Members of the APC Akida Forum, a faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress, have called for an investigation into allegations linking the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to banditry. The group staged a protest on Tuesday at the Department of State Services, DSS, headquarters in Abuja, demanding that President Bola Tinubu relieve Matawalle of his duties pending the outcome of ongoing investigation. Led by the forum’s chairperson, Musa Mahmud, the protesters submitted...

President Bola Tinubu has called for an end to Israeli actions in Gaza and urged world leaders to embrace a two-state solution as a path to lasting peace in the Middle East, according to presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga. Speaking on Monday at the Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tinubu expressed concern over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and reaffirmed Nigeria’s stance on achieving a peaceful resolution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “The conflict in Palestine...

The late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, is scheduled to be buried in Abuja on Friday. His elder brother, Moshood Lagbaja, disclosed this during a condolence visit by the St. Charles Grammar School Osogbo Old Boys Association, SCOBA, to the family in Osogbo, Osun State. According to Moshood, while the military is yet to release Lt. Gen. Lagbaja’s remains to the family, they have assured that he will receive a proper and...