2 h. ago UPDATED: Trump says Christians face existential threat in Nigeria

Puts Nigeria on same watchlist with North Korea United States President, Donald Trump, on Friday said Christianity faces an existential threat in Nigeria and announced that he was adding the nation to a watchlist of countries which violate religious freedom. “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical […]

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2 h. ago FLASHBACK: How Tinubu blamed Jonathan for killing of Christians in 2014

“The slaughtering of Christian worshippers is strongly condemnable. It calls into question the competence of..."

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10 h. ago Christian Genocide: U.S. President Trump Finally Makes Nigeria “COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN”

United States President, Donald Trump has reacted to Christian massacre in Nigeria, ordering the House Appropriations Committee to investigate the incidents. Announcing this on a Truth Social post on Friday, Trump stated that Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria, adding that thousands of Christians are being killed, with radical Islamists claimed to be […] The post Christian Genocide: U.S. President Trump Finally Makes Nigeria “COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN” appeared first on Information Nigeria.

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12 h. ago Idoma People Have Shaped Nigeria’s Trajectory, Say Prominent Sons, Daughters At IHoF Dinner

Prominent Idoma sons and daughters have hailed the Idoma people of Benue State as part of the architects of modern Nigeria whose footprints can be traced across politics, law, education, military, faith and culture. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday at the Inaugural Dinner of the Idoma Hall of Fame (IHoF) Advisory Board, Justice Ejembi Eko […]

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12 h. ago Trump Declares Nigeria A ‘Country Of Particular Concern’ Over Alleged Killings Of Christians

The US president added that the United States “cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening”. The post Trump Declares Nigeria A ‘Country Of Particular Concern’ Over Alleged Killings Of Christians appeared first on Channels Television.

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12 h. ago Trump Declares Nigeria A ‘Country Of Particular Concern,’ Says Killing Of Christians Mass Slaughter

The US president added that the United States “cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening”. The post Trump Declares Nigeria A ‘Country Of Particular Concern,’ Says Killing Of Christians Mass Slaughter appeared first on Channels Television.

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13 h. ago ‘Christian genocide’: Trump designates Nigeria as country of particular concern

In a statement on Truth Social on Friday, Trump claimed thousands of Christians have been killed by radical Islamist groups and

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15 h. ago Man Remanded For Allegedly Killing Wife Over Refusal To Make ‘Kuki

A Kano State High Court sitting on Miller Road, Kano, has ordered the remand of a man, Idris Kurma, for allegedly killing his wife, Aisha Idris, after she refused to grind groundnuts to make kuli-kuli as he requested. The presiding judge, Justice Musa Dahiru, gave the order after the accused was arraigned on a one-count […]

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16 h. ago Sudan’s RSF Claims Arrests As UN Warns Of Atrocities In Darfur

At war with the army since April 2023, the RSF seized El-Fasher on Sunday, dislodging the army's last stronghold in the western Darfur region after an 18-month siege marked by bombardment and starvation. The post Sudan’s RSF Claims Arrests As UN Warns Of Atrocities In Darfur appeared first on Channels Television.

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20 h. ago Recruitment Glitches: Interior Minister Orders Fixing Of CDCFIB Portal Issues

  Following mounting frustration among applicants unable to access the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) recruitment portal, the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has ordered an immediate fix of the technical issues disrupting the process. Thousands of applicants seeking employment in the paramilitary agencies under the Ministry of Interior had […]

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21 h. ago NASA Rejects Kardashian’s Claim Moon Landing ‘Didn’t Happen’

Conspiracy theories about the Moon landing have swirled for nearly 50 years. The post NASA Rejects Kardashian’s Claim Moon Landing ‘Didn’t Happen’ appeared first on Channels Television.

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22 h. ago Two killed in basement flooding during heavy rain in New York City

A 39-year-old man in Flatbush became trapped after returning to his basement to rescue one of his dogs...

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24 h. ago 2027: Why Jonathan can’t run for president – Appeal Court ex

Former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, has clarified why former President Goodluck Jonathan cannot

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25 h. ago ICYMI: Trump orders US Military to resume nuclear weapons testing

The announcement came on Thursday on Truth Social, minutes before he met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea.

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31 h. ago New Defence Chief Pledges Enhanced Intelligence To Combat Terrorism

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, the Chief of Army Staff Lt-Gen Waidi Shaibu and the Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral Idi Abbas on Thursday formally assumed command of the various services. General Oluyede pledged to enhance intelligence driven operations […]

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32 h. ago Northern Nigeria mass killings: Muslim scholars decry silence, demand action, justice

A coalition of Muslim scholars, civil society actors and citizens under the banner of Concerned Muslim Scholars, Civil Society and Citizens for Justice and Peace in Nigeria has condemned what it described as the continued mass killings, abductions and displacements in Northern Nigeria, calling for urgent humanitarian, legal and moral action. In a statement titled […]

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37 h. ago COAS reshuffles senior Army positions, appoints officers to strategic commands

Waidi Shaibu, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has approved the posting and appointment of senior officers to key command, staff, read more COAS reshuffles senior Army positions, appoints officers to strategic commands

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41 h. ago Ndume to Service Chiefs: Ensure your personnel are well motivated

"I have identified four pillars that would make our military formidable at all times and keep security threats at abeyance.

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43 h. ago ‘Dead Bodies In The Streets’: Survivors Describe Fleeing Sudan’s El

Emtithal Mahmoud, a survivor of the earlier Darfur killings now based in the United States, recounted to AFP a harrowing moment when she recognised her cousin, Nadifa, in a video shared by RSF accounts, lying dead on the ground. The post ‘Dead Bodies In The Streets’: Survivors Describe Fleeing Sudan’s El-Fasher appeared first on Channels Television.

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45 h. ago UPDATED: Policeman, 5 Others Killed As Trucks Collide, Burst Into Flames On Lagos

Tragedy struck on Wednesday night when a multiple-truck collision on the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway claimed the lives of at least six people, including a police officer, and left several others injured. The crash, which occurred around 11 p.m., involved five vehicles, including a fuel tanker and a container-laden trailer, which collided […]

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