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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision that the United States government boycott the Group of 20 summit next weekend in South Africa is “their loss,” South Africa’s leader said Wednesday. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa added that “the United States needs to think again whether boycott politics actually works, because […]

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has sharply criticized the recent public altercation between Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike and a Nigerian naval officer, calling it a “national embarrassment” and emblematic of deeper institutional failures in Nigeria. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, […]

Former Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, has condemned the corruption plaguing Nigerian football, insisting that it must be completely eradicated if the game is to move forward. Speaking on his ObiOne podcast in a video on X on Wednesday, the former Chelsea midfielder referenced conversations and images circulating about FIFA’s alleged $1.2 million grant […]

The United Nations (UN) has sounded the alarm over a looming global famine, warning that escalating conflicts and declining humanitarian funding are pushing millions of people toward acute hunger. In a joint report released on Wednesday, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) identified Nigeria among 16 hunger hotspots, stressing […]

Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Apo, on Wednesday, rejected an application by an Abuja-based Lawyer, Victor Giwa, to recuse himself from the trial involving allegations of forgery and impersonation. Wednesday’s resumed sitting was for continued hearing in the case of alleged forgery and impersonation involving […]

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday called on Nigerian editors to safeguard democracy through responsible journalism, emphasizing integrity and fairness in an era of rampant misinformation and digital disruption. Speaking at the 21st All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) at the State House, Abuja, themed “Democratic Governance and National Cohesion: The Role of Editors,” Tinubu positioned the […]

The National Working Committee (NWC) and the 2025 National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have reaffirmed their commitment to holding the party’s national convention on November 15 in Ibadan. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a Wednesday release in Abuja. Ologunagba, who also serves as Secretary […]

Fresh revelations have surfaced regarding the disputed land that sparked Tuesday’s confrontation between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and military officers who blocked him and his team from accessing a site in Gudu District, Abuja. According to SaharaReporters, a legal practitioner directly involved in the case disclosed that the 30-hectare […]

A former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (retd.), has described the altercation between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and a Nigerian Navy officer in Abuja as “a clear and present danger to national security,” urging President Bola Tinubu to take immediate corrective action. In a statement […]

Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested Fanen Ochough, a former Local Government Chairmanship aspirant in Gwer West, Benue State, for impersonation and defrauding victims of N14 million. In a statement shared on Instagram on Tuesday, the EFCC said Ochough was arrested for impersonating the Principal Private […]

United States Congressman Bill Huizenga has called for targeted economic sanctions against Nigeria over what he described as the government’s failure to curb persistent attacks on Christians and other vulnerable groups. Huizenga made the assertion in an exclusive interview with Arise News in Washington, D.C. He criticised Nigeria’s handling of religiously motivated violence, urging the […]

A coalition of Nigerian military veterans has condemned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over a recent confrontation with a naval officer during an enforcement visit to a disputed land in Abuja. A video obtained by our correspondent earlier showed Wike in a heated exchange with some naval personnel at a site […]