The Save Nigeria Group (SNGUSA), a charity based in the United States of America (USA), has joined its counterpart and pivot in Nigeria, the Save Nigeria Initiative (SNI), extolling the virtues of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson snr., the charismatic civil rights activist and clergy, who had passed on in America, aged 84 years. In separate…
Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Shaibu Chief of Defence Staff, Lt Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has clarified the reason behind the presence of United States military personnel in parts of the country. He said the U.S. forces were invited to support Nigeria with training and modern military technology. According to him, the cooperation is focused…
The United States has frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians accused of having links with the Boko Haram and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL. The over 3,000-page document released at the weekend by the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC, also identified individuals sanctioned for cybercrime-related offences…
Former Kaduna State Governor and a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that the opposition must remain resolute in its efforts to unseat the government of President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections He said this following an alleged attempt by security agencies to detain him at an airport…
A Nigerian man, Abubakar Adamu, has appealed to the federal government to rescue him from Russia over claims that he was lured into the Russian army under the guise of employment as a security guard. According to counter-terrorism expert Zagazola Makama, Adamu’s legal representatives had notified the Nigerian authorities of his ordeal in Russia. His…
The Chinese government has denied allegations by the United States that it is sponsoring illegal mining in Nigeria. Recall that five US Congressmen had, in a bill, accused Chinese nationals involved in “illegal mining” operations of paying terrorists for protection. The bill titled “Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026” linked Chinese illegal mining…
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has defended posting a video showing former President Barack Obama and the former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, insisting he had nothing to apologise for, even after he deleted the video following an outcry. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Friday, Trump said he…
Sophia Amelia, a devoted Sadio Mané fan, travelled all the way from the United States to Morocco during AFCON with one dream — to finally meet her football hero. When the long-awaited moment came, emotions ran high. Sophia moved in for a hug, but Mané politely declined, choosing to remain true to his personal values…
Bill Gates Bill Gates has voiced regret over “every minute” he spent with Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein died in a New York prison cell on 10 August 2019 as he awaited, without the chance of bail, his trial on sex trafficking charges. It came more than a decade after his conviction for soliciting prostitution from a…
Witnesses appearing before the United States Congress Foreign Affairs Committee have cautioned that Nigeria is at risk of descending into widespread Christian–Muslim violence, identifying the country as a major flashpoint in an escalating global crisis of religious freedom. The warning is contained in written testimonies released ahead of the joint hearing of the committee, which…
