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    Day: December 7, 2025

    PDP Crisis Deepens as Wike’s Faction Installs 13-Member Caretaker NWC

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    … Declares Governors Makinde, Mohammed ‘On Their Way Out’ The leadership crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) escalated sharply on Sunday night as the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) dissolved the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led National Working Committee (NWC), whose tenure was due to expire on Tuesday, December 9. Despite dissolving the former leadership, the NEC immediately reappointed Mohammed as chairman... Read more

    Category: Politics

    Nigeria, ECOWAS condemn attempted military takeover in Benin

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and the Federal Government of Nigeria have condemned the attempted military takeover in the Republic of Benin, describing it as an unacceptable assault on democracy in the region. In a statement issued on Sunday, ECOWAS said it received with consternation reports of an attempted military take over in the Republic of Benin.... Read more

    Category: Foreign

    Gov Sule flags-off construction of 2.6km twin flyover along Nyanya-Mararaba Keffi high way

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Governor of Nasarawa state, Abdullahi Sule, has officially flagged off the construction of a 2.6km twin flyover along the busy Nyanya–Mararaba–Karu–Keffi Expressway The project, valued at ₦39 billion, is a major infrastructural intervention targeted at addressing the persistent traffic congestion, reducing travel time, easing the hardship experienced by motorists, and enhancing economic activities and security within the corridor. As part... Read more

    Category: Uncategorized

    Constitution Review: Nigerians Demand More Than Amendments—They Demand Transformation

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    By Standard Focus As the National Assembly prepares for yet another round of constitution review, Nigerians are watching with a mixture of hope, skepticism, and fatigue. This is not the first attempt at reshaping the 1999 Constitution, and if history is a guide, citizens fear it may be yet another expensive ritual with minimal real impact. But the moment the... Read more

    Category: Uncategorized

    Editorial: Nigeria’s Insecurity Crisis, A Nation at War With Shadows

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    By Standard Focus Nigeria today stands at a dangerous crossroads. From the Northwest to the Southeast, from the Middle Belt to the South-South, a single thread binds the stories of farmers, traders, students, soldiers, and commuters: insecurity. It has become the nation’s most persistent nightmare—one that no administration can claim ignorance of and none has, so far, decisively conquered. For... Read more

    Category: Uncategorized

    Opinion: Nigeria’s Insecurity Crisis and the Urgent Need for a National Reset

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    By Gift Chapi Odekina Nigeria is once again standing at a dangerous crossroads. From the North-West’s relentless banditry to the Middle Belt’s farmer-herder clashes, from IPOB-linked attacks in the South-East to kidnapping rings spreading like wildfire across the country, insecurity has become the nation’s most stubborn and crippling burden. Yet, what is most troubling is not just the violence itself... Read more

    Category: Opinion

    Opinion: Nigeria’s Insecurity Crisis and the Urgent Need for a National Reset

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    By Gift Chapi Odekina Nigeria is once again standing at a dangerous crossroads. From the North-West’s relentless banditry to the Middle Belt’s farmer-herder clashes, from IPOB-linked attacks in the South-East to kidnapping rings spreading like wildfire across the country, insecurity has become the nation’s most stubborn and crippling burden. Yet, what is most troubling is not just the violence itself... Read more

    Category: Uncategorized

    We’ll go all out on youths quality education – Fubara

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    …promises improved funding for RSU PORT HARCOURT: Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has reaffirmed that his administration would not deny youths of the state quality education. Fubara also reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensuring stable and improved funding for the Rivers State University, RSU, as part of an ongoing drive to strengthen the education sector across the state. The Governor... Read more

    Category: Education

    PDP Launches Constitutional Offensive to Unseat Defecting Rivers Lawmakers

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    …Says legislators ‘abandoned’ mandate, vows legal battle The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has intensified its counter-offensive in the raging Rivers State Assembly crisis, announcing plans to invoke constitutional provisions to sack lawmakers who again declared their defection from the party. Describing the repeated defections as a calculated assault on democratic norms, the PDP said the legislators’ latest move amounted to... Read more

    Category: Uncategorized

    Zulum Rallies Troops, Reassures Borno Residents as State Moves to Reinforce Security After Deadly Attacks

    December 7, 2025 (updated December 7, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Saturday stepped into Damboa with a firm message of solidarity and renewed determination, declaring that the state stands solidly behind frontline troops battling Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists. In an emotional but resolute address to soldiers of the 25 Task Force Brigade, Zulum praised what he described as their “giant effort and supreme... Read more

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