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Amid Terrorists’ Attacks, Tinubu Jets Out Of Nigeria Thursday

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

By Gideon Njoku

President Bola Tinubu will, as from  Wednesday, proceed on a two-nation diplomatic visit to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola.

He is scheduled to attend two major global gatherings — the 20th G20 Leaders’ Summit and the 7th African Union–European Union Summit.

According to an announcement from the Presidency by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu’s first stop will be Johannesburg for the G20 Leaders’ Summit, holding from November 22 to 23, 2025, at the Johannesburg Expo Centre.

He was invited by South African President and current G20 Chair, Cyril Ramaphosa. Recall that former Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, extended a similar invitation during his 2024 tenure.

This year’s G20 Summit, themed “Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability,” will centre on inclusive economic growth, global debt challenges, climate action, food systems, disaster risk reduction, just energy transitions, critical minerals, artificial intelligence, and decent work.

President Tinubu is also expected to hold “key bilateral meetings with world leaders, aligning with the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda and ongoing efforts to strengthen regional and global cooperation in security, peace, and development.”

At the end of the G20 engagements, Tinubu will proceed to Luanda for the AU–EU Summit scheduled for November 24–25, 2025. The meeting will assemble Heads of State, young innovators, and civil society groups to deliberate on shared continental and global challenges, including climate change, infrastructure gaps, digital transformation, creative economy growth, manufacturing, and agribusiness.

The President will travel with top government officials, including Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Finance Wale Edun, Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, Minister of Trade and Investment Jumoke Oduwole, and NIA Director General Mohammed Mohammed.

He is expected to return to Nigeria at the end of the two summits.

President Donald Trump of  the United States of America has barred any US official from attending the Southern African Summit over the country’s alleged human rights abuses.

Ogun Monarch Tackles Fayose For Insulting Obasanjo

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Adesina Soyooye
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Obasanjo and Oba Dr Adetokunbo Tejuosho - Olu of Orile Kemta and Ayodele Fayose

By Adesina Soyooye

“Fayose, you throw stones at a colossus while standing barefoot on a hill he built. You spit towards the sky forgetting that the heavens you insult today will send the rain back upon your own face tomorrow.” – Oba Tejuosho

Unable to endure what he described as uncultured and unguarded comments against former President Olusegun Obasanjo by a former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, a Monarch, the

Olu of Orile Kemta, Ogun State, Oba Adetokunbo Tejuosho, on Tuesday, warned Fayose of consequences.

Fayose had in response to Obasanjo’s comment during his 65th Birthday ceremony where the former President was the  Special Guest of Honour, Fayose had, in a “Thank You Message” to Obasanjo for attending, clothed him with unprecedented insults.

He called the former President irresponsible, mad, demented, and fit for the zoo. Fayose then capped it by demanding a return of the money he sent to Obasanjo to cover his logistics to attend the Party.

But Oba Tejuosho slammed Fayose, and  described his thank-you message to the former President as unguarded, uncultured and unwarranted.

In response to Fayose, on receipt of his letter Obasanjo  thsnked him thus:

“Ayo, thanks for your ‘Thank You’ message which undisguisedly revealed who and what you are — unchanged and unchangeable. Your money has been sent back through Foluso Adeagbo, who brought it, and in the same bag as he brought it, unopened by me.”

But the Monarch, in a statement titled “A Royal Rebuke to Ayo Fayose”, made available to journalists on Tuesday, said the former governor has demonstrated to the world his “hollowness and haughtiness against nothing.”

Oba Tejuosho noted that  Obasanjo was not just a former Military Head of State and a two-term President of Nigeria between 1999 and 2007, but a global Statesman and a father of Yorubaland whose influence stretches across Africa”.

Obasanjo’s  achievements, he said,  were far from “infantile”, and argued that such feats could not be denigrated by Fayose’s arrogance.

The Oba’s  statement reads in part:  “Mr Fayose, your recent message to our Baba Obasanjo was not courage; it was simply reckless and unguarded noise. It is a confession of your own moral confusion. Like Baba rightly said at the event marking your 65th birthday, there is a total difference between being courageous and being foolhardy.

