Trending News: Portable Claims Boxing Match Against Carter Efe Was Scripted to Avoid N23 Billion PayoutMoney to Be Made: Badmus Challenges Akindele to Boxing Ring ShowdownNiger State Doctors Issue 72-Hour Ultimatum Over Kidnapped Colleague,Dickson Crowns Obi, Kwankwaso As ‘Biggest Political Brands’ Joining NDCDont Come Here: Obi Urges Tinubu Administration to Allow Peaceful Building of New Party “NDC”Just In: Political Shift: Yusuf Datti Quits ADC After Disagreement with National LeadershipOpposition Parties NDC and APM Face Crisis Over National Legal Adviser’s Alleged Dual MembershipBenue APC Crisis: Alia, Akume Resolve Differences, Target 2027 Elections and National Assembly WinsBreaking: Peter Obi and Kwankwaso Officially Defect to NDC in Major Political Shake-Up“REBIRTH OF SERVICE: Gov. Peter Mbah’s Landmark Overhaul Reopens Awgu NYSC Camp as Chairman Okolo Welcomes Corps Members to a New Era of Excellence”UN Raises Alarm Over Rising Attacks on Journalists WorldwideAmaechi Urges Unity in ADC, Says He Ignored Attacks from Obi’s SupportersUNICEF Uncovers Leadership Gaps Affecting Maternal, Child Healthcare in Three StatesSandy Onor Joins 2027 Race, Picks PDP Presidential Nomination FormAccess Holdings Shifts Focus to Efficiency, Stronger Returns After Expansion DriveUBA Debunks Viral Divorce Rumour About Tony Elumelu, Moves Against Alleged Peddlers2027: Citing Visible Results, Nsukka Zone Endorses Tinubu, Mbah at a Massive RallyKACRAN Calls on Northern Leaders to Join Forces Against InsecurityBreaking: Tinubu Departs Abuja for Official Visit to FranceKwankwaso Camp Confirms Decision to Leave ADC, Cites Internal IssuesTroops Increase Security Measures Following Threat Letter by Suspected Kidnappers‘I Will Not Betray You’ — Oyebamiji Promises Osun VotersChurches Closed in Eda-Oniyo as Ekiti Govt, Police Step Up Rescue of Kidnap VictimsZlatan, TG Omori, Ubi Franklin Taunt Portable After Loss to Carter Efe in Celebrity BoxingOnanuga Mocks Obi Over Exit from ADC, Calls Him Political Opportunist“Guardians of the Home, Builders of the Future: Awgu Council Chairman Okolo Honors Fathers on Their Special Day”Nigeria Police Force Establishes Nationwide Rapid Strike Team Against Kidnapping and RobberyMilitary Clarifies ‘Justice Crack’ Arrest: Claims Influencer Incited Soldiers, Now Handed to Civil AuthoritiesPeter Obi in High-Level Consultations Over 2027 Ambitions Amid Political SpeculationOsimhen’s Title Wait Continues After Shock Galatasaray DefeatBauchi Governor Bala Mohammed Jumps Ship, Defects to APM from PDPIt’s Probability, Not Certainty: NDC Official Walks Back Reports of Obi and Kwankwaso Joining PartyE-Money Delivers N50 Million Pledge to Victorious Comedian Carter Efe After Portable ShowdownPetrol Price Drops in Abuja Following Initial IncreaseCarter Efe Declares Celebrity Boxing Win Over Portable ‘Easy Peasy’Nollywood Mourns Loss of ‘Ms Koi Koi’ Actress Oby KechereADC Candidate Accuses APC, Accord of Causing Labour Division in OsunPDP Has No Leadership Crisis — Party Chieftain PearseBreaking — Benue Head of Service Agbogbo Ode Passes AwayCarter Efe Beats Portable in Celebrity Boxing Match, Bags N50m Prize [VIDEO]Donald Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Cars from the European Union16 Suspects Arrested as Police Raid Kidnappers’ Den, Recover 98 Rounds in KwaraStrait of Hormuz: U.S. Says Ships Paying Iran Toll Will Face ‘Wrath’Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Peter Obi to Join NDC — KwankwasiyyaAdeboye Says Oluremi Tinubu Will Not Be Removed as Pastor Despite Political PressureBreaking: Officers Killed as Bandits Attack Police Camp in KwaraOsun Govt Roasts APC Over ‘False’ Claims of School Infrastructure CollapseProminent Kwankwasiyya Leader Resigns from ADC in KanoAmadi Insists: 2027 Win Requires ‘OA’ Ticket, Not ‘AO’Rivers Elders Buy 2027 Guber Forms for Governor Fubara: A ‘Compulsion’ From The PeopleBuhari’s Son Yusuf Clinches APC Ticket Unopposed for 2027 Federal RaceSuspected Murder Case: Delta Police Confirm Location of Oghenemine Ogidi’s Remains for AutopsyUnexpected Union: Adesua Etomi Didn’t Want Musician or Politician, But Married Both in Banky WNollywood Star Bimpe Akintunde Confirms Divorce in Heartfelt Instagram AnnouncementAir Peace Responds as Funke Akindele Publicly Condemns Treatment of Stranded