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President Bola Tinubu
Nigeria’s defence minister resigns amid kidnapping ordeal
Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned from his role for health reasons, the presidency confirmed on Tuesday. The departure of the 63-year-old clashes with a time of intensified security challenges across the West African nation, with the government under pressure to deal with a series of mass kidnappings. About a week ago,…
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How President Tinubu is fighting back against Nigeria’s abductions
Following the recent mass abductions in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu is putting measures...
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Nigeria parents plead for answers after over 300 children abducted in latest school raid
Fear and frustration grew in the remote community of Papiri as families searched for answers...
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24 Kebbi schoolgirls freed after abduction, Nigeria’s president confirms
On Tuesday, Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, confirmed that the schoolgirls seized during...
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Nigeria: Schoolgirls’ abduction forces Tinubu to pause G20 travel plans
Nigeria’s latest school kidnapping has forced President Bola Tinubu to halt his planned trip to the Group of 20 summit, a decision made as families in Kebbi state wait anxiously for the return of...
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Trump signals possible Pentagon move against Nigeria over alleged Christian persecution
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to prepare plans for possible military intervention in Nigeria, following his criticism of the West African nation’s handling of alleged Christian...
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Tinubu launches major shake-up of Nigeria’s security forces
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has carried out a major shake-up of the country’s top military leadership amid a surge in violence, public unrest, and mounting speculation about instability...
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Military airstrikes in Nigeria rescue 76 hostages, children and women among them
Nigeria’s military has freed dozens of captives in its latest attack against armed groups in the country’s troubled northwest. Officials said 76 hostages, among them women and children, were...
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Nigeria’s opposition unites to challenge Tinubu in 2027 presidential race
In a major political shake-up, Nigeria’s leading opposition leaders have come together to launch a new coalition aimed at challenging the dominance of President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives...
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Suicide bombing in Borno restaurant kills 10 amid ongoing insurgency in northeast Nigeria
A quiet evening in Konduga, a town roughly 30 kilometers from Maiduguri in Nigeria’s troubled Borno State, turned into chaos late Friday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside a local...
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Tinubu’s pardon of executed ‘Ogoni Nine’ sparks outrage over framing of justice
President Bola Tinubu’s decision to posthumously pardon nine environmental activists executed under Nigeria’s former military regime has reignited longstanding tensions around justice, accountability,...
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Massive flooding in Nigerian town leaves 200 dead, thousands displaced
In one of Nigeria’s deadliest flood events in recent memory, 200 people have been confirmed dead in Mokwa, a market town in the country’s north-central state of Niger, after a pre-dawn deluge...
