Tinubu Reacts to Trump’s Threats, Assures Nigerians of Security and Diplomatic Engagement

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said his administration was engaging the international community diplomatically in response to remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, who threatened military action against terror groups in Nigeria over alleged mass killings of Christians. ALSO READ: NIC to Replace Emergency Travel Certificate with New Single Travel Emergency Passport Speaking during the […]

NIC to Replace Emergency Travel Certificate with New Single Travel Emergency Passport

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced plans to introduce a Single Travel Emergency Passport (STEP) to replace the existing Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC) for Nigerian citizens abroad. ALSO READ: NYSC Restates Zero Tolerance for Fraud in Mobilisation Process The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Kemi Nanna Nandap, disclosed that the move is part of the agency’s […]

NYSC Restates Zero Tolerance for Fraud in Mobilisation Process

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has firmly restated its zero tolerance for any act of fraudulence in the mobilization of graduates for national service. ALSO READ: Terrorist Mass Kidnap Hostage Camp Identified In Nigeria This was the central message delivered by the Scheme’s Director-General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, during his keynote address at the […]

Terrorist Mass Kidnap Hostage Camp Identified In Nigeria

A corpse of Anwule Fulani Attack being conveyed to hospital morgue. Credit: Ohimini County press

…500 Christians Abducted as Fulani Ethnic Militia Entrench on Abandoned Farm Mass Kidnap Hostage Camp Identified in Taraba State By Mike Odeh James Southern Taraba is reeling from a wave of kidnappings and attacks as Fulani ethnic militia establish fortified camps across forests linking Takum, Wukari, and Bali. Security experts and local clerics say these hideouts— parallel […]

Seyi Law Fires Back at Atiku’s Over ‘Drug Baron’ Comment on Tinubu

Popular Nigerian comedian and vocal supporter of the President, Seyi Law, has publicly fired back at Shehu Abubakar, the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, after Shehu referred to President Bola Tinubu as a “drug baron.” ALSO READ: FG Determined to Prevent ASUU Strikes, Tinubu Directs Minister The political clash was ignited by U.S. […]

FG Determined to Prevent ASUU Strikes, Tinubu Directs Minister

The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has issued a firm directive to the Ministry of Education to ensure that university students remain in school and that the Federal Government is doing everything possible to prevent further strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ALSO READ: ECOWAS […]

From Neglect to Renewal: Sokoto State’s Big Bet on Education.

By Mohammed Bwago Education in Sokoto State has long existed at the intersection of aspiration and limitation. For decades, public classrooms across the state have struggled to bridge the widening gap between a rapidly growing population and the limited resources devoted to shaping their future. In many communities, parents have watched their children learn in […]

ATIKU CONDEMNS DETENTION OF NIGER STUDENT OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POST, DEMANDS HIS IMMEDIATE RELEASE

By Ehis Agbon, Procyon News Former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the arrest and continued detention of Abubakar Isah Mokwa, a post-graduate student of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), describing it as a dangerous attack on free speech and democratic values. Mokwa, […]

Tinubu Defends Nigeria’s Religious Freedom Amid Trump’s CPC Designation and U.S. Senate Bill

By Ehis Agbon, Abuja, Nigeria. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to religious liberty and constitutional democracy, rejecting the recent characterization of the country as religiously intolerant by former U.S. President Donald Trump, who last week designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) over alleged persecution and killings of Christians. The […]

TRUMP DESIGNATES NIGERIA A “COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN”; URGES CONGRESS TO ACT

By Procyon News Reporter Washington / Abuja — President Donald J. Trump has officially designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), saying Christianity in the West African nation faces an “existential threat” amid widespread killings of Christians and calling on the U.S. Congress to investigate and respond. In a statement posted on his […]