BREAKING: Tinubu’s Minister Collapses After Seeing His Name On The ‘Kill List’ Of Alleged Coup Plotters The sudden illness of Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, who reportedly took ill suddenly on the eve of his scheduled trip to Washington, D.C., for the World Bank Fall Meetings. According to multiple sources familiar with the development, Edun’s collapse was not due to a medical condition alone but allegedly linked to a shocking security revelation that left him terrified. A top source said: “Minister of Finance Edun collapsed when told he was number 4 on the kill list of alleged coup plotters.”…
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Presidency: Tinubu Showed ‘Where He Is Coming From’ By Commuting Sentences Of Drug Traffickers, Murderess Maryam Sanda President Bola Tinubu displayed his personal philosophy and showed “where he is coming from” when he granted clemency to some drug traffickers and the murderess Maryam Sanda. Mr Onanuga told ARISE TV on Thursday night that the president’s decision was informed by his “personal philosophy” of compassion, shaped by his life experience. “Even the second list still contained some drug offenders, who were also given clemency, not pardon. Maryam too was given clemency,” Mr Onanuga said, addressing the criticisms that trailed Mr Tinubu’s…
US Fires Back At Soyinka; Says Visas Are Privilege, Not Right United States Consulate in Lagos has clarified that visas issued to foreign nationals are a privilege, not a right, following reports of the revocation of Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka’s US visa. Responding to an inquiry from a national newspaper on Thursday, the Consulate said it could not comment on Soyinka’s case due to confidentiality laws. “Under US law, visa records are generally confidential. We will not discuss the details of this individual visa case,” said Julia McKay, Public Diplomacy Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos. McKay,…
Military Makes More Arrests As Other Suspected Coup Plotters Are On The Run Not less than Two military officers are on the run after they were named among those who allegedly plotted a coup to terminate Nigeria’s democracy. The military authorities have continued to make arrests after preliminary interrogating 16 of the suspects who were seized in the first week of October over the botched plot. Ibom Focus understands that 18 officers were to be arrested, but two fled and are now believed to be out of the country. JM Ganaks, a major with service no N/14363, who hails from…
BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu Files Fresh Motion The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a new motion before the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking the court to strike out all charges against him and order his immediate release. In the new court document obtained by SaharaReporters on Friday morning, the motion is titled “Motion on Notice and Written Address in Support” and dated 30th of October, 2025. Kanu, who is representing himself in court, told the trial judge that there is “no charge or counts cognisable within the corpus juris of the…
Leaked Document: Petrol Hit N1,163/litre President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is proposing a new tariff regime that could see motorists and industries pay an estimated N4.8 trillion yearly in fresh taxes on petrol and diesel. Coming amid worsening poverty, the new tax regime and the government’s inability to cushion the impact of subsidy removal, the 15 per cent import duty, alongside the 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) attached to tariffs, is expected to raise fuel prices by at least 22.5 per cent, pushing the pump price of petrol from the current average of N950 per litre to around…
“Tinubu To Tax Air Nigerians Breathe” Adewole Adebayo, the Social Democratic Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s approval of a 15 per cent import duty on refined petroleum products, warning that it will worsen hardship for Nigerians already struggling with economic difficulties. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Adebayo described the decision as unjust and exploitative, accusing the administration of excessive taxation. “President Tinubu is a clever tax collector. He wants to collect taxes from you for everything, including the oxygen tax, very soon. “If you’re not careful, yes, the air we breathe. Just give him time;…
Nigerian Man Caught Trafficking Own Sister, Nine Others For Prostitutioπ A Ghanaian court has sentenced 29-year-old Nigerian, Chukwudi Nwachukwu, to ten years’ imprisonment for trafficking his younger sister and nine other teenage girls from Nigeria to Ghana for prostitution. What began as a promise of decent restaurant jobs for 10 young Nigerian girls — including one trafficker’s own sister — ended in a shocking case of betrayal and exploitation across borders. The case, which unravelled through the intervention of a concerned community leader, highlighted the growing role of diaspora groups in exposing transnational crimes. Prosecutor Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)…
“I will Expose Your Rape Case In France” – Akpabio’s In-law Rubbishies Senate President, backs Natasha A heavy crisis is brewing in the Family of Senate President, Godswill Akpabio following heavy accusations levelled on him by an in-law, Patiences ‘Pat’ Akpabio. For some weeks now, Mrs. Patience Akpabio has released several videos accusing the Former Governor of Murder, Fraud and most recently, Rape. In the video seen by POLITICS NIGERIA, Mrs. Pat disclosed that there was a time Senator Akpabio was almost arrested in France for ‘Rape’. She added that everything Senator Natasha Akpoti accused the Senate President of doing…
BREAKING: Coup Plot: Nigerian Military Reveals Identity Of Officer The Nigerian Navy officer, Lieutenant Commander B Abdullahi, has been identified as one of the senior military officers detained by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) for allegedly planning a coup d’etat to overthrow President Bola Tinubu. Naija News House exclusively reported the arrest and subsequent detention of the senior military officers led by an Army Brigadier General for planning a coup on October 1st Independent Day celebrations. While the Nigerian military in a statement claimed the detention of the officers was linked to “repeated failure in promotion examinations and perceived career…