United States–based Trinidadian rapper and singer Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, popularly known as Nicki Minaj, addressed the United Nations on Tuesday, calling for urgent action to protect Christians in Nigeria facing alleged deadly attacks. She stressed that her advocacy is about defending human rights and religious freedom, not taking sides. Below is the full text of…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested five men for allegedly impersonating police officers. The suspects, Aliyu Abbas (35), Sani Iliyasu (47), Ashiru Sule (41), Abubakar Yahaya (45), and Adamu Kalilu (45), were apprehended on Thursday by operatives of the command’s Special Intervention Squad. This was contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson,…
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to serving all Nigerians equitably, declaring that his administration is guided by the principle of fairness and inclusive development across every region of the country. In a post shared on his verified X handle, @OfficialABAT on Monday, the President stated, “I took an oath to serve all…
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has awarded N70 million against the Nigerian police for firing a stray bullet that killed a nursing mother in a landmark judgement that caps over 20 years of litigation. Justice G. Olotu, on Friday, ordered the police to pay N10 million as general damages, N50 million as…
More facts are emerging on possible reasons the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. The NLC President was picked up by DSS operatives on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on his way outside the country for an…
The Federal Government has officially commenced the process of reviewing the nation’s revenue allocation formula to meet current realities. Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Bello Shehu announced the commencement of the review process at a press conference at Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja on Monday. There are indication that the…
Lawmaker representing Abia North in the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has dismissed claims by his Abia South counterpart, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, that President Bola Tinubu is destined to lose the 2027 presidential election. Senator Kalu insisted that the opposition lacks both the structure and momentum to unseat Tinubu in the forthcoming 2027 presidential election….
At least 10 people have been killed and 36 injured in a horror terrorist attack on New Year’s Day revellers in New Orleans. A man in an SUV drove into a crowd on New Orleans’ famous Canal and Bourbon Street around 3.15am before getting out of the car and firing on civilians and police officers,…
A top court in the British Virgin Islands has granted Chinese investors Zhongshan the authority to seize £20 million ($25 million) from Nigeria’s foreign denominated assets over an Ogun trade zone deal that fell through in the early 2000s under then governor Ibikunle Amosun. Justice Paul Webster of the British Virgin Islands High Court on…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its activities pending the restoration of full and effective constitutional order in the country. In addition, ECOWAS leaders have established a high-level Mediation Mission led by the Chair of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone,…