PassengersCourt Denies Bench Warrant for Absent Actress Ogala in Pastor Defamation CaseWorkers Crown Mbah Top Governor, Commend Security, Infrastructure, Welfare ReformsGov Alia: Benue Workers’ Welfare Remains My PriorityOsun State Workers’ Union Faction Holds International Workers’ Day RallyAtiku Abubakar Criticises Tinubu, First Lady, Says Rice Distribution Isn’t GovernanceFootballer Okoye Dies After Head Injury, Nigeria, Italy in MourningThree Suspected Bandits Nabbed in Sokoto as Security Forces Recover AK-47, Dane GunsOwerri Catholic Archdiocese Announces Week-Long Prayer Over Stolen MonstranceAdamawa State Workers Seek Minimum Wage AdjustmentPolice Arrest Rolex Dee for Allegedly Defaming Taye Currency on Agbaletu ProgrammeSupreme Court Victory Heralds New Dawn in ADC as David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola Reaffirm Leadership—Comrade AC Ude Describes Ruling as More Than a Legal TriumphSisi Alagbo’s Husband Seeks Forgiveness and Growth After Personal Video LeakGlobal Success: Asake Expresses Gratitude for Talent RecognitionFeud Over: Tiwa Savage and Seyi Shay Reconcile After Years of Public ConflictJust In: Cubana Chief Priest Secures APC Form for House of Representatives Bid“A New Dawn for Awgu: Chairman Okolo Marks Workers’ Day, Declares May a Month of Renewed Hope, Bold Progress, and People-Centred Development”Rudeboy Falls Off Stage Mid-Performance in Shocking Live MishapBreaking: Abia APC Announces Governorship Zoning, Citing Balance and FairnessJurisdiction: The Key Takeaway from the Recent Supreme Court Verdict on PDP TussleAtiku Meets ADC Leadership Hours After Supreme Court RulingTuraki Convention Nullified: PDP Leaders Meet Following Supreme Court DecisionINEC Portal Updated: David Mark Confirmed ADC Chairman After Supreme Court RulingAbductors of 15 worshippers in Ekiti demand N1bn ransomFrench economy records zero growth in Q1Court sentences Lagos socialite to 45 years imprisonment for cocaine traffickingPopular herbal vendor Sisi Alagbo’s s£xt@pe with her husband and another woman leaks onlineTrump warns Iran blockade could last months, sending oil prices soaringCourt sentences Lagos socialite to 45 years imprisonment for cocaine traffickingAirport staff returns $1,700, passports to passenger at Lagos airportArmy tells court how plot to overthrow Tinubu was uncoveredResource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education Warns Nigeria Is Sliding Into Crisis Over Extrajudicial KillingsAttorney-General Joins Former Lawmakers to Seek Deregistration of ADC, Accord, Others‘Why Your Papa No Hustle?’ — Davido Responds to T-Dot’s CriticismLaLiga: Toni Kroos Set to Rejoin Real MadridRising Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa Condemned by West African JournalistsFulham Delay Agreement on Transfer Fee for ChukwuezeLate-Night Terrorist Attack Foiled by Troops in Borno StateSuspected Terrorist Attack Repelled by Troops in KadunaNigerian National Petroleum Company Limited Announces Fuel Price IncreaseCourt Orders CBN to Justify Withholding N100.1 Million Judgment Debt for PolicePolitical Desperados Foiled in Attempted ADC Takeover, Claims KachikwuTinubu Appoints Bianca Ojukwu as Foreign Affairs Minister After Tuggar’s ExitNollywood Star Saga Adeolu Admits On-Screen Kissing Is ‘Weird’Rapper Akon Admits Single Partner Life is Harder Than Multiple WomenChurchill Fires Back: Insists No Legal Marriage to Rosy Meurer Amidst Divorce Claims
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Trending News: Portable Claims Boxing Match Against Carter Efe Was Scripted to Avoid N23 Billion PayoutMoney to Be Made: Badmus Challenges Akindele to Boxing Ring ShowdownNiger State Doctors Issue 72-Hour Ultimatum Over Kidnapped Colleague,Dickson Crowns Obi, Kwankwaso As ‘Biggest Political Brands’ Joining NDCDont Come Here: Obi Urges Tinubu Administration to Allow Peaceful Building of New Party “NDC”Just In: Political Shift: Yusuf Datti Quits ADC After Disagreement with National LeadershipOpposition Parties NDC and APM Face Crisis Over National Legal Adviser’s Alleged Dual MembershipBenue APC Crisis: Alia, Akume Resolve Differences, Target 2027 Elections and National Assembly WinsBreaking: Peter Obi and Kwankwaso Officially Defect to NDC in Major Political Shake-Up“REBIRTH OF SERVICE: Gov. Peter Mbah’s Landmark Overhaul