The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially refuted allegations of a Christian genocide in Nigeria. The regional organisation described these claims as deliberate attempts to sow division, fuel insecurity, and undermine social harmony across West Africa. In a communiqué released on Tuesday, November 4, the bloc addressed the nature of…
The government of Chad have reportedly closed its border with Nigeria over the threat of military invasion by President Donald Trump. Recall that last Friday, October 31, President Trump declared Nigeria as a ‘’Country of Particular Interest’ following reports of a Christian genocide in Nigeria. A post on X by security and counterinsurgency…
The Lagos State Police Command has declared human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, wanted over an alleged plot to incite public disorder and obstruct major roads across the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, disclosed this on Monday, October 3, while speaking to newsmen at the Iyana-Oworo…
Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, stresses Nigeria’s sovereignty following Donald Trump’s threat to deploy America’s ‘department of war.’ Daniel Bwala has firmly stated that it would be diplomatically unacceptable for the United States to carry out any military operation in Nigeria without the express consent of the Federal…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned a recent Federal High Court ruling in Abuja aimed at halting its forthcoming National Convention, describing the judgment as an “assault on Nigeria’s democratic process.” Debo Ologunagba, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, insisted that the court order would not impede the PDP from going ahead with its convention…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has officially commenced an indefinite nationwide strike, effective 12 a.m. Saturday, November 1, 2025. The industrial action is set to significantly disrupt services in government-owned hospitals across the country, following the federal government’s alleged failure to meet a 19-point list of demands described by the association as its…
Justice Osho Adebiyi of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a 19-year-old school teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, to life imprisonment for raping a 9-year-old pupil in Kwali Area Council of the FCT. Disclosing this to newsmen, the National Press Officer of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking…
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been re-elected in a landslide, winning 97.66 percent of the vote, according to official results announced by the Tanzanian Electoral Commission on state television on Saturday, November 1. The election was marred by widespread controversy, including the jailing or disqualification of key opposition candidates, violent clashes, and a nationwide…
The Maldives has officially begun enforcing a nationwide smoking ban for anyone born after January 1, 2007, becoming the first country in the world to fully implement a generational prohibition on tobacco, according to the nation’s Health Ministry. The regulation, which took effect on November 1, was introduced earlier this year under President Mohamed Muizzu’s…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended four top national officers for alleged anti-party activities. The decision was announced in an official statement issued after an emergency NWC meeting held in Abuja on Saturday, November 1. Those affected include: Senator Samuel Anyanwu, National Secretary Hon. Umar Bature, National Organising…
