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The former President returned to Abuja on Thursday following his evacuation from Guinea-Bissau after a military coup. He landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport after being airlifted from Guinea-Bissau in the wake of the takeover. He thanked the President of Ivory Coast and President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria for sending planes to lift him from Bissau. Jonathan had been in …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed military intervention in Guinea-Bissau, demanding announcement of Sunday’s election. How a group of military officers claimed “total control” of the country, a day after two leading candidates – President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Fernando Dias – each declared victory. Calling themselves the “High Military Command for the Restoration of Order”, the officers ordered the …

Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration, declaring that Nigerians have the right to seek help from the international community since the government has failed in its primary duty of protecting citizens. Obasanjo spoke in Jos, Plateau State, during a public programme, where he lamented the worsening killings across the country and the government’s inability to …

Sheikh Osama Bin Gumi’s father, Abubakar, was a menace, a terrorists advocate and the leader of Izala terror cell with a mandate to Islamise Nigeria. He was a spiritual adviser to Ahmadu Bello – that POS Bigot in his life and played a significant role in laying the foundation for today’s terrorism in Northern Nigeria as their first Grand Khadi …

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed as fake a document circulating on social media claiming that police officers attached to certain individuals have been directed to return to base with immediate effect. According to the police, the purported memo, which was said to have originated from 50 Police Mobile Force (PMF) Squadron in Abuja, ordered officers on VIP protection duties …

Hon. Awaji-Inombek Dagomie Abiante, a member of the House of Representatives representing Andoni-Opobo/Nkoro Federal constituency of the Rivers State, has criticised the Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian Government for what he described as an alarming silence in the face of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s ordeal during the recent military coup in Guinea-Bissau. In a post shared on social media platforms, Abiante …

A civil rights group, Joint Civil Society Front (JCSF), Enugu State, has called for the suspension of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Prof Uchenna Ortuanya, from office pending the conclusion of the investigative panel of inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the alleged certificate forgery by former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji. The group …

Reports have revealed that inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Sokoto, have announced leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as their president. The IPOB leader, who had been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja while his protracted trial lasted, was moved to Sokoto Prisons after he was sentenced …

Several senators on Wednesday raised concerns about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive to withdraw police personnel attached to Very Important Persons (VIPs), warning that the move could expose them to grave security risks. They raised the concerns during a debate at plenary on the escalating insecurity across the country, triggered by a motion moved by Senator Oyelola Yisa Ashiru on …

Côte d’Ivoire yesterday airlifted former President Goodluck Jonathan from Guinea-Bissau where the ex-Nigerian was trapped after a coup d’état in the West African country, once again bringing to the fore what appeared to be the increasingly lackadaisical posture of the Nigerian government. While Abidjan acted with urgency to protect a visiting African leader, Abuja appeared flat-footed, offering little visible coordination …