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For decades, Nigeria has approached defence procurement with the logic of a perpetual customer. Faced with insurgencies, banditry and separatist violence, successive governments have responded to every new security crisis by shopping abroad for another batch of rifles, aircraft, armored vehicles or surveillance equipment. The result has been predictable: billions spent, little domestic industrial capacity […]

Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has threatened a ₦10 billion defamation suit against Adeniyi Adeyemi, the disputed “director-general of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC)”, over allegations of murder and bribery. In a letter signed by Kemi Pinheiro, Gbajabiamila’s counsel, the chief of staff gave Adeyemi 72 hours to […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday in Abuja, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to prioritising interfaith dialogue and promoting peace, harmony, and tolerance among Nigeria’s diverse religious communities. The President made this statement while receiving in audience Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations of the Holy See, at his […]

Official documents exclusively obtained by Saturday PUNCH have cast fresh doubt on the Presidency’s insistence that the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council never existed. The documents reveal that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation received, acknowledged and acted on correspondence submitted in the council’s name months before the Presidency […]

Former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has listed government officials, including President Bola Tinubu, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, whom he believes should be held accountable over the “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC)” scandal. Dalung also insisted […]

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged Nigerian journalists to put national interest above sensational reporting, warning that irresponsible coverage could undermine the country’s security and democratic progress. Addressing the inaugural Presidential Press Corps Dinner at the State House in Abuja, President Tinubu said the media must resist becoming “megaphones” for terrorists and criminal groups seeking […]

…Initiative to create jobs, expand metering access, and strengthen power sector reforms under the Renewed Hope Agenda President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched Power Force, a new national initiative that will train 5,000 young Nigerians to support the accelerated deployment of smart electricity meters across the country, create employment opportunities, and strengthen ongoing power sector […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned five Nigerians at the Federal High Court in Abuja on alleged concealment of information on the whereabouts of a governor of Bayelsa State, Timiprey Silva. Silva, a former minister, is alleged to be the mastermind of the coup attempt against President Bola Tinubu.They were arraigned on Wednesday […]

Courtesy From searchng.ng top political feeds for nigeria understands that ​operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), have arrested a former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji. Nnaji was said to have been arrested on Wednesday morning at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, as he was about to board a private jet […]

We are aware of the public interest in the matter of a man called Adeyemi Adeniyi Matthew, who has been parading himself as the director-general of a fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council cum Presidential Economic Advisory Council. The office of the Chief of Staff to the President first blew the whistle on the existence […]

As Nigeria moves closer to the 2027 general elections, it is important to remind all the actors involved in this process to act in a responsible manner and not engage in any untidy or sharp practice that may raise doubts or anxiety about the integrity of the elections. An impression that our democracy is under […]

To the student of modern warfare, the Sahel and the Lake Chad basin have long resembled a black hole for Western strategy. For years, Western intervention in the region; most notably France’s ill-fated Operation Barkhane, followed a dreary cycle of deployment, disillusionment, and eventual eviction by military juntas more interested in Russian mercenaries than liberal […]