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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has dismissed allegations of genocide in Nigeria and other parts of the region, saying terrorist attacks target people of all faiths and backgrounds. In a statement released on Tuesday, the regional bloc said it “wishes to draw the attention of partners and the international community as a […]

President Bola Tinubu has requested the approval of the Senate for a fresh domestic borrowing of ₦1.15trillion to finance the deficit component of the 2025 national budget. The President’s request was conveyed in an official letter read during Tuesday’s plenary session by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.  In the correspondence, Tinubu explained that the proposed

   

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, that its officers seized her passport at the airport in an attempt to stop her from travelling. The NIS spokesperson, Akinsola Akinlabi, said that the incident was merely part of standard immigration checks and not an act of

A heated session erupted in the House of Representatives on Tuesday following a motion seeking to counter what lawmakers described as “misleading international narratives on religious killings in Nigeria,” in the wake of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comments designating Nigeria as a “country of particular concern.” The motion, sponsored by Hon. Olamijuwonlo Ayodeji

The time for illusions has long passed. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, recently made a baseless and frankly bizarre allegation that Christians are being systematically exterminated in Nigeria. It is a dangerous fiction, designed not to save lives but to soften the moral ground for intervention. This is the same script: rehearsed,

The House of Representatives has suspended its plenary sessions for one week following a protest by indigenous contractors at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The decision came after lawmakers adopted a motion moved by the Minority Leader, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, during Tuesday’s plenary. Chinda, while moving the motion, drew the attention of the House

The Gwoza Christian Community Association in Borno State has insisted that there is an ongoing genocide being perpetrated against them by Boko Haram terrorists. The association, in a statement jointly signed by Rev. Ayuba John Bassa and Rev. Filibus K. Goma, national coordinator and chairman of the Board of Trustees respectively, said they had documentary

Richard Bruce Cheney, the hard-nosed political tactician who wielded enormous influence across multiple Republican administrations and redefined the power of the American vice presidency, has died at the age of 84.  A statement from the Cheney family said he passed away “on the evening of Nov. 3, of complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular

A High Court sitting in Oyo State has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, to proceed with the party’s national convention scheduled for November 15 in Ibadan, the state capital. Justice A. L. Akintola, the presiding judge, gave the order on Monday after hearing an ex parte application

The Senate has moved to address the growing safety concerns surrounding Nigeria’s railway system by launching a full-scale investigation into the frequent derailments plaguing the nation’s rail network.In a resolution passed on Tuesday, lawmakers agreed to set up an ad hoc committee to probe the “persistent derailments of the country’s rail lines” and to “conduct