President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has ordered security and intelligence agencies to immediately rescue the twenty-five female students abducted during an attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State.

This came about after gunmen invaded the school, killing the Vice Principal, Malam Hassan Makuku, while he attempted to shield the pupils, and whisking away the schoolgirls.

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced the President’s directive for a high-level rescue operation, even as Kebbi Police spokesman, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, said security operatives had launched a manhunt for the attackers. Likewise, the Minister of State for Defence Bello Matawalle, has condemned the attack, calling on all security agencies to act in concert.

The United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, is set to hold an open hearing on Thursday, November Twenty, 2025, to examine President Donald Trump’s recent re-designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.

The CPC designation, if ratified by the Senate, would allow the US to impose sanctions on Nigerian officials found complicit in religious persecution and limit certain forms of bilateral assistance. The hearing, will include Senior Bureau Official of the Bureau of African Affairs, Jonathan Pratt, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Jacob McGee.

In another development, the US Federal Aviation Administration, has confirmed that flights will return to normal schedules today, after reductions imposed during a government shutdown were lifted.

A regional government official in Congo, has announced that a bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in southeastern Congo, has killed at least thirty-two people after collapsing due to overcrowding.

Roy Kaumba Mayonde, the province’s interior minister, confirmed the incident during a press conference, disclosing that the bridge at the Kalando mine in Lualaba province has fallen.

A report by the Congo’s Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Support and Guidance Service, said the gunfire from soldiers at the site sparked panic among the miners who rushed to the bridge, resulting in the fall that left them piled on top of each other, causing the deaths and injuries.

The newly elected National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Tanimu Turaki, argued that the judiciary and Nigerian judges have no business in matters involving politics.

The National Chairman stated this while addressing party delegates at the party’s just-concluded 2025  national convention held at the Lekan Salami Stadium, in Ibadan.

During the convention, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) elected former Sokoto State governor, Tanimu Turaki, as its new National Chairman.

Turaki won the election with 1,834 votes, while 275 of the 2,745 accredited votes were declared invalid.

Delegates from Rivers, Abia, Imo, Plateau, and Enugu states did not participate, following their suspension after a motion on the convention floor moved by the host governor, Seyi Makinde.

In his acceptance speech, Turaki acknowledged the challenges facing the PDP but expressed confidence in the party’s ability to overcome them.

Likewise, the party expelled Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike, former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, and former PDP Secretary Samuel Anyanwu.

The expulsion motion was moved by Chief Olabode George and seconded by Hon. Samaila Buga, Chairman of PDP Bauchi, during the party’s national convention in Ibadan.

With the election of the new party leaders, the Peoples Democratic Party is optimistic that the party will reclaim its lost glory.

House of Representatives Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, said the reforms, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, introduced since assuming office have been working for Nigeria’s development.

The Speaker said this in Lagos during the presentation of utility vehicles to some traditional rulers in southern Nigeria, which he facilitated through the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), noting that the reforms remained necessary for Nigeria’s further development.

He added that the reforms have engendered gradual stabilisation of exchange rates, improved fiscal discipline, growth in agriculture, better revenues for states, and a return of investor confidence.