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By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has opened the lid on fresh happenings in the once blood-soaked region, saying no fewer than 14 persons have been killed and 30 kidnapped from 23-31 October 2025. The group, which was reviewing latest developments in their homeland, however, said the situation was worse under the administration of former State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai (2015-2023). Apparently speaking against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's push to invade Nigeria and rout Islamic fundamentalist terrorists in the far North and Middle Belt, accused of genocide on Christians, SOKAPU questioned the traditional official…

*Transactions Range From N10,000-N15,000, They Claim *Smooth Polling So Far Voting is going on smoothly in today's Anambra governorship election amid allegations of vote buying. Both Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 poll, Mr. Peter Obi, and the party’s governorship candidate in today's election, Mr. George Moghalu, have cast their votes. State Governor Chukwuma Soludo is seeking re-election on the platform of his party, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), with his performance in four years up for scrutiny. Obi and Moghalu, however, frowned at what they described as widespread vote buying in the election. Moghalu, who cast his…

The date 20 November, 2025, has been circled in diaries by many interest groups as one of a potential earth-shaking development in the country. This is because it is the day that Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, today fixed to deliver judgment in the terrorism charges brought by the Federal Government (FG) against leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The judge picked the date following Kanu's blunt refusal to open his defence just as he had done on several occasions during the court's sittings. Seeking to dismiss the matter against him, Kanu had…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Senate today confirmed Dr. Kingsley Udeh, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) from Enugu State, as a Minister. He now occupies the state's slot made vacant by the recent resignation of Geoffrey Nnaji, then Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, who bowed out amid a nationwide storm over his suspicious academic credential. Ude's confirmation followed a screening session on the Senate floor today,relayed on Channels TV. Born in 1978, Udeh previously served as Enugu State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. During the screening, senators questioned him on national and diplomatic issues, including Nigeria’s response to…

Traditional ruler of Yelwata community in Benue State, HRH Kumaga Jor, has urged US President Donald Trump to hasten military action to rout terrorists not just in his domain but elsewhere. Thumbing up moves by Trump to end alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria, Chief Jor stressed that it was about time the insurgency matter was handled decisively. Recall that over 200 persons in Yelwata, many in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, were murdered by armed Fulani militia in June this year. The massacre shook the nation, prompting President Bola Tinubu to pay an official visit to the State where he…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Five monarchs affected by Oba Rashidi Ladoja's emergence as Olubadan of Ibadanland will be promoted tomorrow (Friday). The promotion exercise, which is expected to draw dignitaries from different walks of life, will take place at the Olubadan Palace, Oke Aremo, Ibadan from 10:00 a.m. According to a statement by the Olubadan's media aide, Mr. Adeola Oloko, today, the promotion exercise will affect only the 21 chiefs on the Otun Olubadan line, which produced the 44th Olubadan. "The first set of people to be promoted are the most senior, like the Osi Olubadan,Oba Eddy Oyewole, who will…

By Steven Atokolo The American Veterans of Igbo Descent (AVID) has strongly condemned what it calls a “continuing judicial travesty” in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), being overseen by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja. In a statement issued on Thursday, signed by its President, Chief (Dr.) Sylvester Onyia, AVID expressed “grave concern and total condemnation” over what it sees as the erosion of constitutional and judicial standards in Kanu’s case. The group claimed the trial lacked legal foundation and violated both domestic and international principles of fair…

*Aid Not Coming Through Govt *Testimonies Of Nigerian Catholic Priests Vital, Congressmen Said *'For Over 10 Years, Islamic Terror Groups Have Carried Out Mass Murder, Rape, Abductions Targeting Christians And Non-Fulani Muslims' *It's All Unfounded, Unsubstantiated --Bwala By Gabriel Idibia, Kaduna, and other reports Aside US President Donald Trump's Nigeria terrorists' invasion plan, American lawmakers have triggered legislative actions for sanctions against several Nigerian groups, including Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, and armed killer Fulani militias for alleged complicity in religious killings and persecution in the leading West African country. Also, Congress has…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, is bubbling as editors of print, online, news agency and broadcast organisations, under the umbrella of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), arrive from across the country for their annual conference holding on November 12 and 13, 2025. No fewer than 500 members of the NGE, government officials, members of the business community and diplomatic corps as well as people from all walks of life are expected at the two-day conference holding at the Presidential Villa Banquet Hall, Abuja and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Conference Centre, Jahi, Abuja respectively. NGE President, Eze Anaba…

*Judge Gives IPOB Leader 'Last Chance' 7 Nov To Enter Defence Or Case Forecloses Activist and muck raking newspaper publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has made a huge allegation that there is a plot by unnamed officials in the President Bola Tinubu administration and the judiciary to sentence detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is undergoing terrorism trial, to death or life imprisonment. The allegation, published prominently in Sahara Reporters of today, Wednesday, 5 November, 2025, came on a day that Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court,Abuja, who is presiding over the IPOB leader's trial,…