“That latest action of yours was the restless echo of a man who forgets that elders are the pillars of our civilisation. You dare speak to a general while standing on ground that his service, sweat, discipline and sacrifice helped secure.

“You throw stones at a colossus while standing barefoot on a hill he built. You spit towards the sky, forgetting that the heavens you insult today will send the rain back upon your own face tomorrow.

“Mr Former Governor, your mouth did not even tremble when you called the old man such names; I am even afraid to repeat those words of yours. You have not wounded Baba Obasanjo’s honour; you have only amplified your own irrelevance. Your words show not bravery, but a staggering poverty of wisdom.

“Let me remind you: Baba Obasanjo is not just a man. He is a chapter of our national story, a pride of the Yoruba race and a sentinel of the republic.

“You were only 16 when Baba became Head of State. You had not even tasted the soil of responsibility when Obasanjo was already shaping the destiny of nations — yet you now want to challenge the legacy of such a legend.

“Your political relevance is already flickering like a dying lantern, yet you choose to bark at a lion that the entire forest pauses to adore.

“There is nothing more tragic than a man trying to wrestle with history when history does not know his name.

“You once danced around in your youth with no understanding of statecraft; you were barely 43 when this old man gave you everything within his power to support your ambition, which made you governor in 2003. You now have the temerity to rebuke a man who carried Nigeria through storms you could never comprehend.”

He said if Fayose felt Obasanjo was wrong, he should have visited him privately and had his say instead of sending what the Oba described as a “disgusting and insulting message to an elder statesman.”

Tinubu Confirms Execution Of Army General By Terrorists

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Adesina Soyooye
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Brigadier-General Musa Uba

By Adesina Soyooye

The execution of Brigadier-General Musa Uba, by terrorists has finally been confirmed by no less an authority than the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Bola Tinubu.

There has been confusion and doubts over the fate of the General who was the Commanding Officer of the 25 Task Force Brigade.

The fallen Officer had led his troops to route out terrorist elements along the Damboa-Biu axis of Borno State, but they were ambushed and overwhelmed by the terrorists. A number of soldiers were killed and even though the Brigadier-General had managed to escape with his wounded leg, made contacts with his colleagues,  explained his whereabouts, gave directions to where, and waited to be picked, he was sadly tracked and captured by the terrorists while he was waiting to be picked up.

Thereafter, he was interrogated by them and executed.

Initial reports of his capture and execution were strongly denied by the Army which Spokesperson warned against spreading false information. It, instead, insisted that the senior officer had successfully led his troops back to base.

However, a lie was put to the claims by the Army when the terrorists released the photograph of Brigadier-General Uba in their custody.

Apparently, the Army spoke too soon, relying on the initial contact made by Uba before he was captured and executed. Since the release of  Uba’s picture in their custody, and the video of his execution, the Army has neither confirmed nor denied the sad incident.

However, on Tuesday evening, President Tinubu confirmed the execution of the senior officer and described it as tragic.

In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Strategy,  Bayo Onanuga, the President mourned Uba and other fallen soldiers. He also decried the abduction of 25 female students of a Secondary School in Kebbi and the killing of their Vice Principal despite earlier intelligence warning of the abduction plot. It is heartbreaking, the President said.

Tinubu: “As Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I am deeply saddened by the tragic deaths of our soldiers and officers on active duty. May God comfort the families of Brigadier-General Musa Uba and other fallen heroes.

“It is heartbreaking that terrorists have disrupted the education of innocent school  girls. I have directed Security Agents to act swiftly to bring the girls back to Kebbi  State.

Brigadier-General Musa goes down as tye highest ranking Military Officer in Nigeria to be captured and executed by the rampaging terrorists.

Kidnapped School Girls: Taraba Governor Postpones Defection To APC Indefinitely

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Adesina Soyooye
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Agbu Kefas- Governor of Taraba State

By Adesina Soyooye

The Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has postponed, indefinitely, his much expected defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The much advertised defection was scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, 2025.

