Homepage Abuja from Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All-Progressives Congress (APC).

Nigeria’s defence ties with India were reinforced when Colonel Manoj Singh, Indian Defence Adviser to Nigeria, visited Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu at Army Headquarters in Abuja.

A retired Air Vice Marshal from Borno State, Abubakar Idris Adamu, has been appointed Chairman of the Military Pensions Board (MPB), effective December 1, 2025.

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, decorated Appolonia Anele, Acting Director of Army Public Relations, with the rank of Colonel.

The Nigerian Senate has promptly approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to deploy Nigerian troops to the Republic of Benin, following a failed coup attempt against President Patrice Talon.

A Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, Rosental Alves, says artificial intelligence will reshape global journalism more profoundly than the web, smartphones, or social media ever did.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has denied that its C-130 transport plane violated Burkinabe airspace, saying the aircraft made a precautionary landing on Sunday after detecting a technical fault. 

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted final operating licenses to 82 Bureaux De Change (BDCs), confirming the first batch of operators authorized under the bank’s rigorous new regulatory framework, which seeks to tighten control over the nation’s volatile retail foreign exchange market.

Nigerian Afrobeats star Shallipopi has been named Artist of the Year at the 2025 TikTok Awards Sub‑Saharan Africa, held Saturday in Johannesburg under the theme “New Era, New Icons.”

Burkina Faso has grounded a Nigerian Air Force C-130 transport aircraft after authorities in Ouagadougou said it entered the country’s airspace without authorization.