Reopens Awgu NYSC Camp as Chairman Okolo Welcomes Corps Members to a New Era of Excellence”UN Raises Alarm Over Rising Attacks on Journalists WorldwideAmaechi Urges Unity in ADC, Says He Ignored Attacks from Obi’s SupportersUNICEF Uncovers Leadership Gaps Affecting Maternal, Child Healthcare in Three StatesSandy Onor Joins 2027 Race, Picks PDP Presidential Nomination FormAccess Holdings Shifts Focus to Efficiency, Stronger Returns After Expansion DriveUBA Debunks Viral Divorce Rumour About Tony Elumelu, Moves Against Alleged Peddlers2027: Citing Visible Results, Nsukka Zone Endorses Tinubu, Mbah at a Massive RallyKACRAN Calls on Northern Leaders to Join Forces Against InsecurityBreaking: Tinubu Departs Abuja for Official Visit to FranceKwankwaso Camp Confirms Decision to Leave ADC, Cites Internal IssuesTroops Increase Security Measures Following Threat Letter by Suspected Kidnappers‘I Will Not Betray You’ — Oyebamiji Promises Osun VotersChurches Closed in Eda-Oniyo as Ekiti Govt, Police Step Up Rescue of Kidnap VictimsZlatan, TG Omori, Ubi Franklin Taunt Portable After Loss to Carter Efe in Celebrity BoxingOnanuga Mocks Obi Over Exit from ADC, Calls Him Political Opportunist“Guardians of the Home, Builders of the Future: Awgu Council Chairman Okolo Honors Fathers on Their Special Day”Nigeria Police Force Establishes Nationwide Rapid Strike Team Against Kidnapping and RobberyMilitary Clarifies ‘Justice Crack’ Arrest: Claims Influencer Incited Soldiers, Now Handed to Civil AuthoritiesPeter Obi in High-Level Consultations Over 2027 Ambitions Amid Political SpeculationOsimhen’s Title Wait Continues After Shock Galatasaray DefeatBauchi Governor Bala Mohammed Jumps Ship, Defects to APM from PDPIt’s Probability, Not Certainty: NDC Official Walks Back Reports of Obi and Kwankwaso Joining PartyE-Money Delivers N50 Million Pledge to Victorious Comedian Carter Efe After Portable ShowdownPetrol Price Drops in Abuja Following Initial IncreaseCarter Efe Declares Celebrity Boxing Win Over Portable ‘Easy Peasy’Nollywood Mourns Loss of ‘Ms Koi Koi’ Actress Oby KechereADC Candidate Accuses APC, Accord of Causing Labour Division in OsunPDP Has No Leadership Crisis — Party Chieftain PearseBreaking — Benue Head of Service Agbogbo Ode Passes AwayCarter Efe Beats Portable in Celebrity Boxing Match, Bags N50m Prize [VIDEO]Donald Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Cars from the European Union16 Suspects Arrested as Police Raid Kidnappers’ Den, Recover 98 Rounds in KwaraStrait of Hormuz: U.S. Says Ships Paying Iran Toll Will Face ‘Wrath’Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Peter Obi to Join NDC — KwankwasiyyaAdeboye Says Oluremi Tinubu Will Not Be Removed as Pastor Despite Political PressureBreaking: Officers Killed as Bandits Attack Police Camp in KwaraOsun Govt Roasts APC Over ‘False’ Claims of School Infrastructure CollapseProminent Kwankwasiyya Leader Resigns from ADC in KanoAmadi Insists: 2027 Win Requires ‘OA’ Ticket, Not ‘AO’Rivers Elders Buy 2027 Guber Forms for Governor Fubara: A ‘Compulsion’ From The PeopleBuhari’s Son Yusuf Clinches APC Ticket Unopposed for 2027 Federal RaceSuspected Murder Case: Delta Police Confirm Location of Oghenemine Ogidi’s Remains for AutopsyUnexpected Union: Adesua Etomi Didn’t Want Musician or Politician, But Married Both in Banky WNollywood Star Bimpe Akintunde Confirms Divorce in Heartfelt Instagram AnnouncementAir Peace Responds as Funke Akindele Publicly Condemns Treatment of Stranded PassengersCourt Denies Bench Warrant for Absent Actress Ogala in Pastor Defamation CaseWorkers Crown Mbah Top Governor, Commend Security, Infrastructure, Welfare ReformsGov Alia: Benue Workers’ Welfare Remains My PriorityOsun State Workers’ Union Faction Holds International Workers’ Day RallyAtiku Abubakar Criticises Tinubu, First Lady, Says Rice Distribution Isn’t GovernanceFootballer Okoye Dies After Head Injury, Nigeria, Italy in MourningThree Suspected Bandits Nabbed in Sokoto as Security Forces Recover AK-47, Dane GunsOwerri Catholic Archdiocese Announces Week-Long Prayer Over Stolen MonstranceAdamawa State Workers Seek Minimum Wage AdjustmentPolice Arrest Rolex Dee for Allegedly Defaming Taye Currency on Agbaletu ProgrammeSupreme Court Victory Heralds New Dawn in ADC as David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola