American President Donald Trump has described the killings of Christians in Nigeria as unacceptable to his government. Trump spoke at the White House in Washington DC on Monday where he received General Muhammadu Buhari. The US president described the spate of killings in Nigeria as a “terrible problem” Trump said …
Read More »Nigerian senator’s PhD exposed as fake
Nigeria’s university commission has dismissed a senator’s PhD certificate as invalid, saying the institution where he claims to have earned it is in fact an “illegal university”. Senator Foster Ogola of Bayelsa West district in the Niger Delta region said he completed his doctoral studies at Gospel Missionary Foundation, a …
Read More »Nigeria ‘baby factory’ raided in Lagos
More than 160 children have been rescued from a “baby factory” and two unregistered orphanages in Nigeria’s main city, Lagos, an official has said. Some of the babies and children had been sexually abused, Agboola Dabiri added. It is not uncommon for Nigerian authorities to raid “baby factories”. In some …
Read More »APC group, PDP, SDP, Obasanjo’s CNM, others to form new party
A grand coalition of opposition political parties, including a chunk of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and influential political stakeholders across the country is being firmed up ahead of the 2019 general election to wrest power from President Muhammadu Buhari’s party. The new coalition may be unveiled in the …
Read More »Killings: Reps Summon Buhari, pass vote of no confidence on service chiefs
The House of Representatives during plenary, Wednesday resolved to summon President Muhammadu Buhari over the spate of killings in Benue State and other parts of the country. The decision was unanimously adopted by overwhelming majority of members after a Kano lawmaker, Baballe Bashir (APC, Kano) moved for the amendment of …
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