respect for the ambassadorial assignments”. Comrade …

The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Sunday visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the convicted leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, at the Sokoto Correctional Centre. Kanu’s special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, and Prince Emmanuel Kanu disclosed the development in separate posts on their Facebook pages. Ejimakor, in his post, thanked the governor “for fulfilling the promise you made to …

Guinea-Bissau’s ousted president, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, arrived in the Republic of Congo’s capital, Brazzaville, on Saturday, days after he was overthrown by the military, Congolese government sources told AFP. Meanwhile, in the capital, Bissau, the West African country’s leading opposition party said its headquarters had been “invaded” by a “heavily armed militia” following the post-election coup that brought the army …

A former Mayor of Blanco, Texas, United States, Mike Arnold, has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the inclusion of Reno Omokri among the 32 additional ambassadorial nominees submitted to the Senate for confirmation. Arnold, a longstanding critic of Omokri, has repeatedly accused him of downplaying the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. He made the remarks in a Facebook post on …

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, has declared that Peter Obi would have provided clear solutions towards ending the spate of insecurity across Nigeria. In a video shared on X, he lamented the worsening insecurity in Nigeria, accusing Bola Tinubu of failing to deal with the issue, despite his promises …