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  • US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Nigerians over Religious Freedom Violations

    US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Nigerians over Religious Freedom Violations

    US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Nigerians over Religious Freedom Violations   By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman   The United States government on Wednesday announced visa restrictions targeting individuals involved in violations of religious freedom in Nigeria, a move that may also extend to their immediate family members.   In a statement titled “Combating Egregious Anti-Christian Violence

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  • Senate Confirms Gen. Musa as Defence Minister After Stormy Screening

    Senate Confirms Gen. Musa as Defence Minister After Stormy Screening

    Senate Confirms Gen. Musa as Defence Minister After Stormy Screening   The Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, as Minister of Defence following a tense, drama-filled three-hour screening that saw lawmakers abandon the usually relaxed “take a bow and go” tradition for a rare bipartisan grilling over Nigeria’s worsening

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  • Insecurity: Yari Warns Nigerians Against Seeking Trump’s Help

    Insecurity: Yari Warns Nigerians Against Seeking Trump’s Help

    Insecurity: Yari Warns Nigerians Against Seeking Trump’s Help   Former Governor of Zamfara State and Senator representing Zamfara West, Abdulaziz Yari, has cautioned Nigerians, especially the political elite against appealing to U.S. President Donald Trump for intervention in Nigeria’s security challenges, insisting that the nation’s problems can only be solved internally.   Yari issued the

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  • Tinubu Nominates Ex-CDS Musa As New Defence Minister

    Tinubu Nominates Ex-CDS Musa As New Defence Minister

    Tinubu Nominates Ex-CDS Musa As New Defence Minister   By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd), as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence.   The nomination was contained in a letter transmitted to Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday, in which

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