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A United States lawmaker, Mary Miller, has said that radical Islam is responsible for the killing of thousands of Christians in Nigeria. “Radical Islam is responsible for the mass slaughter of THOUSANDS of Christians in Nigeria and around the world.” “This dangerous ideology has NO place in America,” she wrote on X. The comments come amid growing pressure from the …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki (SAN), on Tuesday met with former governors and ministers elected on the platform of the party, declaring that the newly constituted National Working Committee (NWC) is repositioning the PDP for a return to power. Addressing the gathering in Abuja, which included a former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, and …

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is expected to formally leave the party this week, following months of unresolved leadership crises and deep internal divisions. Obi’s anticipated exit is linked to the prolonged instability within the Labour Party, which has continued to struggle with factional leadership, court cases and lack of internal cohesion since the 2023 elections. The development …

A newly released book has offered fresh insight into the power struggles that defined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 presidential primaries, revealing how a powerful cabal around late former President Muhammadu Buhari allegedly sought to install then Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the party’s consensus candidate by attempting to manipulate the country’s security architecture. The …

The Kwara State Government has clarified that the armed men recently apprehended by soldiers in the state, initially believed to be bandits, are members of Miyetti Allah participating in a federal security operation coordinated through the Office of the National Security Adviser. The clarification comes in the wake of public concern following reports by SaharaReporters that Nigerian soldiers intercepted a …

The prime suspect in the murder of the Delta State retired chief judge, Justice Ifeoma Okogwu, has confessed to gagging the deceased to take her phones and other belongings. The suspect, Godwin Mngumi, was paraded by the Delta Police Command on Tuesday, where he disclosed how he engaged two others to dispossess the deceased of items including a wristwatch, jewellery …

I read with an interchange of intense pleasure and intense pain, the insightful lecture which the much-decorated Lt Gen (Rtd) Abdulrahman B. Dambazau delivered on November 4, 2025. That 7th Annual Public Lecture of the “Just Friends Club of Nigeria” (JFCN), with the theme, “Nigeria’s Security Challenges and the Quest for National Cohesion: A New Paradigm for Internal Security Architecture”, …

Former President Muhammadu Buhari governed Nigeria from 2015 to 2023, a period that global human rights body, the Amnesty International says was marked by several grave human rights violations involving state security forces and other armed actors. In a compilation released by the rights group on Monday, Amnesty International cited multiple incidents across the country, alleging unlawful killings, suppression of …

The United States government has revealed that Nigeria was added to its expanded travel restrictions list over concerns bordering on terrorism-related security risks and high visa overstay rates. According to U.S. authorities, the presence and activities of extremist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State in parts of Nigeria have created challenges for effective screening and vetting of …

Eleven Nigerian Air Force personnel detained in Burkina Faso following an emergency landing could face life imprisonment if found guilty of espionage or sovereignty violations, according to sources close to the ongoing investigation. The warning comes amid a deepening diplomatic crisis, with the soldiers and their C-130 Hercules aircraft still held a week after the incident. The saga began on …