Felix Duru Mbah

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Fire Service said it has carried out fire safety consciousness sensitisation in over 5,000 residential premises on the 17 council areas of the state within a year. State Chief Fire Officer, Mr Okwudiri Ohaa, made the statement in Enugu, saying that the massive compound-to-compound fire safety sensitisation was in line with Governor Peter Mbah’s proactive fire safety directive. Ohaa said that the service’s Fire Prevention Unit had been on the proactive fire safety consciousness sensitisation daily. He said that through the daily sensitisation, the service had been able to get the fire safety message…

*Judge Warns Of Consequences There was drama at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, as leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, for the fourth consecutive time, refused to enter his defence of terrorism charge against him, stoutly insisting that the charge is not valid under Nigeria's statute books. His stance forced Justice James Omotosho to warn him that the court may foreclose his defence if he fails to open the defence by tomorrow, Wednesday, 5 November. The judge said the court could be forced to enter judgment. Omotosho issued the warning after Kanu once again…

More drama keeps unfolding by the day since President Donald Trump slammed Nigeria with the tag of Country of Particular Concern (CPC) --meant for nations with severe violations of religious freedom --and threatened US military action to rout terrorists killing Christians in the country. In the latest drama, one of two Congressmen that Trump instructed to investigate the matter further and report back to him, Rep Riley Moore, has accused former Kano State governor, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, of playing a complicit role in the alleged death of Christians. His statement followed Kwankwaso's reaction to Trump's threat. Kwankwaso was governor…

Apparently not done with re-designating Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), which is an official US designation for nations accused of severe violations of religious freedom, the US establishment is processing further action --this time legislative --to sanction specific individuals it accuses of allegedly playing a role in persecution of Nigerian Christians and/or hindering the country's constitutional secularity. Posting on his Truth Social, weekend, President Donald Trump had condemned what he described as widespread attacks on Christians in Nigeria and directed key Congressional leaders such as Congressman Riley Moore and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole—to investigate urgently.…

By our reporter Kaduna-based investigative reporter and multiple Award-winning journalist, Mr. Idibia Gabriel, who is in court with a hotelier over the latter's alleged threat to his life, has appealed to the State police command to urgently retrieve from telecoms service provider, MTN, the vital audio threat evidence in the matter ahead of the court's next sitting on 24 November, 2025. The appeal was contained in a statement to the Command's spokesman, Deputy Superintendent (DSP) Mansir Hassan, on Sunday, 3 November, and shared on journalists' social media chat forum as well as the State Council of the umbrella Nigeria Union…

*Relief Coming To Middle Belt By Trump's Nigeria CPC Designation -IPOB *Group Demands Probe Into Financiers, Enablers of South-East Killings *Many Leaders Lawless, Rely On Thugs -Binance Boss Alleges Amid President Donald Trump's threat of American military invasion of Nigeria to root out Islamic terrorists killing Christians, the Presidency today declared that President Bola Tinubu will soon meet Trump over the claim. The said meeting, it further disclosed, is billed to hold “in the coming days.” The development came as Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) hailed Trump for designating Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) due to the…