Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is among a group of African leaders and high-profile election observers currently stranded in Guinea-Bissau after the country’s military seized power and suspended its electoral process on Wednesday. Jonathan was part of a 36-member delegation from the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) sent to monitor the presidential election held last Sunday. On Wednesday, a group of military...

…Orders Massive Recruitment Into Armed Forces President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a nationwide security emergency on Wednesday, unveiling the most sweeping security measures of his administration amid rising attacks across several states. The President said the new directive would put “more boots on the ground” as part of an urgent effort to contain terrorist and bandit assaults targeting schools, worship centres and rural communities. In a statement issued from the State House, Tinubu announced immediate...

Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has declared his willingness to personally lead a campaign for amnesty for Nnamdi Kanu, the jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on the condition that Kanu publicly renounces violence. Speaking on Channels Television’s morning programme, The Morning Brief, on Tuesday, Gumi said he would be “in the forefront” of calls for Kanu’s pardon, but only if the separatist leader shows “remorse” and “calls for peace.” “This Kanu...

The United Kingdom has rejected Nigeria’s request to transfer Ike Ekweremadu, the former Deputy Senate President, back to Nigeria to complete his prison sentence. Ekweremadu is serving a nine-year, eight-month sentence in a UK prison after being convicted in 2023 for conspiring to traffic a young man to London to harvest his kidney. Earlier this month, President Bola Tinubu sent a delegation to London in a bid to negotiate Ekweremadu’s return. The team included Yusuf...