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President Bola Tinubu on Monday decorated the service chiefs with their new ranks at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The new Service Chiefs decorated are the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Major General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Naval Staff, CNS, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; and Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Vice Marshall Hassan Abubakar. My economic policies are yielding positive results in the country – Tinubu Recall that President Tinubu appointed the new set of military security chiefs on June 19, 2023, ending the tenure of those appointed by his predecessor,…

A coalition of Civil Society organisations (CSOs) said on Sunday it has uncovered a fresh plot by embittered oil thieves to blackmail, smear, and tarnish the image of the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari. The CSOs, consisting of 42 different organisations, said the move by the oil thieves, whose businesses have been truncated by the recent stoppage of payment for fuel subsidy by the Federal Government and the total war declared by the Kyari-led NNPCL against oil theft and pipeline vandals, is to disinform and set Nigerians against the national…

Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, has reviewed the effects of the Niger Republic coup on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with a major focus on Nigeria, and the dangers of territorial invasion. Sani noted thirteen reasons why Nigerians must not support any armed invasion of the Niger Republic. 1. The ECOWAS armed invasion of the Niger Republic is simply a war between Nigeria and Niger because of our proximity. 2. Russia and Wagner May come in support of the Niger Republic, and Nigeria will have to use its own money to prosecute the operation; Nigeria offsets…

The Super Falcons of Nigeria have advanced to the last 16 of the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup and might face England after a goalless draw against the Republic of Ireland. The result, along with Australia’s victory against Canada, meant that the Super Falcons, the lowest-ranked team in Group B, qualified second, ahead of the Olympic champions. The Irish were already eliminated following losses to Australia and Canada, but they earned their first World Cup point in their final encounter. In a low-key match in Brisbane, the Nigerians came close to breaking through when Courtney Brosnan saved Uchenna Kanu’s header…

Justice Chima Nweze of the Supreme Court of Nigeria is dead. Justice Nweze died yesterday at the age of 64, source said. Justice Nweze had been battling illness for several years, and his health had deteriorated dramatically during that period. Indeed, his failing health was a factor in the current dissatisfaction among Supreme Court Justices, who voiced their concerns during the reign of the immediate previous Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The South East region now has a noticeable absence on the Supreme Court, as Justice Odili has resigned and Justice Ngwuta died two years ago. He was one of…

President Bola Tinubu said he will address Nigerians in a broadcast tonight. Citizens are looking forward to the implementation of economic resolutions as promised. Dele Alake, the presidential spokesman, said this in a statement on Monday morning. President Bola Tinubu will make a broadcast to the nation on Monday, July 31, 2023, at 7 p.m. Television, radio stations, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast.

A 63-year-old woman in Lagos has been sick after losing N6.2 million to fraudsters. Anu Joseph, the victim’s daughter, told newsmen that her devastated mother was presently suffering from High Blood Pressure as a result of the event. On June 7, 2023, Joseph stated she gave an unknown sum of money to her mother to solve an urgent situation. She stated that when her mother went to the bank, she was unable to complete the transaction because she required specific paperwork that she did not have with her on that particular day. Her mother, she claims, fell into the hands…

Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, has reacted to the coup in the Republic of Niger and stated the reasons for the uprising in West African (ECOWAS) regions and the dangers of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) military intervention. Sani said ECOWAS using Military force to dislodge a Military Government in a country larger than Nigeria is not going to be a Tea party. If troops are sent to remove the military junta in the Niger Republic and Forces from the Military Governments of Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso move in to support the Military…

The Economic Community of West African States, under the leadership of Bola Tinubu, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Administration, imposed travel bans on military officers involved in an attempted coup in the Niger Republic. ECOWAS member countries made this travel ban decision, among others, during the Sunday meeting in Nigeria. Tinubu, the ECOWAS chair, has stated that he will not allow any circumstance to undermine the country’s democratically elected administration. He also said the ECOWAS leadership will not tolerate any action that impedes the smooth operation of…

The French government said on Sunday that any attack on French persons or interests in Niger would elicit a strong, instant response from France, as pro-junta rallies erupted outside the French Embassy in Niamey in the aftermath of last week’s military coup. Junta warns ECOWAS against intervention in Niger coup “The President (Emmanuel Macron) will not tolerate any attack against France and its interests,” Macron’s office said in a statement, adding that attacks against French diplomats, armed forces, or enterprises will be met with retaliation. Macron has talked with deposed President Mohamed Bazoum and former Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou in…