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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 …

The Kwara State government has ordered the shutting down of schools across four Local Government Areas (LGAs). This is as a result of rising attacks in the state in the last 48 hours. At least three people were killed in Bokungi community, Edu Local Government Area of the state, on Wednesday. The incident occurred less than 24 hours after the …