Terrorists in the early hours of Friday morning stormed St. Mary’s Papiri Private Catholic Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, abducting an unspecified number of students and teachers Multiple community sources who visited the school after the attack confirmed the invasion, describing it as a coordinated operation that lasted between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. …

A survivor of the brutal Yelwata massacre in Benue State, Msurshima Apeh, has delivered a heartbreaking testimony before the United States Congress, narrating how she helplessly watched the murder of her five children during the attack. Apeh appeared virtually on Thursday before the House Subcommittee on Africa, which was reviewing former President Donald Trump’s decision to place Nigeria back on …

Former Executive Director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Olusegun Awolowo, is dead. He was 62. The family, in a statement, confirmed the incident. It said: “With extremely heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather- Olusegun Awolowo. “He was the world’s most phenomenal husband, father and grandfather — steady, wise, endlessly loving, and the …

A 68-year-old New York woman is in a custody battle for her 14th and 15th children, who were born in 2023. MaryBeth Lewis gave birth to her 13th child at the age of 62. Her husband Bob did not want to have any more children, but she is accused of forging his signature to have two more kids who are …

Jacob McGee, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, has defended the designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, CPC, under the administration of President Donald Trump. McGee made the defence on Thursday during a public hearing of the US Congress on Nigeria’s CPC status. He cited the 2022 killing of Deborah …

Terrorists who abducted some 38 worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Eruku in the Ekiti local government area of Kwara State have placed N100m ransom on the head of each abductee.According to a report by EADERSHIP NEWS, it was gathered that the terrorists have started contacting the families of the victims who were abducted during a church service on …

US Congressman Bill Huizenga has accused Bola Tinubu’s administration of “sitting back” and failing to tackle the worsening security crisis in Nigeria. Huizenga made the remarks on Thursday while testifying before the US House Subcommittee on Africa during a review of Nigeria’s redesignation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). He directly criticised the Nigerian delegation in Washington for downplaying …

The United States has strongly condemned the ongoing attacks against Christians in Nigeria, describing the violence as “tragic and unacceptable.” Speaking during a Security Council session on West Africa, U.S. Ambassador Waltz highlighted killings carried out by ethnic militias in the Middle Belt and terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and ISIS West Africa in the northern region. Churches have …

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, Wilfred Anagbe, has urged the United States to match its renewed designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) with concrete action. He made the appeal on Thursday while testifying before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, which is investigating Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a CPC. “On …

Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers have vowed to appeal his conviction, insisting that the judgment does not hold water. Addressing the press at the Federal High Court shortly after Justice James Omotosho delivered the judgment that sentenced Kanu to life imprisonment, his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, who was at the court as a consultant, said they were heading to the upper court. He …

The U.S. Congress is currently discussing Nigeria’s failing judiciary and the country’s declining respect for the rule of law. They are using the case of Nnamdi Kanu as a major example — a development that is not a good look for Nigeria’s judicial system. Here is what is being said right now in the ongoing U.S. Congressional session: The speaker …

On November 20, 2025, Nigeria sentenced a man to life in prison for words spoken from foreign soil—after illegally kidnapping him from Kenya, ignoring a UN ruling demanding his release, and prosecuting him under a law that no longer exists. Just two days earlier, on November 18, Boko Haram co-founder Mamman Nur—responsible for over 2,000 deaths—was sentenced to just five …

With the ” conviction” of Mazi Kanu, all South East Governors, their senators, Members of House of Reps, Ministers and other political appointees in their zone will have a “PEACEFUL NIGHT”, Most of the South East politicians and Tinubu’s political appointees from the zone played very silent but significant roles in Mazi Kanu’s Predicament out of cowardice, fear, greed and …

Following the judgment, Sowore maintained that what transpired was the fulfillment of a political directive rather than a judicial process. Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has described Thursday’s judgment in the trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu as a “political decision long taken by the government” before the court delivered its …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to life Imprisonment instead of death sentence. Justice James Omotosho who handed down the sentence on Thursday had called for recess after convicting the IPOB leader. Kanu was convicted under the Terrorism Prevention and Prohibition Act, insisting that the gravity of …