Month: November 2025

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is safe and has left Guinea-Bissau following the military coup that toppled the country’s government, Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday. The ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, told journalists in Abuja that Jonathan departed the country on a special flight alongside members of his delegation, including Mohamed Chambas. Jonathan had been in Guinea-Bissau as part of the West African Elders Forum Election Observation Mission,

The Dangote Refinery is now saving Nigeria more than ₦10 billion every year in foreign exchange as locally refined products gradually replace fuel imports, an official of Dangote Industries has revealed. Speaking in Lagos during the 2025 Media Week organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (Lagos Council), the company’s Senior General Manager for Corporate Communications, Sunday Esan, said the refinery has become a major economic relief for the country.

Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, has revealed that suspected Boko Haram members and other criminals were once discovered on recruitment lists for the Nigerian Army and police. Speaking at a special House session on national security, Wase said the incident occurred during previous recruitment exercises, stressing that the infiltration of security institutions poses a serious danger to national stability. He noted that the former Chairman

President Bola Tinubu has urged herders across the country to abandon open grazing, hand over all illegal firearms, and fully adopt ranching as part of the Federal Government’s new strategy to end the recurring farmer–herder crisis. In a statement released on Wednesday, the President said his administration is now focused on long-term, peaceful solutions to the clashes between herders and farming communities — disputes that continue to escalate insecurity in