•Peter Obi The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, PDP, Mr Peter Obi, today, said the designation of Nigeria as Country of Particular Concerns, CPC, is a consequence of a lack of competent and committed leadership, as well as poor, prudent deployment of available resources. Obi, who took to his X handle, said: “The […]
•Nigeria’s security chiefs The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, is currently meeting with service chiefs and heads of security and intelligence agencies in Abuja. The agenda of the closed-door meeting was not known at the time of filing this report. The meeting follows reports alleging that US President Donald Trump issued a direc...
•Timi Frank Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has praised United States President Donald Trump for designating Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over alleged persistent human rights violations and failure to protect citizens from killings and insecurity. In a...
•Trump and Tinubu Despite denials by the federal government, United States President Donald Trump has declared Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” over alleged killings of Christians. In a statement posted on his social media platform Truth Social yesterday, Trump said Christianity faces an existential threat in Nigeria, describing the a...
•Trump and Soyinka The United States under President Donald Trump has revoked the visa of globally renowned scholar, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. The scholar announced this at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery, Freedom Park, Lagos Island, today. He said he was unaware of any wrongdoing that could have warranted the revocation, reports Daily T...
•Maria Corina Machado and Donald Trump Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize today to the people of Venezuela — and US President Donald Trump, for his “decisive support” for her country’s pro-democracy movement. “I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for hi...
•US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu It was a typically theatrical moment for the man who loves to publicly boast of being the “peacemaker-in-chief.” Donald Trump’s top diplomat interrupted a televised meeting at the White House to hand the US president a note and whisper in his ear that a Gaza […]...
•Nathalie Rose Jones and Donald Trump A 50-year-old woman from Lafayette, Indiana, Nathalie Rose Jones, was arrested on August 16, 2025, after travelling to Washington, D.C., allegedly planning to “kidnap and assassinate” President Donald Trump. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia published...
Ahead of tomorrow’s meeting between United States President Donald Trump and the presidents of five African states at the White House, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expressed grave concern over the U.S. government’s decision to exclude Nigeria. The session, described as the African Leaders Summit to discuss “commercial opportunitie...
•Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin President Donald Trump has said the United States will send additional weapons to Ukraine, triggering Russian criticism after Moscow claimed new gains in its grinding war against its neighbour. The Kremlin warned today that sending arms to U...