To herald the Governor’s defection, 16 members of the  House of Assembly, including the Speaker, had dumped the PDP and defected to the APC.

However, the Governor, on Tuesday evening, put off Indefinitely, his defection to APC.

In a televised speech, Governor Kefas said he put it off because of the abduction of 25 female students of the Government  Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School in Naga, Danka-Wasagi, Local Government Area, Kebbi State.

In an emotional voice, Governor Kefas said this was no time to celebrate while the students  are in the  hands of terrorists. He said that as a leader and father, he couldn’t bring himself to take part in any celebrations  until the Girls are safely rescued from the hands of the terrorists who abducted then. He said he was in spirit with the parents, the Governor and the people of Kebbi State.

During the attack, the Vice Principal of the School was shot dead. He left behind nine children.

Two of the abducted students have, however, escaped from their abductors and found their way home.

President Bola Tinubu has given a marching order to security agencies to swiftly rescue the girls.

Osun 2026 Election: Mammoth Crowd As Aregbesola, ADC Storm  Federal Constituencies

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Akinwale Kasali
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Osun ADC with Aregbesola

By Akinwale Kasali

As the Osun 2026 Governorship Election gathers momentum, thousands of supporters of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the State, led by former Governor Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, converged Tuesday at the ancient palace of the Orangun of Ila Orangun, Oba Wahab Kayode Adedeji Oyedotun (Bibiire I), to announce their presence in Osun State and in the community.

The gathering marked the commencement of the Party’s Nine Federal Constituency-tour across the State.

Addressing the crowd in Yoruba, Aregbesola declared that the major pillars of governance in Nigeria had collapsed, stating that security, infrastructure, education and the economy had deteriorated severely.

He said, “When your people are hungry and suffering, and you fail to show compassion, you cannot claim to be an Omoluabi.

“Awolowo and our other founding fathers would not be happy seeing Nigeria in this condition.”

He added that the government had “failed in all the key elements of governance” and that Nigerians had rejected its leadership.

“For the past two years, nothing has worked. They have failed woefully in governance,” he said.

Aregbesola explained that the tour was aimed at reawakening public consciousness and mobilising support for the ADC.

“We are here to tell you about the party that will restore responsible leadership and good governance to our country.

“The policies of this administration have pushed thousands into poverty, hunger and hardship.”

He criticised the federal government’s priorities, noting that Nigeria has 37,000 kilometres of federal roads, more than 76 percent of which he said were not motorable.

“Instead of fixing these roads, the government is focusing on a coastal highway that will not address the nation’s economic realities,” he added.

Aregbesola maintained that the current government had performed poorly in security, the economy and education, which he described as the primary indicators of good governance.

“This is what our great party, the ADC, seeks to correct,” he said.

Reflecting on his administration in Osun, he highlighted programmes such as feeding over 50,000 children, empowering more than 60,000 youths and introducing pro-people, welfarist policies.

“This is what we intend to restore when you vote for us in 2026,” he said, urging supporters to spread the message of the ADC across communities in Ila Federal Constituency.

Aregbesola also encouraged residents of Osun to participate actively in the party’s registration exercise, which will be inaugurated tomorrow in Ilesa.

The tour marks another significant step in the ADC’s grassroots mobilisation efforts ahead of the 2026 general elections.

It is scheduled to move to the Ayedaade, Irewole and Isokan Federal Constituency on Thursday, 20 November 2025.

PDP Wike Faction Expels Makinde, Bala Mohammed, Dauda Lawal, Bode George And More From Party

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Akinwale Kasali
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PDP Wike Faction

By Akinwale Kasali

The Nyesom Wike-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expelled three Governors –  Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and  Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State.

They were expelled alongside former Board of Trustees Chairman Adolphus Wabara, newly elected National President of the PDP, Senator Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, Deputy National Chairman (South) Taofeek Arapaja,  Chief Bode George and others.

The party accused them of disobeying Court orders and engaging in activities that undermined the party’s unity.

