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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. …

The ruling party in Nigeria is called the APC. They committed an unpardonable sin. Terrorism started in Nigeria in 2009. It was the early days of the Boko Haram. Twenty years have passed, & the terrorism has diversified. Twenty whole freaking years! But what did APC do? They imported more terrorists into my country in 2015, to oust Goodluck Jonathan. …

The Peoples Democratic Party has plunged deeper into crisis as fresh divisions emerged within its leadership, with a faction backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, announcing the suspension of the Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, and five other members of the National Working Committee. Briefing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday on behalf of the factional …

National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, National organizing Secretary, Hon. Umar Bature, National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN, Deputy National Legal Adviser, Barr. Okechukwu Osuoha, Suspended for one month and referred to the National Disciplinary Committee. During this period of the suspension, they cease to function in their respective capacities. In the case of the National Secretary, Pursuant to Section 36(2) …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Prof Yelwatda Nentanwe, has been given two weeks ultimatum to resign or face mass action. APC support group under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress, Youth Solidarity Network (APC-YSN), which gave this ultimatum on Friday in Abuja, said Nentanwe has failed the leadership test in all ramifications. The APC group, in a …