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FG Moves to Deploy Veterans into Nigeria’s Ungoverned Spaces Dangote refinery complex in Lagos with workers on site

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius January 28, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Federal Government unveils plans to deploy retired military veterans into ungoverned spaces as...

Tinubu Nominates Ex-Defence Chief Musa as Defence Minister tinubu-nominates-musa-defence-minister

Hussaini Ibrahim December 2, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated former Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin...

Just In: Defence Minister Resigns Amid Intensifying Security Pressures Nigeria’s Defence Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar resigns amid rising national security tensions.

Juliet Jacob December 1, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, resigns unexpectedly, sending shockwaves through the nation’s...

Four Defence Directors Freed After Kidnap on Kabba–Lokoja Highway Security officers patrolling the Kabba–Lokoja highway after kidnap incident

Hussaini Ibrahim November 29, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Four of the six kidnapped directors from the Federal Ministry of Defence have regained...

Panic as Bandits Abduct Six Defence Ministry Directors in Kogi Police checkpoint on Kabba–Lokoja highway following abduction of civil servants.

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius November 12, 2025

LOKOJA, Nigeria – Tension has gripped Nigeria’s civil service following the kidnapping of six Directors from the...

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