In the same meeting, the PDP’s National Executive Committee (NEC) also approved the dissolution of State Executive Councils in Bauchi, Oyo, Zamfara, Yobe, Lagos, Edo, and Ekiti States.

The NEC directed the National Working Committee to set up caretaker committees and conduct new congresses in these states.

The 103rd NEC meeting, held at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on 18 November 2025, addressed issues affecting party stability and discipline.

Party leaders said some members had attended an unauthorized convention in violation of existing court orders, which caused confusion and defections across several states.

The NEC further confirmed the appointment of Alhaji Mohammed Abdulrahman as Acting National Chairman and directed deputies in vacant National Working Committee positions to assume acting roles.

Party leaders also announced a reconciliation programme and a nationwide membership audit in preparation for the 2027 elections.

NEC decisions included disciplinary measures against members who defied party rules and a demand for Chief Ali Odefa to return salaries and allowances received after his previous expulsion.

Leaders stressed that the party will now strictly follow its constitution and Nigerian law to restore order and public confidence.

The meeting closed with calls for party members to remain committed, while leaders assured that these actions aim to rebuild trust, strengthen discipline, and unify the PDP ahead of the next electoral cycle.

44 Reps Members Write Tinubu, Demand Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

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Suleiman Anyalewechi
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Nnamdi Kanu
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

No fewer than 44 members of the House of Representatives have urged President Bola  Tinubu to halt the ongoing legal proceedings against the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and instead, explore political options to resolve the matter.

The Source reports that the Federal Government has, since 2021, been prosecuting Kanu on terrorism related charges after his rendition from Kenya.

The trial which is presently before Justice James Omotosho of an Abuja Federal High Court, had, before now,  passed through a couple of other Judges , including Justice Binta Nyako.

The Federal Lawmakers, in a letter addressed to the President,  appealed to him to invoke his constitutional powers and direct the discontinuation of  Kanu’s trial and his release.

According to the Legislators who cut across ethnic and party lines, the release of the IPOB leader will be a suiting balm of sort, as it will herald peace and stability in the restive South East region which has been the epicentre of agitations, violence and mass killings.

The House of Representatives members under the aegis of  Concerned Federal Lawmakers for National Unity,and who are  being coordinated by the member representing Ideato North Federal Constituency, Hon Ikenga Imo, noted that the continued trial and detention of Kanu have become a major stumbling block to peace-buiding efforts in the South East region.

In the two page letter, the forty-four concerned legislators insisted that the release of Kanu holds the key to the restoration of normalcy in the South East region which has suffered untold security challenges and violence since the arrest and trial of the IPOB began.

According to them, the release of Kanu Will open the door for a meaningful dialogue which will ultimately usher in lasting peace and stability.

The Lawmakers while pointing out some earlier court judgments both local and international that had favoured the release of Kanu, noted that their call for the freedom of the IPOB leader is in  tandem with popular thinking among many people in the country.

“Driven by the urgent need for national healing ,and noting the Federal Government’s negotiations with other agitating groups across the country, we respectively urge Mr President to direct the Attorney General to exercise his constitutional powers and discontinue the prosecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu” the Federal Lawmakers stated.

Ortom Walked Out Of Wadata Plaza

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Samuel Ortom

By Gideon Njoku

A video circulating online has shown a helpless and defeated-looking former Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom, being ordered, and walked out of Wadata Plaza, the National Headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The incident happened  Tuesday afternoon as the new National Chairman of the Party, Kabiru Turaki was addressing   Journalists after the violent crisis that erupted at the  Party Headquarters.

The Clash was between the group loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike and the main PDP which held its National Convention in Ibadan, Oyo State on Saturday.

Seen as Turaki was addressing Journalists on the happenings of the day, some people quickly pointed at him, and asked what he was doing there.

“This is not your PDP. Walk him out. Send him out.” He was quickly walked out of the venue.

Ortom has been a loyalists of Wike since 2023 when the Minister failed to clinch either the PDP Presidential ticket or the Vice Presidential ticket.

