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Nigeria: How Islamic Jihadists Razed Or Sacked Estimated 1200 Churches
Substantive Statement: (Intersociety, Enugu, Eastern Nigeria: Sunday, Sept 14, 2025)-The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (https://intersociety-ng.org) is disclosing using severally gathered statistics from multiple...
Neglected For Over 10 Years, Niger State’s Gulu Science College Becomes ‘Death Trap’ For Students, Staff –Report
Government Science Teachers College, Gulu, in Niger State, has deteriorated into a hazardous environment, with flooded classrooms, cracked walls, overgrown vegetation, and sagging roofs endangering students and staff. The school has also become a...

Big Tech’s “AI for good” spending increases in Africa. So does skepticism
American tech giants have increased spending on artificial intelligence tools designed to resolve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Since 2020, Google has spent $200 million on AI-driven social projects worldwide to combat wildfires,...

PDP Rejects Outcome As INEC Declares APC Winner In Niger Bye-election
1 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Mathew Dogari Daje, winner of the August 16th, 2025 Niger State House Of Assembly (NSHA) Munya Constituency Bye-Election This is...

APC Wins Niger State Assembly By Election
The All Progressives Congress has won the by-election for the Munya Constituency seat in the Niger State House of Assembly.... The All Progressives Congress has won the by-election for the Munya Constituency seat in the Niger State House of...

APC’s Dogari Daje wins Munya constituency by-election in Niger
Dogari Daje of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged winner of the Munya Constituency by-election to the Niger State House of Assembly, securing 12,556 votes, according to results announced on Sunday. His closest rival, Sabon Sunday of...

APC candidate wins House of Assembly by-election in Niger
Dogari Daje, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, has won Saturday’s by-election to fill Munya Constituency’s seat in the Niger State House of Assembly. The APC candidate polled a total of 12,556 votes, while his closest rival, the...

APC wins Niger House of Assembly by-election
Dogari Daje, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, has won Saturday’s by-election to fill Munya Constituency’s seat in the Niger House of Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports on Sunday that the APC candidate, Dogari Daje,...

IPI raises alarm over media repression in Nigeria
The International Press Institute (IPI), a global organisation committed to defending press freedom, has expressed concern over what it described as the growing wave of repression against the Nigerian media. Musililu Mojeed, President of IPI...

Case: Squirrels may be small game, but they’re a big deal for hunting
Squirrel hunting is the most important form of hunting in the United States of America. There, I said it. It actually feels kind of good to get that out there and just be up front about it. To those who may disagree, let the games begin. Ummm,...

IPI raises alarm over rising media repression in Nigeria
The International Press Institute (IPI), a global body committed to protecting press freedom and the free flow of information, has raised concern over the recent cases of media repression in the country. Musililu Mojeed, president, IPI Nigeria,...

Scary statistics: North tops 2025 killings as Ribadu vows to crush extremists
Security IN a span of eight months, Nigeria has witnessed a disturbing rise in violent killings across several states, causing fear in already fragile communities. From the North-East to the Middle Belt and down to the larger South, the country...

Arab artists take centre stage as Aichi Triennale 2025 opens under UAE leadership
The Aichi Triennale 2025 opened in Japan this weekend with a powerful political message from its artistic director, Hoor Al Qasimi, President of Sharjah Art Foundation. The Triennale, which runs from September 13 to November 30 across the Aichi...

Export ban: FG to commence mapping of shea tree areas in 2 weeks
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council has said it will commence the mapping of shea tree areas in the next two weeks, following the federal government’s six-month export ban. Director General/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Raw...

Electoral Reform Needed To Prevent Rigging In 2027 – Chekwas Okorie
1 Recently, the South-East, through the Igbo Agenda Dialogue (IAD), moved to galvanize stakeholders in the region for a united front that would ensure that candidates and political parties in Nigeria enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with...

Somalia Resistance Targets US AFRICOM Base Over Gaza Genocide
Above photo: Demonstration in solidarity with Palestine, Mogadishu, Somalia, Oct. 20, 2025. The Somalia resistance group Al-Shabaab issued a statement on Sept. 4 claiming responsibility for an attack on U.S. military forces in retaliation for U.S....

Pinnacle Oil appoints Obodo corporate communications manager
Ejiro Obodo has been appointed Corporate Communications Manager at Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited. He is an award-winning communications leader with over a decade and half of experience in journalism, public relations, strategic communications and...

Beyond politics: Can the EU really phase out Russian nuclear fuel?
The complete phaseout of Russian energy imports is one of the European Union’s most ambitious geopolitical objectives. This process has a particularly strong impact on nuclear energy, where various stages of the supply chain still rely heavily on...

What next for Mali as Wagner fails to defeat insurgents?
What next for Mali as Wagner fails to defeat insurgents? A new report suggests that Niger, Burkina Faso – and Europe can learn a lot from Wagner’s failure in Mali. Last month The Sentry, a United States (US) organisation that exposes...

Japa: Greener pastures getting nearer
Japa, a process through which Nigerians leave the country to seek greener pastures in western and Asian countries, is gradually taking a different dimension as some youths now search for better living conditions in African countries. Weekend Trust...