FIFA Shifts Nigeria’s Friendly Football Match With Egypt To December 16
Monday December 8, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng By Idorenyin UMOREN A new FIFA release-date regulation for players has forced a shift in Nigeria’s...
After Failed Coup, ECOWAS Sends Standby Force To Stabilise Benin Republic
Monday December 8, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has deployed a standby force in Benin...
Police Deploy Special Team To Enforce VIP Escort Withdrawal, Redeploy Officers To Core Duties
Monday December 8, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng By Idorenyin UMOREN Security Evaluator The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has deployed a Special Enforcement Team...
Coup : Why Nigeria Deployed Fighter Jets, Troops To Benin Republic – Presidency
Sunday December 7, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng The presidency says authorities in Benin Republic formally asked Nigeria for help from both the Nigerian...
FG Terminates Odukpani-Itu Road Contract
Sunday December 7, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng The Federal Government has terminated the Calabar-Odukpani-Itu Road project, just as it promised a minimum of...
12 Soldiers, One Ex-military Arrested In Benin After Failed Coup Attempt
Sunday December 7, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng By Idorenyin UMOREN Security Evaluator Around a dozen soldiers have been arrested in Benin following an...
Benin Republic Coup Attempt Foiled, Says Interior Minister
Sunday December 7, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng Benin Republic’s interior minister, Alassane Seidou, on Sunday, December 7, said that the Army had thwarted...
Soldiers Announce Apparent Military Coup In Benin Republic, Army Regaining Control, Says Govt
Sunday December 7, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng By Idorenyin UMOREN, Security Evaluator Lieutenant-Colonel Tigri Pascal and a group of soldiers announce a coup...
Security Emergency: Army Freezes Retirement Of Officers
Sunday December 7, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng The Nigerian Army has suspended all statutory and voluntary retirements for certain categories of officers following...
Nigerian Air Force Jet Crashes In Niger
Saturday December 6, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng A fighter jet belonging to Nigerian Air Force has reportedly crashed near Karabonde, Borgu Local Government...