Four terrorists have been killed by troops in Kajuru and Giwa Local Government Areas of Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan, the Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, said in a statement on Sunday that the troops were conducting clearance patrols. He said in Kajuru LGA, three bandits were killed by troops along Gonna…
The Nigerian Army has handed over 131 of the 137 rescued Kuriga school children to the Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), I Division of the Nigerian Army and Force Commander, Operation WHIRL PUNCH, Major. Gen. Mayirenso Saraso, handed over the children to Sani on Monday at the Government House,…
The United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa is to hold an open hearing on Thursday, November 20, 2025, to examine President Donald Trump’s recent redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). The CPC designation, if ratified by the Senate, would allow the US to impose sanctions on Nigerian officials found…
Most Reverend Matthew Kukah has spoken again. This time, he tells Nigerians that the country is not experiencing a Christian genocide. He cites numbers, he questions sources, and he dismisses claims of persecution. He reminds us that genocide is defined by intent, not by pools of blood and burnt out churches. The bishop speaks as…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman The recent suggestion by Prof. Jerry Gana that former President Goodluck Jonathan may run in the 2027 presidential election, says a great deal about the state of Nigerian politics. A full decade after his historic electoral defeat, Jonathan is once again being presented as the potential saviour of the opposition Peoples…
The Presidency has reacted to the Easter message by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah, saying the he did not speak like man of God. Kukah had in his Easter message, lamented that the federal government spends billions in rehabilitating so called repentant terrorists while their victims are left to wallow in…
