Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has issued a sharp rebuke to a group of US lawmakers, led by Senator Ted Cruz, over their characterisation of violence in Nigeria as “Christian genocide”. In a lengthy post on X, Fani-Kayode described Cruz as “the joker of the century” and accused him and his allies of

Vice-President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria has exited its phase of economic instability and is now positioned as an attractive destination for global investors. Speaking on Wednesday at the Bauchi Investment Summit 2025, Shettima said the administration of President Bola Tinubu has stabilised the economy through difficult but necessary reforms. He said when the Tinubu administration

President Bola Tinubu has approved the deployment of a full army brigade to Kwara to tackle rising cases of kidnapping and banditry in the state. The deployment comes as part of a renewed military operation targeting criminal hideouts across the forests of Kwara South and Kwara North. According to the Kwara government, heavy military equipment

Former chief press secretary to Mahmood Yakubu, immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Rotimi Oyekanmi, has dismissed reports describing staff farewell chants as a “funeral song.” In a post on X, Oyekanmi said it was “a shame” that a news platform would “report the direct opposite of an event even when

A fresh attack in the Inzon community of Fan district, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State has led to the death of a 13-year-old herder, Abubakar Wada and 36 cattle, local sources have said. The sources also alleged that a total of 49 people are still missing from the attack which took place