Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 20-year-old music artist Godspower George Osahenrumwen, popularly known as Steady Boy, for allegedly attempting to take delivery of a large consignment of “Loud,” a potent strain of cannabis, smuggled into the country from the United States. This is contained in a statement issued…
Former presidential media aide Bashir Ahmad has opposed a move by United States Senator Ted Cruz to stop Sharia laws in Nigeria. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Cruz, in a post on X while reacting to Nigeria’s designation by President Donald Trump, hinted at his bill “targeting those who implement blasphemy and Sharia laws in Nigeria.”…
The presidency on Sunday President Bola Tinubu, is “well ahead of the orchestrated game unfolding in America”. The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on X, a day after US President Donald Trump threatened to carry out attacks in Nigeria in response to purported anti-Christian violence. Trump had…
Former presidential candidate and prominent activist, Omoyele Sowore has condemned US President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against Nigeria, saying no Nigerian irrespective of their religion should celebrate it. Trump has threatened to unleash the might of the US military on islamists allegedly killing Christians in Nigeria, a move some analysts say is a ploy to infringe…
Conspiracy theorists are having a field day in Nigeria and elsewhere after United States President Donald Trump threatened to attack the West African nation. Trump had claimed, without presenting any evidence, that there was an ongoing Christian genocide in the country and redesignated Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern”. Nigerian authorities have consistently denied…
Tigran Gambaryan, a former Binance employee and ex-U.S. federal agent, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s administration extorted $50 million from the Joe Biden administration as ransom for his release from detention in Nigeria. Mr Gambaryan made the revelation in a post on X on Saturday, thanking his former employer, Binance, for speaking out about…
The World Bank has said it has fixed December 16 as a tentative approval date for a fresh $1bn Development Policy Financing loan to the country under a new initiative tagged “Nigeria Actions for Investment and Jobs Acceleration (P512892).” According to a project document published by the bank on October 27, the new facility comprises…
Following the recent threat by the government of the United States of America to invade Nigeria over allegations of killing of Christians in the North, the Nigerian presidency has revealed when both countries’ presidents, Donald Trump and Bola Tinubu would resolve their differences. Daniel Bwala, the special adviser to President Tinubu on policy and communication…
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be on alert in the wave of genocide reports being escalated by the US. The US government had blasted the Nigerian government for allegedly allowing killings of Christians across the nation, with President Trump threatening military action in…
An American criminal defense attorney and former state and federal prosecutor, Ron Filipkowski, has suggested that President Donald Trump may be mentally unstable following his recent remarks about possible military action in Nigeria. In a post shared on his X account on Sunday, Filipkowski reacted to Trump’s statement on potential U.S. intervention in Nigeria, saying,…