Written by By Favour Ulebor, with agency report American rapper Nicki Minaj has raised global attention to alleged Christian persecution in Nigeria, calling for urgent international action during a United Nations event hosted by United States Ambassador, Mike Waltz, on Tuesday. Minaj, who has repeatedly commented on the issue in recent months, said she was invited after … Continue reading “‘In Nigeria, Christians are being targeted’ – says Nicki Minaj, calls for urgent action”
In a staunch defense of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike amid a brewing national controversy, former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Joseph Daudu, SAN, has condemned the actions of Navy Lieutenant A.M. Yerima for obstructing the minister during an official inspection. Daudu described the incident as an illegal interference by a […]
A special tribunal sentenced Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides to death on charges of crimes against humanity for her crackdown on a student uprising last year that killed hundreds of people and led to the toppling of her 15-year rule. The International Crimes Tribunal based in Dhaka, the […]
A former banker, Atoyebi Adeyemi Akande, was on Monday arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos alongside his company, Atadak International Limited, on charges of conspiracy and advanced fee fraud involving N150 million. The arraignment, conducted by the Legal/Prosecution Department of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (ForceCID) Annex, Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos, took place before Justice […]
*Dismisses Purported BoT, NEC Meeting Notices Circulating on Social Media The newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki, SAN, on Monday said the party had formally notified the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command of its plan to reclaim and hold its inaugural National Working Committee (NWC) meeting at the […]
In a scathing judgment that exposes the scourge of sexual predation in Nigeria’s academic halls, the Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted Prof. Cyril Osu Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), on two counts of sexual harassment and cybercrimes. Justice J. K. Omotosho imposed a […]
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on the US Congress to withdraw its recommendation for targeted sanctions after lawmakers linked the group to alleged violations of religious freedom in Nigeria. In a resolution introduced on November 4, House Representative Smith Christopher proposed visa bans and asset freezes on members of […]
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has launched a fresh attack on former President Olusegun Obasanjo. This comes barely 48 hours after Obasanjo and Fayose appeared to have settled their long political rift. At Fayose’s 65th birthday party in Lagos on Saturday, Obasanjo made some scathing remarks over the former governor’s abuses on his personality […]
Christy Akingboye, widow of the late Bamidele Akingboye, former Social Democratic Party governorship candidate in the November 2024 Ondo State election, has broken her silence, firmly denying allegations that she was involved in her husband’s death. Describing the claims as cruel, false and orchestrated to smear her and her children, Christy recounted a long, painful […]
*As HURIWA Blames Government Security Failures The Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has condemned the deadly attack on Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Zuru Emirate, Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, which left the Vice Principal, Malam Hassan Yakubu Makuku, dead and several students abducted. Describing the […]