Tag: USA

U.S express optimism Nigeria will end insecurity, terrorism

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The United States (U.S.) has expressed optimism that the Federal Government will win the fight against insecurity and terrorism in Nigeria. A member of the US Congress, Rep. Riley Moore, gave this optimism yesterday through a post he shared on his official X account following a recent congressional delegation’s discussions with Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribaɗu, on countering North-East terrorism and halting Christian killings in the Middle-Belt. Ribaɗu’s discussions with the delegation stems from an October 2025 directive by US President Donald Trump to the House Appropriations Committee…

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MURIC rejects US interference in Nigeria’s Shari’ah affairs

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MURIC rejects US

The Muslim Rights Concern, (MURIC), has rejected the call by a United States Senior Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Ebenezer Obadare, to be involved in Nigeria’s Shari’ah matters. Recall that Obadare had urged the United States to pressure President Bola Tinubu to outlaw Shari’ah and the Hisbah boards. ‎‎However, in a statement issued yesterday by its Executive Director, Professor Is’haq Akintola, MURIC described Obadare’s call as crossing the red line. Akintola also added that the call raised more questions than answers about the intention of the United…

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“Tinubu’s Ambassadorial List shows Nigeria is a disgraced, corrupt nation” – Ex-US Mayor 

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Ex US Mayor

A former Mayor of Blanco, Texas, United States, Mike Arnold, has condemned the inclusion of former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, in President Bola Tinubu’s ambassadorial nominees list. Recall that the President submitted 32 new ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation on Saturday. Reacting to the development via a Facebook post, Arnold, who has repeatedly accused Omokri of trivialising persecution in Nigeria, stated that he should not be on the list. He accused Tinubu of being tone-deaf for appointing individuals such as Omokri and former Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode. The former…

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US spy flights, Nigerien incursion deepen anxiety over foreign military operations on Nigerian soil

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US spy flights, Nigerien incursion

Nigeria’s already-strained security environment was thrown into fresh uncertainty over the weekend following two alarming developments: allegations of covert U.S. intelligence flights over jihadist enclaves in Borno State, and a startling armed incursion by Niger Republic soldiers into Katsina State. Both incidents, though unrelated, have intensified public concern about the country’s porous borders, weakened defence architecture, and the growing influence of foreign militaries in Nigerian territory. A Sahel-focused terrorism tracker, Brant Philip, sparked controversy on Saturday after alleging that a manned U.S. Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft quietly entered…

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Nigeria exempted, as US plans review migrants green cards from 19 countries

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US on green cards

The United States (U.S) has announced plans to re-examine all green cards issued to nationals of 19 countries as part of a broad review of immigration records. The move is part of US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigrants following the shooting of two National Guard members by a suspect named Rahmanullah Lakanwal from Afghanistan. The director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Joe Edlow,  on Thursday wrote in an X post: “At the direction of @POTUS, I have directed a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card…

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Kebbi officials reject ‘Christian target’ claims in schoolgirl abduction

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Kebbi officials on ‘Christian target’ claims

…As US voices condemn Nigeria killings The United States (U.S) intensified its criticism of Nigeria’s security crisis on Tuesday, as top US figures – including UN Ambassador Michael Waltz and American musician Nicki Minaj – decried what they described as targeted attacks on Christians.  However, in Kebbi State, local authorities pushed back strongly against claims by a US lawmaker that a recent school attack was religiously motivated. Speaking at a UN event on global religious freedom, titled: “Combatting Religious Violence and the Killing of Christians in Nigeria”, Ambassador Waltz labelled…

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“CAN welcomes US to help Nigeria end killings, insecurity” – President

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CAN welcomes US

The Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), says it was welcoming for the United States (U.S) Government to decide to help Nigeria fight and end killings and insecurity in the country. Its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, in a keynote address at the opening of the association’s Fourth Quarterly National Executive Council meeting in Jos yesterday, said it was painful for the country to be in the global spotlight for negative reasons. According to him, though we are pained that Nigeria is being spotlighted for such grievous reasons, if international attention is…

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Democracy in Danger: US, EU probing reports on Nigeria’s governance issues’ – Activist, Ɗan Bello claims

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Activist Dan Bello claims

…Says judges, Wike’s & Co.’s influence triggering global alarm Prominent northern activist and good governance advocate, Bello Galadanci, popularly known as Ɗan Bello, has claimed that the United States Senate, House of Representatives, and the European Union (EU) are currently examining reports on what he described as “Wike’s destruction of democracy in Nigeria”. In a video posted on his X handle on Thursday, Ɗan Bello said his concern was not borne out of partisanship but a duty to defend Nigeria’s democratic institutions. According to him, Nigeria is at a critical…

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U.S. Congress divided, as Trump pushes military option over alleged ‘christian genocide’ in Nigeria

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U.S. Congress divided

Tensions are rising in Washington over President Donald Trump’s proposed intervention in Nigeria, following a new congressional resolution condemning what sponsors call the “persecution of Christians” in the West African nation. Representative Riley Moore, who chairs Trump’s investigative committee on religious persecution in Nigeria, introduced the resolution on Friday, pledging support for the president’s plan to “end the slaughter.” The resolution, titled: “Condemning the persecution of Christians in Nigeria and supporting President Donald Trump in taking decisive action to end the existential threat that persecuted Christians face in Nigeria”, urges…

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U.S. revokes visas of 80,000 Nigerians, other nationals

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U.S. revokes visas

The United States (U.S.) government has announced the revocation of visas for foreign nationals. The U.S. Department of State disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The visa revocation, it said, was “promises made-promises kept” by the President Donald Trump administration. The statement noted that Trump “will always put the safety and interests of the American people first”. Major reasons for these revocations include: assault, theft, and ‘driving under the influence’. The State Department said 16,000 of those ‘driving under the influence’, 12,000 of those involved in assault, and 8,000…

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