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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…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Sat Guru Maharaj Ji has condemned the recent statement credited to activist, Omoyele Sowore, in which the latter allegedly made unprintable comments against President Bola Tinubu. The popular religious leader, in a statement he personally signed and released to journalists at the weekend, described Sowore’s tirade against the president as “politically childish.” He also advised him to learn the right lessons about Nigeria’s politics. “Sowore’s latest arrest by the police is yet another opportunity for him to learn the right lesson about Nigeria’s political and general leadership situation. “It is absolutely wrong to call the Head…

*Expulsion Looms For Suspended Persons -Anyanwu Hints Is the former largest political party in Africa, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the throes of death? That is the question on the lips of many as existential threats continue to rock the ranks of the once very powerful party which produced Nigeria's successive Presidents from the dawn of the Fourth Republic in 1999 till 2015 when the currently ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) swept it off power. The latest in the different episodes of crises besetting the party occurred today, 1 November, when the Samuel Anyanwu faction of the party, in…

Barely hours after President Donald Trump redesignated Nigeria with the US' Country of Particular Concern (CPC) status and placed her on the global superpower's watchlist over alleged Christian genocide perpetrated by Islamic extremists, the Federal Government (FG) has responded,saying Trump was way off the mark. FG's response coincided with a post on X where Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer to detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, stated that the Trump hammer is an example of what happens when a government allegedly tear-gasses peaceful protesters but romances terrorists. FG's reply to Trump came not from Minister of Foreign…

By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto As the Sokoto State House of Assembly continues its ongoing review of the 2025 budget performance, more Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) have appeared before the various House Committees to present reports on the level of implementation within their sectors. The Ministry of Information reported a 70 percent implementation level of its 2025 budget for the third quarter. The Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Sambo Bello Danchadi, who took his turn, noted that the State Media Corporation has undergone significant reforms and improvements, resulting in enhanced operational efficiency and stronger service delivery. Other MDAs that appeared…

Immediate-past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa (retd.), officially hung up his uniform on Friday,31 October, declaring that he departs “with a clear conscience” after nearly four decades of dedicated service to the country. He bared his mind during his pull-out parade, held at the Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja. The ceremony drew military top brass, government officials, and family members who gathered under the midday sun to felicitate the soft-spoken general who steered the Armed Forces through some of the most challenging years in the battle against insurgency, banditry, and other security threats. “As I hang my uniform…

*Radical Islamists Responsible For Slaughter, He Says Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria, President Donald Trump has said. On this basis, the US President today, 31 October, redesignated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) in reaction to allegations of widespread persecution and genocide against Christians. Trump disclosed these while writing on his Truth Social account. Aside these, Trump added Nigeria to the US State Department watch list. “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter,” Trump wrote. According to the US President,…

*As New COAS Plants Own Men On Ground A heavy shakeup has hit the Nigeria Army today with new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.Gen. Waidi Shaibu, posting several top brass to new positions. Amid news of coup plot, which reportedly led President Bola Tinubu to sack the former service chiefs and appoint Gen. Shaibu and others as replacements, there emerged a strong need to move officers around and possibly disrupt any fresh coup plans. According to a statement signed by Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Lt. Col. Appolonia Anele, on Thursday evening, among the newly appointed senior officers are…

President Bola Tinubu has charged the new service chiefs not to leave any stone unturned in the country’s battle against insecurity. The President gave the directive today during the decoration of the service chiefs at Ado Rock, Abuja, stressing that Nigerians expect results and not excuses. He said: "Of grave concern to our administration is the recent emergence of new armed groups in the North-Central, North-West, and parts of the South. We must not allow these new threats to fester. "We must be decisive and proactive. Let us smash the new snakes right in the head. We cannot allow the…