Senate Sets Up 12-man Committee To Counter US Genocide Claims Against Nigeria

The Nigerian Senate has constituted a 12-member ad-hoc committee to advise the legislature on how to respond to growing international concerns over alleged United States-backed claims of persecution of Christians in the country. The decision followed a closed-door session on Tuesday, where lawmakers deliberated on recent claims by the United States Government suggesting possible acts […]

Cameroon: Timi Frank Urges Trump, Others To Recognise Tchiroma Bakary As President-elect

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Ambassador to East Africa and the Middle East, Comrade Timi Frank, has called on President Donald Trump and leaders of the international community to recognise opposition presidential candidate, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, as the duly elected President […]

PICTORIAL: Nenadi Absent As Abure, Factional Secretary Represent Labour Party At INEC Meeting

The lingering leadership tussle within the Labour Party (LP) has resurfaced after the appearance of Julius Abure, the embattled factional National Chairman, and Umar Farouk Ibrahim, a factional National Secretary of the party, respectively, at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. Abure and Ibrahim were sighted at the quarterly consultative […]

Kano Court Remands Orphanage Operator Over Alleged Child Theft, Trafficking To Delta

A Kano State High Court has ordered the remand of Ogugua Christopher, owner ofa Orphanage Home in Asaba, Delta State, over allegations of child abduction and trafficking involving minors reportedly taken from Kano State to Asaba. Ogugua is being prosecuted alongside Hauwa Abubakar and Nkechi Odlyne on a 15-count charge of conspiracy and child abduction, […]

Anglican Church Denies Senator Ojudu’s Claim Of Fundraising At Funeral In Ekiti

The Anglican Diocese of Ekiti has debunked a viral claim by a verteran journalist and former presidential aide, Babafemi Ojudu, alleging that a burial service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Ise-Ekiti, was turned into a fundraising exercise. Recall that Ojudu had in a Facebook post on Monday titled “The Day Mourners Rebelled in Church,” claimed […]

Reps Want Emefiele’s Forfeited Abuja Duplexes Allocated To Low-income Earners, IDPs

The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to prioritise low- and middle-income earners, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and other vulnerable Nigerians in the allocation of 753 forfeited duplexes in Abuja, once linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. The resolution was passed on Tuesday during plenary after the […]