Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, has firmly stated that the country must halt all forms of negotiation and ransom payments to terrorists, warning that such actions only empower criminal groups and worsen insecurity. Appearing before the Senate for his ministerial screening, Musa cautioned that ransom payments enable terrorists…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has been suspended from the Senate for six months, effective March 6, 2025, over alleged misconduct and breach of the Senate’s 2023 (as amended) standing rules. The suspension followed the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions, chaired…
The Nigerian Senate has summoned the heads of the National Security Adviser (NSA), National Intelligence Agency (NIA), and Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) to address allegations that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been funding Boko Haram in Nigeria. This move comes in response to a motion by…

