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Six members of the House of Representatives have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), making the ruling party to clinch 2/3 majority in the Green chamber. The defections of five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers from Enugu and one Labour Party member from Plateau State, has further increased the strength of the ruling party’s membership in the parliament. The …

When citizens are appointed to prominent positions, people rush to know their roots. The major appointments of Friday, October 24, 2025, were no exceptions. The military served meticulous dossiers: parents, wives, children, travels, qualifications, training, and degrees. Air Vice Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, the 23rd Chief of Air Staff, popped up like a supernova in a cosmic carnival destined to …

A legal practitioner and analyst, Frank Tietie, has said that once the president grants pardon, he cannot take it back. Tietie made this known on Wednesday in an interview on Arise Television He was reacting to president Bola Tinubu’s reversal of pardon granted to convicts of various crimes. Recall that President Tinubu on Wednesday reduced the death sentence passed on …

The Majority Leader of the Kano State House of Assembly, Hon. Lawan Hussaini Dala has raised alarm over what he described as a gross injustice and imbalance in the ongoing recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), alleging that the process favours the southern part of the country. Speaking during plenary on Wednesday, Hon. Dala said the recruitment exercise …

The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has released names of candidates shortlisted for the paramilitary agencies recruitment Computer Based Test (CBT). The Board Secretary, Maj.-Gen. Abdulmalik Jubril (rtd), announced this in a notice issued on Wednesday, October 29, 2025. The agencies are the Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Federal Fire Service, and Nigeria Security and …

Details have begun to emerge about the identities of at least 16 of an unknown number of Nigerian military officers currently being detained over an alleged coup plot. According to sources familiar with the matter, fourteen of the 16 are from the Nigerian Army, while the remaining two belong to the Navy and the Air Force. Among the Army officers …

President Bola Tinubu has revoked the clemency granted to Maryam Sanda, a convict who was sentenced to death for killing her husband in 2017. Sanda’s name was on the list of those to be released from prison earlier in the month. However, following outrage, the list was withdrawn, while Prince Lateef Fagbemi, Minister of Justice, who chaired the Committee that …

A new law in the United Kingdom prevents British citizenship from being automatically reinstated to individuals linked to terrorism, extremism, and serious organised crime. The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders Act 2025, which received Royal Assent on 27 October, ensures that citizenship is not restored after a successful appeal until all additional appeals have been exhausted. The legislation closes a gap …

A man whose shop was reportedly forcefully taken and auctioned by the Sharia Court of Appeal in Abuja has finally recovered his property following widespread public outrage. The man, who had earlier gone viral in a video lamenting the loss of his shop, expressed deep gratitude to Nigerians who raised their voices in solidarity during his ordeal. He said the …

The Republican Mayor of Blanco, Texas, Mike Arnold, has condemned Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, accusing him of lying on international television to defend the government amid global outrage over alleged Christian killings in the country. Arnold, who made the comments on his verified X account on Wednesday, reacted to Idris’s recent CNN interview, where the …