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Ramalan, Ex Chairman Kaduna APC Caucus steps aside from ‘murky’ partisan politics 

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Ramalan steps aside

Aminu Imam Ex-Chairman APC Kaduna State Caucus, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has formally announced his step-aside from active partisan politics after more than four decades.  Ramalan disclosed this in an interview with Voice of Liberty yesterday, December 5th, 2025. According to him, the decision followed “deep reflection” and a profound sense of fulfilment after many years of contributing to State, regional and national development.  Ramalan said it was time to take a well-deserved rest and allow a new generation of leaders to take responsibility for the country’s political direction.…

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Tinubu nominates Dambazau, ex-Rivers Sole Admin. Ibas, others as ambassadors

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Tinubu nominates ambassadors

President Bola Tinubu has forwarded 65 additional nominees for ambassadorial positions to the 10th Senate for screening and confirmation, as contained in a letter conveyed to the NASS leadership. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter at yesterday’s plenary, while the nominees include career and non-career ambassadors and high commissioners. The President, in his latest letter, explained that 34 persons were nominated as career Ambassadors and High Commissioners, while 31 others were nominated as non-career Ambassadors and High Commissioners. This development comes a week after Tinubu transmitted the names…

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“Kidnappings localised; we must build community defences” – Minister-designate, Musa

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Minister Musa vows

…Vows probes, reforms Former Chief of Defence Staff and Minister of Defence–designate, General Christopher Musa (rtd), yesterday outlined a sweeping security reform agenda, stressing that strengthening community resilience is central to tackling Nigeria’s escalating wave of mass abductions. Speaking during his ministerial screening at the Senate, the nominee described the recurring kidnapping of schoolchildren as “tragic and unacceptable”, insisting that Nigeria must overhaul its approach to securing vulnerable communities. He said the ‘Safe Schools Initiative’, launched to protect learning environments, must be critically reviewed and strengthened to close existing security…

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Tinubu appoints ex-CDS Musa as Nigeria’s Defence Minister 

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Tinubu appoints ex CDS

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new Minister of Defence. In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu conveyed General Musa’s nomination as the successor to Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned on Monday. General Musa, 58, on December 25, is a distinguished soldier who served as Chief of Defence Staff from 2023 until October 2025. He won the ‘Colin Powell Award for Soldiering’ in 2012. Born in Sokoto in 1967, General Musa received his primary and…

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Insecurity: “North running out of time” – Region’s leaders raise alarm in Kaduna

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Northern leaders meeting

…Govs., Sultan unite on State Police Northern political and traditional leaders yesterday held a high-stakes emergency security summit in Kaduna, issuing their strongest collective warning yet that the North risks “losing its future” to escalating insecurity, deepening poverty and social collapse unless urgent, coordinated action is taken. The joint meeting of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) and the Northern Traditional Rulers Council brought together the 19 governors of the region, led by Forum Chairman and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya; traditional rulers, led by the Sultan of…

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Atiku camp accuses Tinubu of “₦17.5tr pipeline security scam”

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Atiku camp accuses

…Says spending outstrips 12yrs of fuel subsidy The Atiku Media Office has launched a scathing attack on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration following revelations that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) allegedly spent a staggering ₦17.5 trillion within one year on “pipeline security and related costs”. In a strongly-worded statement issued yesterday in Abuja, the opposition bloc described the expenditure as “one of the most brazen financial scandals in Nigeria’s history”. The group said the amount reportedly spent on opaque security contracts in just 12 months nearly equals the…

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“Nigeria is failing on security” – Obasanjo warns; backs foreign intervention

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OBJ on failing security

…Tells FG to stop negotiating with terrorists Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has delivered one of his most forceful indictments yet of the Federal Government’s handling of insecurity, declaring that Nigeria’s persistent inability to protect its citizens now justifies seeking help from the international community. Speaking on Friday at the Plateau State Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival in Jos, the former president said the scale and frequency of killings, kidnappings and terror attacks show that the country’s security system has “failed woefully”, leaving citizens vulnerable and fearful. “Insecurity has been…

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Insecurity: “Extend hand of friendship to bandits, grant them amnesty” – ACF BoT Chairman tells Tinubu

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ACF tells Tinubu

Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Board of Trustees (BoT), Bashir Ɗalhatu, has urged the Federal Government to extend a hand of friendship to bandits and grant them amnesty. Ɗalhatu, in an interview yesterday, made reference to amnesty granted to Niger Delta militants, advocating the same for bandits. “I remember very well when there was an amnesty programme in the Niger Delta during those chaotic times. And it has worked perfectly”, he stated. He added: “They were given amnesty; they were sent to school, came back and became integrated…

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“FG won’t allow another school attack, students’ abductions” – Defence Minister

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Badaru Abkr on abductions

Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government will not allow a repeat of attacks on schools across the country. Speaking in an interview in Dutse, Jigawa state,  the Minister said intelligence operatives have been deployed to high-risk areas to forestall further breaches. According to him, security agencies are on heightened alert. “Our intelligence personnel are everywhere – especially in places with high threat levels – gathering information for lasting solutions”, he said. Badaru insisted that the recent incidents should not be interpreted as a…

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Broadcasting: IBAN seeks presidential order on local content, digital protection, at 2025 AGM

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Broadcasting IBAN

The Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria, (IBAN), has called on the Federal Government to issue a Presidential Executive Order enforcing local content and a “Nigeria-First” advertising policy, as part of far-reaching resolutions adopted at its 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference, held on November 20 at the DAAR Communications Headquarters in Abuja. With the theme: ‘Broadcasting for Information Sovereignty, National Cohesion, and Digital Security’, the conference approved several key documents, including the establishment of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for Nigeria IBAN Streams, aimed at strengthening indigenous broadcast platforms…

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