The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Friday, conducted a visit to troops wounded in action currently receiving treatment at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele, on Friday. Anele noted that the…
The legal team defending the detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has rejected the recent ruling delivered by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja. According to the group, the judgement is “void, unconstitutional and unsustainable in law.” The position was made public by the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Global Defence Consortium. The team…
A 39-year-old senior officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Funmilayo Oluwamayokun Lasisi, and her daughter, Sewa Lasisi, who were declared missing in Ogun State, have been found dead with a mutilated body part at a suspected herbalist’s den in Osun, in what is suspected to be a ritual killing. Our correspondent learnt on Tuesday…
He air at Mammy Market Gate in Effurun, Delta State, hung thick and heavy, saturated with the competing aromas of diesel fumes and sizzling vegetable oil. Here, amidst the relentless, dusty clamour of the busy road, stood Ibrahim, a solitary figure locked in a perpetual dance with hot grease and sharp knives. He fries yam…
United States President, Donald Trump, has expressed anger over the alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria. Trump, in his latest comments on the issue, stated that thousands of Christians are being killed in the West African country. The US President spoke on a conservative radio program on Friday, as captured by Fox News. Trump had earlier…
The Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to the conviction and life imprisonment sentencing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu. In a post shared on his X handle on Saturday, Obi said the judgment comes at a time when Nigerians are battling severe economic hardship, worsening insecurity, and…
The number of students and teachers abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwarra Local Government Area of Niger State has risen to 315, up from the initial count of 227. The updated figure was confirmed by the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State chapter, Most Rev….
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has lashed out at the US President, Donald Trump, for threatening to invade Nigeria with American military. Prof Soyinka said that the comments of the US President was a testament of what he described as pre-set mindset, which ignores Nigeria’s complex security challenges. The literary icon stated this on Friday in…
The United Nations has condemned the abduction on Friday of hundreds of school children and teachers from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Niger. The UN Spokesperson, Mr Stéphane Dujarric, while condemning the school attack, declared that “schools must be a safe place to learn”. The UN Spokesperson described the abduction of the…
Fresh details have emerged from the meeting between United States Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, as Washington intensifies pressure on Abuja over rising insecurity. The discussion centred on the surge in attacks linked to extremist groups and the growing threat against Christian communities across Nigeria. Officials described the meeting…