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A Catholic priest has accused the military of complicity in the recent attack on St. Paul’s Catholic Parish in Ikobi, Apa LGA of Benue State. The priest, identified as Rev. Fr. Remigius Ihyula, said armed Fulani herdsmen razed the parish rectory and looted worship items on Monday. The attack also displaced dozens of residents, with […]

The Nigerian Army has confirmed a minor explosion and fire outbreak at the Ilese barracks in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state. Appolonia Anele, army spokesperson, said the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday. She said the explosion was localised within a storage facility belonging to the 42nd Engineers Brigade Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Squadron. Anele said

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has served the Federal Government of Nigeria with a 21-day notice of strike. This notice was made public by the union’s president, Shammah Kpanja, after ASUP’s National Executive Council meeting in Abuja. Kpanja said ASUP’s decision on the industrial action followed a litany of unmet demands by the

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly criticised a Canadian court ruling that classified Nigeria’s two main political parties, the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC), as terrorist organisations. Describing the decision as “misinformed, biased, and lacking evidence,” the PDP called for the verdict to be dismissed in its entirety. Politics Nigeria earlier reported

The Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) has labelled the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as an “Uber” politician. In a statement personally signed on Friday, Abure accused Obi of elevating subterfuge to an art in politics and of recently “crying wolf where there is none.” He further alleged that Obi has

The Coalition of Observer Groups in Nigeria has warned against alleged plans to manipulate the Edo Central senatorial and Ovia federal constituency by-elections scheduled for August 16, 2025. The group said credible reports suggest that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could repeat irregularities witnessed during the September 2024 governorship election in the state. It

Former Governor of Sokoto State and serving Senator, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has spoken about his recent encounter with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), stressing that no agency or political force can intimidate him. Addressing supporters in Sokoto after what he described as a “brief visit” to the EFCC, Tambuwal explained that

Some armed herdsmen have been dislodged by troops of the Operation Whirl Stroke in Benue State. The troops deployed at the Mbakyior Outpost and Agidi community were dislodged during a farm patrol in Gwer East Local Government Area of the state. The troops also succeeded in recovering an AK-47 rifle with a mounted magazine and

Victor Giadom, the national vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (South South) has urged residents of Rivers State to endeavour to join the party. Giadom also expressed confidence that the party will emerge victorious in the forthcoming Local Government elections slated to be held on August 30. The party’s national chairman made this disclosure

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called on members of the Obidient movement and the Coalition of Political Parties for Democracy (COPDEM) to vote for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the forthcoming bye-elections scheduled for August 16, 2025. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that the polls will be conducted