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US President Donald Trump has designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, a status reserved for nations engaged in or tolerating severe violations of religious freedom under the International Religious Freedom Act. In a post made on Truth Social, Mr Trump claimed Christianity in Nigeria faces a serious existential threat because radical Islamists are killing thousands of the country’s Christian population. …

The Chief Judge of Ebonyi State, Justice Elvis Ngene, has lamented the persistence of corruption within Nigeria’s justice delivery system, warning that corruption poses “a grave threat” to fair hearing and access to justice. Mr Ngene spoke on Friday during a special court session marking the opening of the 2025/2026 legal year of the Ebonyi State judiciary. The event was …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the outcome of the forthcoming 2025 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Justice James Omotosho issued the order on Friday while delivering judgment in a suit challenging the legality of the planned convention. The judge held that the PDP failed to comply with …

By Alltimepost Correspondent ABUJA – The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, refused to grant an application filed by former Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa, seeking an order restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from proceeding with its scheduled national convention. Lamido, in the motion ex-parte moved by his lawyer, Jeph Njikonye, SAN, had prayed the court to make …

Army spokesperson Appolonia Aneke announced the deployments in a Thursday statement. The new Chief of Army Staff, Waidi Shaibu, has redeployed senior army officers in a move the army said was “aimed at reinvigorating leadership, strengthening command structures and repositioning the Nigerian Army (NA) for heightened operational effectiveness.” Mr Shaibu, a lieutenant general, was decorated with his new rank on Thursday by President …

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to delivering a credible, secure, verifiable, and inclusive national identity management system, describing it as foundational to Nigeria’s development aspirations. Speaking at the State House, Abuja, during the launch of the NINAuth App, a mobile-based identity authentication platform developed by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Tinubu said the innovation aligns with …

The implementation, according to the FIRS, would commence after a 30-day transition window, allowing importers to adjust cargoes already in transit and ensuring a smooth rollout without market disruption. President Bola Tinubu has approved a 15 per cent import duty on petrol and diesel, a controversial move the government says is aimed at supporting local refining and boosting energy security, …

When asked whether he is using protest as a political strategy to attain the presidency, Sowore dismissed the idea, stressing that his activism predates his political ambitions. Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has said that protests have become deeply embedded in Nigeria’s political DNA, noting that almost every past president …

Some of the officers suspected to be involved in the coup plot include a brigadier general, a colonel, four lieutenant colonels, five majors, two captains, a lieutenant, a lieutenant commander and a Squandron Leader. As military investigators continue probing the foiled coup plot against President Bola Tinubu’s administration, PREMIUM TIMES has exclusively obtained details of the identities of 16 of …

Fresh indications have emerged that the military has arrested an additional 15 officers of various ranks in connection with an alleged coup plot against the Federal Government, bringing the number of detained officers to over 40. Sources told Vanguard that the new arrests followed revelations made during interrogation of the initial 16 officers taken into custody. The detained officers reportedly …