Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has pushed back against allegations that the violence rocking his region qualifies as genocide. He made his stance clear during a consultative forum on protecting the rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs), organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Abuja. Addressing critics, Governor Alia who is also a Catholic priest dismissed recent claims of genocide as “inaccurate” and at odds with internationally accepted definitions. He emphasised that in Benue, there is no religious, ethnic, racial, national, or state genocide. “We do not have that,” he stated.…
Author: Omolemi Eboisetale
The Federal High Court in Abuja was thrown into chaos on Thursday after Justice James Omotosho ordered security operatives to remove the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from the courtroom. The incident occurred after Kanu insisted that judgment could not proceed in the terrorism case filed against him by the Federal Government. Kanu repeatedly shouted at the judge, demanding to know where it was written in the law that he was not entitled to file a written address in the case. His persistent interruptions forced the court to halt proceedings temporarily so that security…
Famous U.S. rapper Nicki Minaj has called on fans to show more support and patience for Nigerian artists. She noted that several Nigerian musicians have faced harsh criticism recently, with some accusing Burna Boy of arrogance after he joked about wanting “only rich fans,” while Yemi Alade was criticized for rejecting the idea of U.S. intervention in Nigeria’s security crisis. Nicki urged people to approach Nigerian artists with wisdom and compassion, rather than rushing to judge them. She wrote on her X handle, “There are very logical reasons for most things when we look not to judge, but to comprehend.…
Northern women under the umbrella of Voices for Inclusion and Equity for Women (VIEW) have condemned the abduction of 25 schoolgirls from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The group described the incident as a failure of leadership and another blow to the nation’s conscience. In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Asmau Joda, Maryam Uwais, Mairo Mandara, Aisha Oyebode, Fatima Akilu, Kadaria Ahmed, Larai Ocheja Amusan, and Ier Jonathan-Ichaver, VIEW highlighted that gunmen stormed the school in the early hours of Monday, killing the Vice Principal, Hassan Yakubu…
Mauricio Taricco, a former Premier League defender who played for Tottenham and Ipswich, has been suspended for five games by the K League after being found guilty of making a racist gesture towards a referee. The 52 year old Argentine is currently the assistant coach to Gus Poyet at Jeonbuk, the reigning champions of South Korea’s top division. The incident occurred earlier this month after Taricco angrily protested a penalty decision. He argued that his team should have been awarded a penalty for a handball before referee Kim Woo seong sent him off. Witnesses reported that Taricco then shouted the…
A new United States peace proposal has sparked outrage in Kyiv after reports indicated that Washington is pressing Ukraine to surrender territory and drastically reduce its military strength. According to a source who spoke with AFP, the draft proposal calls for Ukraine to recognise Russia’s control of Crimea and other occupied regions, cut its army to 400,000 personnel, and give up all long range weapons. Ukrainian officials say the terms closely mirror Russia’s long standing demands and amount to asking Ukraine to capitulate. The proposal surfaced as Ukraine suffered one of its deadliest attacks in western regions since the war…
The World Health Organization has announced plans to vaccinate more than 40,000 children in the Gaza Strip as health teams take advantage of the ongoing ceasefire. According to the agency, over 10,000 children under the age of three have already been vaccinated during the first eight days of the campaign, which began on November 9. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the first phase of the programme has been extended until Saturday to allow health workers reach more families. He explained that the vaccines being administered protect children against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, tuberculosis,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his planned trips to South Africa for the G20 Summit and Angola for the AU EU Summit as he awaits further security briefings on the worsening situations in Kebbi and Kwara States. The presidency confirmed that the decision was taken after receiving reports on the kidnapping of schoolgirls in Kebbi and the deadly attack on worshippers in Eruku, Kwara. The schoolgirls were abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, in an attack that also claimed the life of the vice principal of the school. According to reports from the presidency,…
Magodo Property Development Company, through its counsel Lukman Imam, has petitioned Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, accusing police officers of unlawfully occupying its land at 24 Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. In a letter dated November 14, 2025, Imam stated that his client lawfully purchased the property from the Federal Government for N1.015 billion, but has since faced a competing claim. Despite police investigating the dispute, officers allegedly stormed and sealed the property without legal grounds. Imam said his client secured a court order from the Federal High Court in Lagos directing that the premises be unsealed. However, he added, the police remained…
The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, has strongly condemned the call by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for foreign intervention in its internal affairs, describing it as unpatriotic and driven by an inferiority complex. In a statement released on Wednesday, the PRP National Chairman, Falalu Bello, said the call is an insult to Nigeria’s sovereignty, independence, and dignity, values that countless patriots have fought to uphold. He stressed that such appeals expose an alarming inferiority complex among some Nigerian politicians. Bello added that the call by the PDP reflects a troubling lack of confidence in Nigeria’s inherent resilience, democratic institutions, and…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Kebbi State, touching down at Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport in Birnin Kebbi to console the state government and families after the abduction of 25 girls from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga. He was accompanied by top officials, including the Director General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar. Shettima’s mission, sent on the directive of President Bola Tinubu, is to deliver Tinubu’s message of solidarity, receive a security briefing, and relay important updates back to the President. The attack on the school happened in the early hours of Monday, when armed assailants stormed the premises.…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his planned trip to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola to allow for further security briefings following the abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi State and the attack on worshippers at a Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State. The President made the decision after receiving a request from the governor of Kwara State. He has ordered the deployment of additional security personnel to Eruku and the entire Ekiti Local Government Area, directing the police to go after the bandits responsible for the church attack. Tinubu had been scheduled to leave Abuja today to attend…