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President Tinubu Nominates Ex-CDS Christopher Musa As Defence Minister
President Bola Tinubu has nominated the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, as the new Minister of Defence. In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu conveyed General Musa’s nomination as the successor to Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned on Monday. Musa, 58, served as Chief of Defence Staff from 2023 until October 2025. He...
Tinubu Nominates Ex-CDS As New Minister of Defence
President Bola Tinubu has nominated the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, as the new Minister of Defence. In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu conveyed General Musa’s nomination as the successor to Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned on Monday. Musa, 58, served as Chief of Defence Staff from 2023 until October 2025. He...
PDP: Adeleke,Others Absent From Osun Primary As Adebayo Emerges Gov Candidate
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, and other key leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state were absent on Tuesday as the party held its governorship primary, where Adedamola Adebayo emerged as the PDP candidate for the 2026 Osun governorship election. Adebayo polled 919 votes out of the 957 accredited delegates who participated in the exercise held in Osogbo. Declaring...
PDP Crisis: Turaki-led Bloc Issues Wike, Others Expulsion Certificates
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party deepened on Tuesday as the Kabiru Turaki-led bloc of the party announced that it had issued expulsion certificates to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose; and nine others earlier expelled by the PDP national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State. The Turaki bloc is backed...
US, Nigerian Lawmakers Holds Fresh Sessions Over Increasing Insecurity
Committees of the United States Congress on Tuesday in Washington DC held a joint briefing over the ongoing kidnappings and the alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria. The session was held at the instance of President Donald Trump, who earlier on October 31 instructed the House Appropriations Committee to investigate what he described as the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria...
Abure-led Faction Defies Abia Court To Hold LP Congresses
The Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party on Tuesday proceeded with its nationwide ward congresses in all states except Abia, despite a subsisting court injunction obtained by Governor Alex Otti’s faction. The National Publicity Secretary of the Abure-led NWC, Obiora Ifoh, said the exercise recorded “impressive turnout and smooth conduct” across the country, with supervision teams returning “positive reports.”...
Edo Assembly Summons Natasha Irobosa Over Alleged Misconduct
The Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned the member representing Egor Constituency, Natasha Irobosa, to appear before its Ethics and Privileges Committee within one week. The Assembly said she was invited to defend herself over allegations of misconduct leveled against her. PUNCH Metro learnt that the development comes amid growing controversy surrounding the lawmaker’s relationship with music legend, Innocent Idibia,...
Contractors To Protest Over FG’s N500bn Overdue Debt
Local contractors under the All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria returned to the Federal Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, blocking both entrances as they pressed for the payment of what they described as long-overdue debts for completed government projects. The protesters, led by the association’s National Secretary, Babatunde Seun-Oyeniyi, accused the Federal Government of repeatedly shifting its position on the...
ECOWAS Parliament Faults Guinea-Bissau Coup, Describes As Unacceptable Assault On Democracy
The ECOWAS Parliament has described the recent military coup d’etat and takeover of power in Guinea-Bissau as an unacceptable assault on democracy and a direct threat to regional and global stability. The parliament’s Speaker Memounatou Ibrahima stated this during the 2025 Second Ordinary Session in Abuja on Tuesday, convened by the Parliament amid rising concern over backsliding in democratic governance...
US Department of Justice Dismisses Eight Immigration Judges In New York
The US Department of Justice has dismissed eight immigration judges in New York City, the association representing them said on Tuesday, amid tensions with the courts as President Donald Trump’s administration cracks down on undocumented migrants. According to the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ), which confirmed media reports, the eight judges all worked at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan....
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