President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally asked the Senate to approve the deployment of Nigerian troops to the Republic of Benin. The request was conveyed in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during Tuesday’s plenary. According to Tinubu, President Patrice Talon personally requested Nigeria’s support after the failed takeover. Tinubu explained that the deployment is part of a peacekeeping mission following the recent attempted coup in Benin Republic. “The decision aligns with ECOWAS...

France’s President Emmanuel Macron says his country will deepen its security cooperation with Nigeria as terrorist violence continues to spread across the northern region. Macron made the pledge in a post on X on Sunday, announcing that he had spoken with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu about Nigeria’s worsening security challenges. In the brief statement, Macron said: “I spoke with President Tinubu of Nigeria, @officialABAT. I conveyed France’s solidarity in the face of the various security...

Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano has warned that the issue of insecurity should not be politicized in Nigeria as the state converged to pray and recite the Quran against the recent encroachment of armed bandits. The prayer session and Quran recitations, which saw 4,444 memorizers of the Holy Book converge at the government House, and other top dignitaries in attendance. He noted that the prayer sessions are beyond a financial commitment, but a venture that...

President Bola Tinubu has nominated the late Senator Adamu Talba, a deceased lawmaker, as an ambassador five months after his passing. Mr. Talba was on the list of ambassadorial nominees sent to the Senate by Mr. Tinubu on Thursday. In the correspondence, Mr Tinubu called for accelerated consideration to enable the federal government to fill critical foreign diplomatic positions. The letter conveying the request was read on the floor of the Senate on Thursday by...