The crisis in the Benue State House of Assembly has escalated legally, as former Speaker Rt. Hon. Aondona Dajoh filed a suit against the current Speaker, the Assembly, and key national security officials over his suspension and withheld entitlements. Filed on December 5, 2025 (NICN/ABJ/368/2025), and led by Prof. Sebastine Hon, SAN, Dajoh seeks a

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Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered a rapid military intervention in the Republic of Benin after the neighbouring country sent two urgent requests for assistance to repel a failed coup attempt by soldiers led by Colonel Pascal Tigri. According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Nigerian

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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reportedly carried out precision airstrikes against fleeing elements of the failed coup in the Benin Republic, following the swift restoration of control by loyalist forces. Security analyst Zagazola Makama confirmed that the strikes targeted coup plotters attempting to escape Cotonou in armoured vehicles. The operations were conducted within a

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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered the immediate deployment of its Standby Force to the Republic of Benin in response to Sunday’s attempted coup. In an urgent statement titled “ECOWAS Statement N°2 on Bénin”, the regional bloc said the decision follows consultations among member-state leaders and is in line with its

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The Federal Government has secured the release of 100 schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, Niger State, Channels TV reported on Sunday. The children were among 315 people—303 students and 12 teachers—seized when armed bandits stormed the remote school on November 21, 2025. The

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Explosions and sporadic gunfire shook Tignon Barracks, about six kilometres from Cotonou Airport, on Sunday morning after soldiers involved in an attempted coup reportedly barricaded themselves inside the military facility, an investigator from Casus Belli reported. Local informants said several mutinous officers, realizing the coup had failed, were hurriedly stripping their uniforms and changing into

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Documents obtained by SaharaReporters reveal a growing controversy surrounding the collapsed Namnai Bridge reconstruction project in Taraba State, with allegations that ₦16.5 billion approved for the bridge’s urgent rebuilding was diverted to an access road without proper approval. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had initially approved the ₦16.5 billion allocation for emergency reconstruction after the

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A student of the Nigerian Law School, Yola Campus, Ayomiposi Ojajuni, reportedly died by suicide after being barred from sitting the Call to Bar Final Examination due to failure to meet the mandatory 75% attendance requirement, campus sources told SaharaReporters on Sunday. A reliable source at the Yola Campus revealed that Ojajuni, along with three

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Families of two young academics from the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Engr. Odu Emmanuel Odu and Eja Vincent Ndifon, have expressed deep concern over their continued disappearance, more than six months after being kidnapped along the Okigwe–Okwele Road in Imo State on May 23, 2025. Speaking on behalf of both families, Ferdinard Okwor,

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Colonel Pascal Tigri, identified as the leader of the mutiny that briefly seized Benin Republic’s national television station on Sunday, is reportedly on the run, according to Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu. Onanuga shared the update on his X account on Sunday. Authorities in Benin have arrested

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