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Nov

2025

Christian Genocide: Back Nigeria CPC Redesignation With Concrete Action – Bishop Anagbe Begs Trump

Christian Genocide: Back Nigeria CPC Redesignation With Concrete Action – Bishop Anagbe Begs Trump The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, in Benue State, Wilfred Anagbe, has appealed to President Donald Trump of the United States to match its renewed designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, CPC, with concrete action. Bishop Anagbe made this call on Thursday, while testifying before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, which is investigating Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a CPC He said, “On behalf of millions of Christians in Nigeria and in the diaspora, we want to thank…

Nov

2025

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US Lawmaker Urges FGN To Pardon Farmer Sentenced To Death For Killing Herdsman

FGN, Crime, Foreign Affairs, News Flash

US Lawmaker Urges FG To Pardon Farmer Sentenced To Death For Killing Herdsman A member of the United States House of Representatives, Riley Moore, has called on the Nigerian government to pardon a farmer, Sunday Jackson, who was sentenced to death for killing a herdsman during a 2015 confrontation in Adamawa State. Speaking on Thursday during a US House hearing on President Donald Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, Moore said the conviction was unjust. “I would urge the Nigerian government to take a look at pardoning Sunday Jackson, who is an individual who was fighting…

Nov

2025

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Justice, Power, And The Moral Collapse Of Selective Leadership- By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, Human Rights, Judiciary

JUSTICE, POWER, AND THE MORAL COLLAPSE OF SELECTIVE LEADERSHIP The life sentence delivered against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu by Justice Omotoso stands today as one of the most contested judicial decisions in the history of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. Not merely for what was decided, but for what it exposes: the hypocrisy of power, the selective vibrations of political morality, and the collapse of leadership where it is most needed. Philosophers across centuries have warned that justice becomes tyranny the moment it begins to discriminate. Aristotle, in Nicomachean Ethics, defined injustice as “unequal treatment of equals or equal treatment of unequals.” This…

Nov

2025

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Muslims Must Stand With Tinubu In 2027; I Wil Deliver 2.5 Million Votes – Gov Okpebholo

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, Politics, Religion

Muslims Must Stand With Tinubu In 2027; I Will Deliver 2.5 million Votes – Gov Okpebholo Governor Monday Okpebholo has called on the Muslim community in the state to sustain their prayers and support for the President Bola Tinubu administration. Mr Okpebholo also urged Muslims to “stand firmly behind the president’s reform-driven leadership, ahead of the 2027 general elections”. He spoke during a special Walimah, ‘365 Days in Office Celebration Walimah of His Excellency, Sen. Monday Okpebholo’ on Thursday in Benin. The celebration was part of the activities lined up to mark Mr Okpbeholo’s first anniversary in office. Addressing the…

Nov

2025

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Ponmo Consumption Threatens $5 Billion Leather Industry – FGN

Economy, Business, FGN, News Flash

Ponmo Consumption Threatens $5 Billion Leather Industry – FGN The Federal Government has warned that the continued consumption of hides and skins, popularly known as ponmo, poses a serious threat to Nigeria’s leather industry, currently valued at about $5 billion. Speaking at the National Campaign Against the Consumption of Ponmo held on Thursday in Abuja, the Director-General of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, Prof. Nnanyelugo Ikemounso, said the practice deprives local industries of vital raw materials needed for leather production and export. Ikemounso disclosed that the Nigerian leather goods market was valued at $2.79 billion in 2024 and…

Nov

2025

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Nigeria Needs $150Billion To Fund Vaccine Procurement For 2026 – FGN

FGN, Health, News Flash

Nigeria Needs $150billion To Fund Vaccine Procurement For 2026 – FG The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, on Wednesday announced that Nigeria is seeking to raise nearly N150bn to fund vaccine procurement for 2025 and 2026. Edun revealed this at the 2025 Joint Annual Review of the Health Sector, themed “All Hands, One Mission: Bringing the Nigerian Health Sector to Light.” The Joint Annual Review is one of Nigeria’s most important accountability platforms for the health sector, convening stakeholders to review progress, assess performance, and align priorities for the year ahead. Edun said, “The…

Nov

2025

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Tinubu, Buhari, APC First To Inform U.S Of Christian Genocide In Nigeria- Babachir Lawal

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, Religion, Security

Tinubu, Buhari, APC First To Inform U.S. Of Christian Genocide In Nigeria – Babachir Lawal An erstwhile Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has responded to the allegation of a Christian genocide in Nigeria made by US President Donald Trump. Appearing on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television, Lawal said that President Bola Tinubu, his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari, and a delegation of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were the first to inform the US government about the issue under the previous administration. “Trump might be right and might not be right. But don’t forget that…

Nov

2025

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FG Pushes For Ekweremadu’s Transfer To Nigeria

FGN, Judiciary, News Flash

FG Pushes For Ekweremadu’s Transfer To Nigeria The Federal Government is exploring the possibility of securing the transfer of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who is serving a nine-year sentence in a UK prison for organ harvesting. A high-level delegation from Nigeria was dispatched to the United Kingdom on Monday to engage British authorities. The delegation, which met with officials at the UK Ministry of Justice in London earlier on Monday, included Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi. The team was later received at the Nigerian…

Nov

2025

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Why President Tinubu Can’t Intervene In Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial – Aide

FGN, Human Rights, News Flash, Security

Why President Tinubu Can’t Intervene In Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial — Aide The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (South-East), Mrs Chioma Wesley, says President Bola Tinubu will not make any pronouncement on the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. She spoke to State House correspondents on Monday after she and three other regional aides briefed the President at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. “Nnamdi Kanu’s case is in court, and the President cannot make any pronouncement on it. He abides by the rule of law. So, for now, we…

Nov

2025

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FGN Exceeds 2025 Borrowing Target By 55.6%

Economy, FGN, News Flash

FG Exceeds 2025 Borrowing Target By 55.6% The Federal Government (FG) has borrowed N17.36 trillion from domestic and foreign sources in the first 10 months of this year. This represents N6.06 trillion (55.6 per cent) in excess of the N10.9 trillion stipulated in the 2025 Appropriation Act on 10 months prorate bases. The total borrowing in 2025 approved budget is N13.08 trillion for the entire fiscal year. The breakdown of the 2025 borrowings so far shows a N15.8 trillion from domestic sources as at October 2025 and N1.56 trillion from the external sources as at first half of 2025. Meanwhile,…