U.S Seizes Nigerian-owned Supertanker Over Allegations Of Theft, Piracy
Saturday December 13, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng The United States, US, Coast Guard, working with the US Navy, has seized a Nigerian-owned supertanker,...
Military Transport Plane Crashes In War-torn Sudan, Killing Crew: Report
Thursday December 11, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng A military transport aircraft has gone down while attempting to land at an airbase in...
Burkina Faso Releases 11 Nigerian Officers Detained After Controversial Air Force Landing
Tuesday December 9, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian military officers detained after their Air Force transport aircraft made...
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...
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...
Nigeria, 144 Others Pay 2025 Dues In Full – UN Chief
Tuesday December 2, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng The United Nations, UN, Secretary General, António Guterres says wth less than five weeks remaining in...
Cameroon Opposition Leader Anicet Ekane Dies In Detention
Monday December 1, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng Veteran Cameroonian opposition leader, Anicet Ekane, has died in detention, five weeks after his arrest, sparking...
Ousted Guinea-Bissau President Embalo Arrives In Brazzaville
Sunday November 30, 2025www.thenewsdesk.ng By Idorenyin UMOREN With agency reports Guinea-Bissau’s ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the Republic...