In a strange development, foreign policy expert Dr Walid Phares has urged US President Donald Trump to establish an emergency base in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, claiming that Port Harcourt is the main port city of the Biafra region. He claimed that this was to deter Boko Haram and other jihadist groups in Nigeria…
A viral claim circulating on X alleges that every Nigerian president met the US president in their first year, except Tinubu. This statement is false, as verifiable evidence from both Nigerian and United States government sources confirms that President Bola Tinubu met with US President Joe Biden within his first year in office. The Claim…
Four days after resuming operations, the Warri–Itakpe train service has been suspended following a derailment on Saturday evening. The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) confirmed the incident in a statement released on Sunday, saying two of the seven coaches derailed at Kilometre 212+8m in Agbor, Delta State, around 7:30pm. According to the NRC Managing Director, Kayode…
Former Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has urged the United States to assist Nigeria in combating insecurity with cutting-edge technology, rather than posing a threat that can worsen divisions in the country. “The United States should assist the Nigerian authorities with better cutting-edge technology to tackle these problems, rather than posing a threat that could further…
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.”…
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…