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Nigeria pushes back as U.S. prepares attack plans, opts for diplomacy

The Federal Government (FG) has reaffirmed its commitment to handling the escalating diplomatic standoff with the United States via dialogue rather than confrontation, even...

Senate split over Trump’s military threat as Nigeria pushes back on ‘Christian Killings’ narrative

The Nigerian Senate erupted in rare discord on Tuesday following U.S. President Donald Trump’s public threat of possible military action against Nigeria over alleged...

The DSS dismissal of 115 personnel amid reform drive

The DSS has announced that 115 of its personnel have been dismissed as part of an ongoing reform process within the agency. The statement...

“My son, who made me a widow, has come back. The son I thought I would never see again.”

Forty-one-year-old Billy Oyiza, a former cultist who claimed to have killed three rivals in pursuit of promotion and indirectly caused his father’s death, has...

Subsidy gone, states richer — but Nigerians poorer

When President Bola Tinubu declared “Subsidy is gone!” in May 2023, few Nigerians imagined just how deeply those three words would reshape the country’s...

Genocide against Christians in Nigeria: What is the truth?

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth (2 Cor. 13:8). By National Prayer Altar Richard G. Hovannisian defines denial as the...

Falana and the night of uprooted lives in Oworonshoki

By Adebayo Adedeji In a trend that is gaining ground in Lagos, many families in the Itesiwaju Ajumoni Community Development Area of Oworonshoki, the early...

What happens to senior Nigerian Generals when their junior is appointed service chief?

•● The context, counterviews, international comparisons and reform By Group Captain Sadeeq Garba Shehu (rtd) 1. Context: The Recent Changes Following the President’s recent exercise of his constitutional...

Cultural group calls for investigation following murder allegations against Akpabio

The leadership of the socio-cultural organisation Ati Annang Foundation has formally asked Nigeria’s security agencies to investigate serious allegations of murder levelled against Senate...

Tinubu’s Pardon: The full list, reason for granting mercy to 175, and the burden of mercy

President Bola Tinubu has pardoned Maryam Sanda, the woman sentenced to death for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello. Farouk Lawan, the Kano politician served his...

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