Republic of Benin has resisted Nigeria’s attempts to hastily extradite Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, to the headquarters of the Department of State Services in Abuja. Federal Government planned to extradite the activist on Wednesday (yesterday), but Benin Republic insisted that it would not be part of any process that was against due process. A security source in the West African country, who spoke to our correspondent, said, “The Nigerian government planned to extradite him on Wednesday, but our government said the rule of law must be followed as the world is watching us.” One…

US forces, including the navy’s SEAL Team 6 almost committed an unauthorized incursion into Nigerian territory – also commonly referred to as an invasion – last year while undertaking a mission to free a 27-year-old American kidnapped by a local militant group, a new book from two Washington Post reporters claims. In I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year by authors Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, a chaotic scene is described as unfolding when US special forces descended upon the country in an effort to rescue Philip Walton, the son of an American missionary, who had…

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has insisted that Federal security operatives must henceforth inform states before carrying out any covert operation. The governor was reacting to the recent crisis that rocked Igangan and its environs in Ibarapa Local Government of the state. Some operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) had arrested suspected smugglers in the community, leading to a face-off between the operatives and the residents who mistook the operatives for the belligerent herdsmen and resisted the arrest. The incident led to the death of the Coordinator of Amotekun in Ibarapa Central Zone, and two other people. Makinde threatened…

A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa's most famous artefacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are now mainly in Western museums, as writer Barnaby Phillips reports. The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from the West African kingdom of Benin - in what is today Edo State in southern Nigeria - by a British military force in 1897. In Europe their beauty and sophistication caused an instant sensation, and they are widely regarded as amongst Africa's greatest artworks. In recent years, as…