Reaffirm Leadership—Comrade AC Ude Describes Ruling as More Than a Legal TriumphSisi Alagbo’s Husband Seeks Forgiveness and Growth After Personal Video LeakGlobal Success: Asake Expresses Gratitude for Talent RecognitionFeud Over: Tiwa Savage and Seyi Shay Reconcile After Years of Public ConflictJust In: Cubana Chief Priest Secures APC Form for House of Representatives Bid“A New Dawn for Awgu: Chairman Okolo Marks Workers’ Day, Declares May a Month of Renewed Hope, Bold Progress, and People-Centred Development”Rudeboy Falls Off Stage Mid-Performance in Shocking Live MishapBreaking: Abia APC Announces Governorship Zoning, Citing Balance and FairnessJurisdiction: The Key Takeaway from the Recent Supreme Court Verdict on PDP TussleAtiku Meets ADC Leadership Hours After Supreme Court RulingTuraki Convention Nullified: PDP Leaders Meet Following Supreme Court DecisionINEC Portal Updated: David Mark Confirmed ADC Chairman After Supreme Court RulingAbductors of 15 worshippers in Ekiti demand N1bn ransomFrench economy records zero growth in Q1Court sentences Lagos socialite to 45 years imprisonment for cocaine traffickingPopular herbal vendor Sisi Alagbo’s s£xt@pe with her husband and another woman leaks onlineTrump warns Iran blockade could last months, sending oil prices soaringCourt sentences Lagos socialite to 45 years imprisonment for cocaine traffickingAirport staff returns $1,700, passports to passenger at Lagos airportArmy tells court how plot to overthrow Tinubu was uncoveredResource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education Warns Nigeria Is Sliding Into Crisis Over Extrajudicial KillingsAttorney-General Joins Former Lawmakers to Seek Deregistration of ADC, Accord, Others‘Why Your Papa No Hustle?’ — Davido Responds to T-Dot’s CriticismLaLiga: Toni Kroos Set to Rejoin Real MadridRising Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa Condemned by West African JournalistsFulham Delay Agreement on Transfer Fee for ChukwuezeLate-Night Terrorist Attack Foiled by Troops in Borno StateSuspected Terrorist Attack Repelled by Troops in KadunaNigerian National Petroleum Company Limited Announces Fuel Price IncreaseCourt Orders CBN to Justify Withholding N100.1 Million Judgment Debt for PolicePolitical Desperados Foiled in Attempted ADC Takeover, Claims KachikwuTinubu Appoints Bianca Ojukwu as Foreign Affairs Minister After Tuggar’s ExitNollywood Star Saga Adeolu Admits On-Screen Kissing Is ‘Weird’Rapper Akon Admits Single Partner Life is Harder Than Multiple WomenChurchill Fires Back: Insists No Legal Marriage to Rosy Meurer Amidst Divorce Claims
Mon. May 4th, 2026

Trump fires defence secretary Esper

FILE – In this March 18, 2020, file photo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks as President Donald Trump listens during press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House in Washington. The government’s $3 trillion effort to rescue the economy from the coronavirus crisis is stirring worry at the Pentagon. Bulging federal deficits may force a reversal of years of big defense spending gains and threaten prized projects like the rebuilding of the nation’s arsenal of nuclear weapons. Esper says the sudden burst of emergency spending to prop up a stalled economy is bringing the Pentagon closer to a point where it will have to shed older weapons faster and tighten its belt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

President Donald Trump on Monday announced by tweet that he had fired his defense secretary Mark Esper, further destabilizing a government already navigating Trump’s refusal to concede election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.

“Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service,” Trump said on Twitter, announcing his replacement by Christopher Miller, the current head of the National Counterterrorism Center.

READ ALSO EndSARS protest misconduct costs economy N1.5tn – FDC

The firing of Esper, who had clashed with Trump over his suggestion of using military personnel to quash civic unrest, comes a week after the US presidential election.

Trump, who is pursuing so far flimsy claims of election fraud in the courts, has only until January 20 before he has to leave office and Biden takes over.

Ngozi Okpala

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