34 Lawyers Fail Integrity Test for Appointment as High Court Judges

Thirty-four lawyers have failed the integrity test introduced under new guidelines approved by the National Judicial Council (NJC) for appointment as judges to the Federal High Court of Nigeria. A source stated that the 62 applicants who had earlier passed the Computer-Based Test (CBT) conducted by the Federal High Court had their names forwarded to the Federal Judicial Service Commission for approval as members of the Federal High Court bench. However, they were disqualified following...

APC Says Tinubu’s Europe Trip Will Strengthen Bilateral Relations And Attract Investments

 …Knocks ADC Over Criticism The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has knocked the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for condemning President Bola Tinubu’s trip to Europe, saying that the President’s mission is to strengthen bilateral relations and attract investments to the country. A press statement on Monday, signed by Mogaji (Hon) Seye Oladejo, Lagos APC Spokesman, reads,  “The Lagos State chapter of the APC has noted with predictable amusement the latest outburst...

Two Dead as Anthony Joshua Survives Lagos–Ibadan Expressway Crash

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was involved in a fatal road crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday, with two people confirmed dead. The accident occurred around noon along the Shagamu Exchange/Sinoma area near the Sagamu axis of the busy highway. Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotosho, said the crash happened along the Shagamu Exchange axis of the expressway and that the Lagos State Government immediately deployed an...

Finance Ministry Assures Investors After Joint Nigeria–US Security Operation

The Federal Ministry of Finance has assured investors and international partners that Nigeria remains stable and focused on economic growth, following a joint security operation conducted by Nigerian and United States forces in Sokoto on Christmas Day. In a statement issued on Sunday, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun said the operation should not be misinterpreted as a sign of internal conflict or instability. “Nigeria remains firmly on a path...

When Air Power Becomes a Christmas Performance: The Illusion of Success in Trump’s Nigerian Strike

“Bombs alone do not defeat ideology. Precision without intelligence is noise.“ —Anthony Obi Ogbo When President Trump announced his authorized United States air strike against ISIL (ISIS) fighters in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day, there was an immediate burst of celebration on Nigerian social media. For a country exhausted by years of kidnappings, massacres, and territorial insecurity, the announcement sounded like long-awaited international support. Memes circulated, praise poured in, and some Nigerians hailed Trump as...

Nigerian Troops Eliminate 438 Boko Haram, ISWAP Terrorists In the North

No fewer than 438 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists have been killed in seven months in various operations carried out by military joint task force, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), in the North East.  The Theatre Commander, OPHK, North-east Sector 1, who made this known on Saturday at the Christmas Luncheon in Maiduguri said the operations were coordinated between May and December. The army general said that the Christmas celebration coincided with their dry season operations...

VP Shettima, Gov. Zulum Consoles Survivors Of Mosque Bomb Blast 

Vice President Kashim Shettima and Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, on Friday had consoled survivors of a bomb blast at a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, currently receiving treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) and State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri. The attack, which was believed to have been carried out by Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday, resulted in five deaths and 32 people injured. They sympathized with the injured and assessed...

U.S. Signals More Strikes in Nigeria as Abuja Confirms Joint Military Campaign

The United States has warned that further airstrikes against Islamic State targets in north-western Nigeria are imminent, as Nigerian officials confirmed that recent attacks were part of coordinated operations between both countries. The warning came hours after U.S. forces struck militant camps in Sokoto State, an operation President Donald Trump publicly framed as a response to what he described as the killing of Christians in Nigeria. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strikes were...

Trump’s Nigeria Strike: Bombs, Boasts, and the Illusion of Victory

“With Obama, Al-Qaeda was not eliminated by noise; it was suffocated by intelligence.“ —Anthony Obi Ogbo It has now been confirmed that the United States acted in collaboration with Nigeria in the recent strike on Islamic State elements in northwest Nigeria. That cooperation deserves recognition. Intelligence-sharing between Washington and Abuja is necessary, overdue, and welcome. Terrorism is transnational; defeating it requires allies, not isolation. But let us be clear: bombs alone do not defeat terror....

U.S. launches Christmas Day strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria, Trump says

President Trump said Thursday that the U.S. launched “powerful and deadly” strikes against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians. “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for...

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