Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has accused some United States lawmakers of relying on misleading data to allege that there is a Christian genocide in the country. Idris was responding to calls by some US legislators urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to take diplomatic action against the Nigerian government over

Confusion erupted on Wednesday over reports that Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, was prevented from entering the Senate chamber during the confirmation of the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Waheedi Shaibu. Ododo, who had arrived at the National Assembly in solidarity with Shaibu, a Kogi indigene, was allegedly turned back by officials. Sources,