Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Luanda, Angola, where he is expected torepresent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the African Union–European Union (AU–EU) PartnershipSummit scheduled to take place this week. According to officials from the Presidency, the summit — which brings together heads of state,ministers, and senior policymakers from African and European nations…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the withdrawal of police officers who currently providesecurity for Very Important Persons (VIPs), ordering that they be redeployed to address more pressingsecurity needs across the country. According to a statement from the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, BayoOnanuga, Tinubu made the decision during a Sunday security meeting…
US President Donald Trump has continued his attack against Nigeria, describing the most populous black nation on earth as “a disgrace”. In his latest outburst, Trump, who redesignated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern two weeks ago, described Nigerian government as ineffective. He said this when he featured on Fox News Radio’s ‘The Brian Kilmeade…
The Adamawa State Government has ordered the closure of all public and private boarding schools in the state. In a statement on Saturday, signed by the state Commissioner for Education and Human Development, Dr. Umar Pella, the government said the decision, made by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, was aimed at preventing a repeat of the recent…
President Bola Tinubu says insecurity remains the most troubling challenge facing Nigeria, especially the Northern region. He said on Saturday in Kaduna that urgent efforts were required to rebuild trust, strengthen unity and restore safety across communities. Tinubu, represented by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, spoke at the 25th Anniversary of…
U.S. Representative Riley Moore has called on the Nigerian government to grant clemency to SundayJackson, a farmer condemned to death after killing a herdsman in what he described as self-defence.Jackson, an Adamawa‐State farmer, was involved in a confrontation in 2015 with Buba Bawuro, a Fulaniherdsman, who reportedly trespassed on Jackson’s farm with cattle. According to…
The Niger State Government has publicly criticized the management of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary andSecondary School in Papiri (Agwara Local Government Area) following a mass abduction of students,saying the school ignored a security directive issued after intelligence warned of elevated threats. According to a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Usman, the…
The federal high court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison after convicting him on all seven terrorism-related charges at the end of a decade-long trial that has inflamed tensions in the country’s southeast. The judge, Justice James Omotosho, held that the prosecution was able to establish the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow at the death of Olusegun “Segun” AwolowoJr., grandson of the late Nigerian statesman Chief Obafemi Awolowo, describing his passing as a “tragicloss” for both the Awolowo family and the country. In a statement, Tinubu praised Segun for embodying the “Awolowo pedigree” — in his character,integrity, and dedication…
U.S. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs, a Democrat from California’s 51st District and ranking member of theHouse Foreign Affairs Committee’s Africa Subcommittee, has sharply condemned former PresidentDonald Trump’s threat of military intervention in Nigeria, calling it “reckless” and legally baseless. At a congressional hearing, Jacobs warned that framing Nigeria’s violence purely as a religious conflictdistorts the country’s…
