The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has commended the designation of Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ by the United States government. Reacting to the development in a statement on Sunday, IPOB spokesman Emma Powerful noted that a Canadian court had earlier designated Nigeria’s major political parties – All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as …

The American fact-finding mission has confirmed the ongoing persecution and killings of Christians in Nigeria as “a calculated and long-running genocide,” while suggesting urgent measures for the President Bola Tinubu-led Government. The U.S. fact-finding delegation, led by Retired Mayor Mike Arnold of Blanco, Texas, included Retired Ambassador Lewis Lucke, Pastor Jed D’Grace, and Mr. Judd Saul. The team was invited …

President Bola Tinubu and United States President Donald Trump are expected to meet in the coming days, either at the State House in Abuja or the White House in Washington, to further strengthen cooperation between both nations on counterterrorism and global security. According to a statement issued by Daniel Bwala, Media Aide to President Tinubu, both leaders share a common …

A United States lawmaker, Riley Moore, has urged the Nigerian government led by President Bola Tinubu not to test the resolve of the United States government under President Donald Trump, on the alleged Christian genocide in the country. In a post on his official X handle, Moore warned that others who had tested the resolve of the Trump administration in …

On February 14th, 2024, Bishop Anagbe appeared before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, testifying about the genocidal persecution of Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, particularly Benue State. He was invited again on March 12, 2025 during which the good bishop, accompanied by reverend father Remigius Ihyula, detailed systematic massacres by ethnic Fulani jihadists against Christian farming communities, …

A United States lawmaker, Riley Moore, has urged the Nigerian government led by President Bola Tinubu not to test the resolve of the United States government under President Donald Trump, on the alleged Christian genocide in the country. In a post on his official X handle, Moore warned that others who had tested the resolve of the Trump administration in …

The diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United States of America has worsened after President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to take military action if nothing is done about the alleged Christian genocide in Africa’s most populous country. President Trump, in a statement on his official Truth Social platform, placed the US Defence Department on alert to prepare for war. …

Military intelligence traced about N11bn to the bank accounts of a colonel detained over the alleged coup plot involving some senior military officers, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Top-level security sources told our correspondents that the discovery connected the detained officer to the alleged coup. According to an officer familiar with the investigation, the colonel, who served directly under a brigadier …

The diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United States of America has worsened after President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to take military action if nothing is done about the alleged Christian genocide in Africa’s most populous country. President Trump, in a statement on his official Truth Social platform, placed the US Defence Department on alert to prepare for war. …

Investigative journalist David Hundeyin has argued that Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, made a costly mistake by allowing political opponents and critics to freely operate during his administration.Hundeyin made the remark in a post on his official X account on Thursday while reflecting on Nigeria’s economic decline under Bola Tinubu’s leadership. He claimed that Nigeria would have achieved a trillion-dollar …

United States senator Ted Cruz has vowed to advance legislation aimed at tackling the enforcement of Sharia and blasphemy laws in Nigeria, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s redesignation of the country as a “Country of Particular Concern” over alleged persecution of Christians. In a statement released on his official website, Mr Cruz, a Republican senator from Texas, said the move …

Former Chief Whip and current Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has blamed the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration and the Senate for the tagging of Nigeria by the United States President, Donald Trump, as ‘Country of Particular Concern’. Ndume, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, accused both the executive and legislative arms of complacency, saying their failure to …

Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has said that Nigeria should have long been cited as a Country of Concern for its persistent failure to protect its citizens. In his reaction to Trump’s action, Sowore said at every level, the Nigerian state has failed to safeguard the vulnerable Christians, Muslims, and traditional believers alike. Children, women, students, workers, and the elderly …

President Donald Trump designated Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” under the International Religious Freedom Act. This designation is one of the strongest diplomatic measures the United States can take against a nation accused of tolerating or supporting severe violations of religious freedom. For Nigeria, it signals that Washington believes the government has failed to protect its Christian citizens …

President Bola Tinubu has made it clear to Donald Trump, his American counterpart, that Nigeria does not tolerate religious persecution. Nigeria’s number one citizen stated this in his personal response to Trump, who on Friday, redesignated Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern”. Trump had claimed that Nigerian Christians were facing existential threat, vowing that the US would protect them. …