Along with the then Governors of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu,  Enugu, Ifeanyi Ugwuani, and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, the five of them called themselves G5. And together, they abandoned the Presidential Candidate of their Party, Atiku Abubakar, and worked for the then Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, now President Bola Tinubu.

Of the five of them, however, except Makinde who is still Oyo State Governor, only Wike has been rewarded for the role they played in the sad fate of the PDP.

Makinde has, however, fallen out with Wike over  the 2027 Presidential Election. According to Makinde, the departure point was when Wike wanted a one-party system, meaning that the PDP, whose member they all are, should not field a candidate in 2027.

COAS Arrives Kebbi As Bandits Free 45 Captives After Negotiation In Katsina

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Akinwale Kasali
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Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu

By Akinwale Kasali

Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt Gen Waidi Shaibu has arrived  Kebbi to galvanize troops of Operation Fasan Yanma to rescue the female students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School Maga, who were abducted from their hostel by terrorists in the uncivilized hours of Monday.

This is as

45 abduction victims have regained their freedom in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State after negotiations between the terror gang and State Government under the canopy of Operation Safe Corridor peace accord.

The release was led by a member representing Bakori in the Katsina State House of Assembly, Abdurrahman Ahmad Kandarawa.

Kandarawa championed efforts to secure the release of the captives held by bandits for an extended period.

A trending video shows one of the abductors revealing that the agreement was honoured due to commitments made by both sides.

Hon. Kandarawa, who facilitated the negotiations, cited similar scenario in international peace efforts, like the Gaza-Israel agreement.

“Even in other parts of the world, peace agreements are made to ensure coexistence,” he said. “There is nothing wrong in making peace to secure a lasting and peaceful future for our people.”

The victims – men, women and teenagers, were abducted from Guga in Doguwar Dorawa Fulani settlement camp and Gidan Danmayaki villages. They regained their freedom on Monday through a negotiation channel linked to a bandit leader identified as Isiya Kwashen Garwa.

According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication and security analyst, the victims were freed around 2.00pm and received by Engr. Kandarawa.

They were then transferred to the Comprehensive Health Centre in Bakori for assessment of their physical condition after prolonged captivity.

Makama also claimed that the bandits emphasized that the measure followed fulfilled government and security agencies’ obligations, and urged the government to avoid actions that could escalate tensions.

Aircraft Brawl With Mr Jollof: VDM Apologises, Says He Acted Irresponsibly

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Adesina Soyooye
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VeryDarkMan - VDM

By Adesina Soyooye

For the shocking physical fight he had on board a United Nigeria Airline flight on Monday with Comedian Freedom Atsepoyi, popular as Mr Jollof, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has apologized publicly.

The ugly incident  caused delays for the Asaba-Lagos passengers.

In a video posted on Instagram  Tuesday, VDM took “full responsibility” for the disruption of the flight.

The two of them were subsequently declined and handed over to the Airport Security.

He wrote:

“I would really like to apologise for what happened yesterday on the United Nigerian Airlines. What happened yesterday was not supposed to happen, and I will take full responsibility for it,” he said.

He expressed concern for passengers whose schedules were affected by the delay.

“A lot of people on that flight had important things to do, but because of that little irresponsibility from my end, their flight was delayed. Some people might have had medical emergencies, and some had business contracts to sign. I don’t know what that little delay would have cost them, and I really want to apologise.”

He, also, apology to everybo6 aboard the aircraft. “All the mothers, all the daddies, all the uncles, all the younger ones,  including the pilot and flight crew, I apologise.”

Otse agreed that the ugly incident was avoidable and presented him in a very poor light.

“Looking back at what happened yesterday, I really didn’t like that part. Even though some people saw everything as a cruise on social media, I acted irresponsibly.

“I cannot guarantee that it will not happen again. I can only guarantee that it will not happen on the plane, on the bus or in a public place that will stop people from going to their destination.

“But I am really, really sorry for yesterday.”

Not a few Nigerians expect that both VDM and Mr. Jollof, should be punished.

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