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Tinubu to Name Ambassadors ‘Very Soon’, Presidency Says, Ending Over 2-Year Gap

ABUJA, Nigeria — President Bola Tinubu is moving to finalise a long-delayed list of ambassadorial appointments, two years after recalling Nigeria’s envoys from missions...

Wike Says Christian Genocide Claims Are ‘Politically Motivated’

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed accusations that Christians are being persecuted or deliberately targeted for...

Presidency Confirms Tinubu–Trump Meeting After U.S. Threatens Action

ABUJA, Nigeria — President Bola Tinubu is expected to meet with United States President Donald Trump in the coming days following heated comments from...

Sheikh Gumi Says Nigeria Should Cut Ties if U.S. Fails to Retract Threat

ABUJA, Nigeria — Prominent Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has called on President Bola Tinubu to take firm diplomatic action against former United States...

Kwankwaso Urges U.S. Support, Not Threats

ABUJA, Nigeria — Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano State and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has expressed concern...

Central Figure in Alleged Coup Plot Kept ‘Very Close’ to Sylva, Sources Say

ABUJA, Nigeria — A senior army officer accused of coordinating a foiled plot to overthrow Nigeria’s democratic government once served as a security adviser...

Trump Says Air Strikes, Troops in Nigeria “Not Ruled Out”

WASHINGTON, USA — President Donald Trump has warned that the United States may deploy air strikes or put troops on the ground in Nigeria...

Presidency Rejects U.S. Claims of Christian “Slaughter”, Calls Allegations Exaggerated

ABUJA, Nigeria — The Nigerian government has pushed back against assertions from senior U.S. officials that thousands of Christians are being killed in Nigeria,...

U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth Signals Readiness for Action in Nigeria After Trump Warning

WASHINGTON, USA — A senior U.S. official said on Saturday, November 1, 2025, that his department was preparing for possible military action against armed...

Tinubu Rejects Trump’s Move to Label Nigeria a Religious-Freedom Violator

ABUJA, Nigeria — President Bola Tinubu has rejected US President Donald Trump’s decision to redesignate Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” (CPC), describing...

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