The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has commended Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State for what it described as a “courageous and compassionate decision” to grant a pardon to Sunday Jackson, a farmer who was sentenced to death following an incident in which he…
United States, President Donald Trump, said Thursday that he ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria. A US official told Financial Times (UK) that the US worked with Nigeria to carry out the strikes, approved by the Nigerian government. Trump had accused the terrorists group of persecuting Christians in Nigeria. In a…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that attacks on Christians in Nigeria has to stop. The Israeli Prime Minister stated this in his Christmas message Wednesday night to Christians around the world. In a message felicitating with Christians around the world, Netanyahu criticised global persecution of Christians, citing Middle Eastern countries of Iraq, Syria,…
This edition of Security Update, hosted by Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum, examines Nigeria’s deepening security crisis through three interconnected developments: the release of kidnapped schoolchildren in Niger State, renewed presidential rhetoric on branding bandits as terrorists, and mounting controversy over the arming of auxiliary forces linked to vigilante groups. Nigeria: School Kidnappings and Conditional Releases Nigerian…
Nigeria may be witnessing the quiet collapse of one of the most consequential political parties in its democratic history. In this edition of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum examines the steady unraveling of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) — a party once central to Nigeria’s return to civilian rule, now weakened by defections, internal…
Every week, Nigeria produces a new controversy. But some controversies strike at the very heart of constitutional democracy. In this episode of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum examines a developing crisis that raises one of the most serious questions Nigeria has faced in recent years: Were Nigeria’s new tax laws altered after being passed…
