The United States Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, on Friday called on the Nigerian government to take decisive steps to end Christian persecution in Nigeria. Hegseth made the call during a meeting with Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. According to…
The Nigerian Army has dismissed a claim in a viral publication that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu was planning to forcefully recruit Nigerians aged 18 and above into military service. The Nigerian Army denied this in a…
The police in Benue State says it has rescued six children, who were allegedly being trafficked to Anambra State. This was disclosed by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Udeme Edet, in a Friday statement that was made available to journalists in…
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra(MASSOB) has on Friday condemned the sentence handed to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Thursday. According to the movement in a statement released…
The Government of Niger State Government on Friday faulted the St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, over the kidnap of its pupils. According to the government, the incident occurred because the school reopened without government clearance despite…
An early morning fire on Thursday destroyed several shops in a three-storey commercial building at Nodu Market, behind Juhel Pharmaceutical Company, in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to the report, the blaze caused damage worth several…
Pope Leo XIV has said that both Christians and Muslims “have been slaughtered” in Nigeria, linking the violence to extremist groups, economic and land-related conflicts. His comments come as international scrutiny over Nigeria’s security situation intensifies. The Pope made the…
The bandits that abducted some 38 worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State have placed N100 ransom on the head of each abductees. Leadership Newspaper reports that the kidnappers have started…
The governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has clarified that the insecurity challenges facing the state should not be classified as genocide reiterating his stand as a catholic priest. Alia made the clarification at a consultative forum on…
United States President Donald Trump said he will host New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for a meeting on Friday, after fiercely attacking the 34-year-old self-described Democratic Socialist during his recent campaign. Trump, while repeating his false claim that Mamdani is…
