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William Troost-Ekong has clarified that the Super Eagles are not boycotting training due to a special bonus demand ahead of the African playoffs for the 2026 World Cup. In a tweet on Tuesday, the Super Eagles captain confirmed the team boycotted training over unpaid allowances and bonuses by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Ekong was reacting to reports that the players had demanded an increase in their bonuses for the World Cup playoffs. The players and officials refused to carry out their scheduled Tuesday evening training session in protest. Chronicle NG understands that players are yet to receive their allowances…

Nigerians have told President Bola Tinubu to go harder on terrorists, demanding an intensified onslaught on their enclaves as relations with the United States show signs of thawing. Information Minister Mohammed Idris confirmed yesterday that diplomatic channels have opened between Abuja and Washington. He said talks are ongoing and that the US is “understanding the situation better”, following a recent military threat from President Donald Trump that provoked alarm here. Voices on the ground are unequivocal. Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, senior economic adviser at the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative, demanded an end to the bloodshed and criticised leaders she said…

A witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, told an Abuja High Court that retired Col. Sambo Dasuki duly signed the payment mandates made to the two companies charged in his trial. Dasuki, a former National Security Adviser (NSA), is facing trial on an amended 32-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, dishonest release and receiving various sums of money to the tune of N33.2 billion. He was accused of misappropriation of security funds in the accounts of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), alongside a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum…

The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness revealing detailed cash movements in and out of Kogi State Local Government statutory accounts. Bello is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 19 counts bordering on money laundering to the tune of ₦80,246,470,088.88 (Eighty Billion, Two Hundred and Forty-Six Million, Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand and Eighty-Eight Naira, Eighty-Eight Kobo). This was contained in a statement posted on the EFCC’s official X handle on…

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (South-East), Mrs. Chioma Wesley, says President Bola Tinubu will not make any pronouncement on the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Wesley spoke to State House correspondents on Monday after she and three other regional aides briefed the President at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. “Nnamdi Kanu’s case is in court, and the President cannot make any pronouncement on it,” she said. “He abides by the rule of law. So, for now, we wait for the court to make that decision.”…

President Bola Tinubu has dispatched a high-level delegation to London to discuss the case of Ike Ekweremadu, the former deputy senate president who has been imprisoned in the United Kingdom since March 2023. The delegation includes Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, and Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general and minister of justice. According to Alkasim Abdulkadir, spokesperson for Tuggar, the team arrived in London on Monday and met with officials from the UK Ministry of Justice. Abdulkadir said that the presidential delegation is consulting with British authorities to explore the possibility of Ekweremadu serving the remainder of his prison term in Nigeria.…

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has likened former US President Donald Trump to Uganda’s late dictator, Idi Amin, while warning that Trump’s remarks on the alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria could inflame the country’s fragile religious tensions. Trump had recently directed the US Department of Defence to prepare for “possible action” in Nigeria, accusing the government of failing to stop the “killing of Christians.” Rejecting the claim, the Nigerian government insisted that insecurity affects all religious groups equally. In an interview with Democracy Now, Soyinka said Trump’s sweeping statements distorted the reality of Nigeria’s security crisis and risked deepening divisions…

Julius Bokoru, special assistant on media and public affairs to Timipre Sylva, former minister of state for petroleum resources, says his principal is the target of a politically motivated campaign. On Monday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) declared Sylva wanted over an alleged case of conspiracy and dishonest conversion of $14,859,257. In a statement signed by EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, the commission said the money was part of funds invested by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) into Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited. The agency urged anyone with useful information on Sylva’s whereabouts to contact…

Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, has reacted to comments made by United States President Donald Trump over alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria. Trump had asked the US Department of Defence to prepare for “possible action” in Nigeria while warning the Nigerian government to act swiftly to end the “killing of Christians” in the country. The federal government has, however, rejected Trump’s allegations, insisting that the country’s insecurity affects all religious groups. Speaking during an interview with Democracy Now, Soyinka said Trump’s sweeping statements distort the true picture of the conflict and risk deepening religious hostilities. He said the situation…

Residents of the Faruruwa community in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State are gripped with fear following a late-night attack by motorcycle-riding bandits. During the incident, five nursing mothers were abducted, while about 50 cows and other livestock were stolen. The Chairman of the Faruruwa community, Yahya Bagobiri, disclosed this to journalists in Kano, expressing deep concern over the persistent violence despite the presence of heavily armed military and other security operatives in the area. According to Bagobiri, the attackers stormed Yan Kwada village around 9 p.m., raiding several homes and abducting the women, reportedly leaving their babies behind.…