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Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar says Nigeria’s constitution protects against religious persecution after claim by US President Donald Trump. The Nigerian government has dismissed claims made by US President Donald Trump about the persecution of Christians in the West African nation, insisting that religious freedom is fully protected under the country’s constitution. Responding to a reporter’s…
Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar says Nigeria’s constitution protects against religious persecution after claim by US President Donald Trump. The Nigerian government has dismissed claims made by US President Donald Trump about the persecution of Christians in the West African nation, insisting that religious freedom is fully protected under the country’s constitution. Responding to a reporter’s…
One in five children live in conflict zones and 520 million exposed to war, a record high. Published On 4 Nov 20254 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share One in five children globally lived in active conflict zones last year, according to Save the Children. In a report released on…
Nigeria’s presidential spokesperson welcomes US assistance ‘as long as it recognises our territorial integrity’. Published On 2 Nov 20252 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Nigeria says it would welcome assistance from the United States in fighting armed groups as long as its territorial integrity is respected after US President…
Nigerian government denies US president’s claim of not stemming ‘horrible atrocities’ against Christians. Published On 1 Nov 20251 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share US President Donald Trump has threatened to carry out attacks in Nigeria in response to purported anti-Christian violence, saying he instructed the recently renamed Department of…
The United States has revoked the visa of Nigerian author and playwright Wole Soyinka, who became the first African author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Speaking at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery in Lagos on Tuesday, Soyinka read aloud from a notice he recently received from the local US consulate, asking him to…
The United States has revoked the visa of Nigerian author and playwright Wole Soyinka, who became the first African author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Speaking at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery in Lagos on Tuesday, Soyinka read aloud from a notice he recently received from the local US consulate, asking him to…
South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique, Burkina Faso removed from Financial Action Task Force’s financial crimes list. Published On 24 Oct 202524 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A global money-laundering watchdog has taken South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique and Burkina Faso off its “grey list” of countries subjected to increased monitoring. The…
A tanker truck laden with gasoline exploded Tuesday (October 21, 2025) in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 31 people, police said. The explosion occurred in the Bida area of Niger State after the truck fell and as local residents rushed to the scene to scoop up spilling fuel, police spokesman Wasiu Abiodun said in a…
Lagos and Ogbomoso, Nigeria — Agbeze Ifeanyi Matthew huddled on the ground in fear, thinking his city had become a battlefield as a barrage of army gunfire rang out around him. Beside him that night, hundreds of other young protesters were gathered at the Lekki tollgate in Nigeria’s economic capital, Lagos, waving green and white…
