…Warns of Rising Tension A security consultant, Dr Agodi Kanu, has called on the Federal Government to ban election-related prophecies and predictions, warning that they could threaten the nation’s peace and democracy. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday in Gombe State, Kanu said that some clerics had turned election predictions into a trend, often making conflicting claims about poll outcomes under the guise of divine revelations. “With this, tensions are built up because their followers...

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lost two more lawmakers to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), bringing the total number of defections in the 10th National Assembly to six. On Tuesday, Hussaini Jallo, representing Igabi Federal Constituency in Kaduna, and Adamu Tanko, representing Gurara/Suleja/Tafa Federal Constituency, officially dumped the PDP. Their defection letters were read on the floor of the House by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen. The lawmakers cited internal divisions in the PDP...

The Nigerian government has strongly refuted allegations of targeted killings of Christians in the country, describing them as misleading and an attempt to distort the nation’s security situation. In a statement issued on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed recent reports, particularly from the United States, suggesting that religious persecution was driving violence in Nigeria. The ministry expressed concerns that such claims were aimed at influencing foreign governments, especially the US, to designate Nigeria...