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Another day in northern Nigeria, another Christian village reeling from an attack by the Muslim Fulani herdsmen who used to be their neighbours — and who are now cleansing them from the area. The locals daren’t collect the freshest bodies. Some who tried earlier have already been killed, spotted by the waiting militia and hacked […]

Femi Fani-Kayode, a leading thought leader in Nigeria, writes on the new state of danger in which Christians in Nigeria live.  Now that is a real President talking! Sadly our ailing Head of State does not possess such a mindset and neither does he share such a disposition. Unlike Trump he does not have an […]

Challenges of Nigerian Christians and the Niger Delta Question: A Presentation by Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Chairman of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation to the U.S. House Sub-Committee on Africa, February 1, 2017 Let me start by thanking Congressman, Christopher H. Smith, Chairman U.S. House Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations for […]

iafra, dominated by the great Igbo race, enjoyed sovereignty before Great Britain commenced exploitive colonial rule over Nigeria under the racist banner of Rudyard Kipling’s “the White Man’ burden.” Britain asserted authority over Biafra based on the tyrannical doctrine that the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. ​The Berlin […]Read More

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, on Thursday, February 2, 2017 suggested that President Muhammadu Buhari resigns for the country to move forward. The South-South chapters of CAN and PFN stated this at a joint briefing in Warri, Delta State. Bemoaning the present situation of things in Nigeria […]

o enhance the confirmation or ensure the non-confirmation of the Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, as the substantive Chief Justice of the Federation is probably the most important decision that President Muhammadu Buhari has to make since he came to power almost two years ago. If he gets […]

The U.S. military said on Wednesday, February 1, 2017  it was looking into whether more civilians were killed in a raid on al Qaeda in Yemen on the weekend, in the first operation authorised by President Donald Trump as commander in chief. U.S. Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens was killed in the raid on a […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari may have finally resolved to appoint Justice Walter Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Leadership reports. Onnoghen was sworn in by Buhari as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria on November 12, 2016 and there have been concern among Nigerians over the delay in making him the substantive CJN. […]

The Nigerian Navy has destroyed 40 illegal refineries, equipment and petroleum products valued at N3 billion in a special operation in the Niger Delta. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. James Oluwole, disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Saturday at the conclusion of the first phase of “Operation River Sweep I.” […]

James Ibori, a former governor of Delta State, has returned to Nigeria, following the end of the 13-year jail term in the United Kingdom where he was jailed for money laundering. Ibori, a local chief, arrived Nigeria from the United Kingdom in the morning of Saturday, February 4, 2017. He was arrested by the country’s […]

The Department of Homeland Security said Saturday it won’t force airlines to block foreigners with visas from boarding planes into the U.S. under President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The move comes as the State Department also announced it has reversed the cancellation of visas under Trump’s executive order, which bars people from seven predominantly Muslim […]Read More

Olubunmi Abraham, a staff of the Health Department of Mopamuro Local Government Council of Kogi State was buried at the Okeguru Cemetery in Mopamuro Local Government Area of Kogi State on Saturday, February 4, 2017 after she was found dead following her alleged abduction by bandits on her way to Lokoja, Thursday. According to Signal, Mrs. […]