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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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Trump’s threat: “Nigeria ready to work with US, other countries to wipe out terrorists” – FG

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FG on Trump’s threat

The Federal Government has said Nigeria is willing to work with the United States (US) and other countries to wipe out remnants of terrorists and criminal elements in Nigeria. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this during a world press conference in Abuja yesterday. While acknowledging that Nigeria is faced with insecurity challenges, he clarified that it is not targeted at any religion or group, as peddled by faulty data. He said in the last two years, President Bola Tinubu has deepened his commitment to dealing with…

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Christian Genocide Claims: Trump delegates Senator to meet Tinubu today in Washington DC

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Trump delegates Senator

…As Trump snubs G20 Summit in S’Africa Amid mounting controversy over allegations of Christian persecution in Nigeria, diplomatic relations, U.S. President, Donald Trump has delegated Senator J.D. Vance to meet with President Bola Tinubu in Washington, D.C. today Tuesday, amid mounting controversy over allegations of Christian persecution in Nigeria. The meeting comes at a tense moment, following Trump’s shocking declaration that the U.S. might “intervene militarily” if what he described as “Christian genocide” in Nigeria continues — a statement that has triggered intense diplomatic and security discussions across Africa and…

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Terrorism: Nigeria welcomes US help, but opposes unilateral strikes on its territory

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Tinubu seeks

Diplomatic tensions escalated yesterday between Nigeria and the United States (U.S.) following President Donald Trump’s renewed threat to launch military strikes over alleged killings of Christians in Nigeria – a claim the Nigerian government has firmly rejected as misleading. Trump, in a series of social media posts, accused the Nigerian government of “turning a blind eye” to attacks on Christians, and announced that he had directed the U.S. Department of War to “prepare for possible action”. He warned that Washington could “go in guns-a-blazing” and halt all assistance to Nigeria…

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Genocide Claims: “Mother of all betrayals”: MURIC slams CAN for ‘selling out’ Tinubu to Trump 

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MURIC slams CAN

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of betraying President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and tarnishing the country’s image abroad following the United States’ decision to redesignate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” over alleged killings of Christians. In a statement issued on Saturday, November 1, 2025, by its Founder and Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, MURIC condemned what it described as CAN’s “disloyalty” and “ingratitude”, alleging that some Christian leaders had petitioned the U.S. government with false claims of religious persecution. “Despite the…

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Trump’s govt. bans Wole Soyinka from entering US

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Trump Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has revealed that his American visa has been revoked by the United States government.  Soyinka disclosed this during a media parley in Lagos yesterday, saying he received the revocation letter from the US Consulate on Thursday, October 23, 2025.  Reading the letter aloud at the event, themed: “Unending Saga: Idi Amin In Whiteface!”, held at the Freedom Park, Lagos, Soyinka suggested that the decision appeared to be linked to his long-standing criticism of the policies of US President, Donald Trump.  The letter from the US…

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“Those peddling Christian genocide claims are after Nigeria’s unity” –  Info. Minister

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Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has stated that the people claiming genocide against Christians in Nigeria are out to destroy the country’s unity. The minister stated this yesterday in Abuja, while speaking at the National Unveiling of the World Public Relations Forum (WPRF Abuja 2026), with the theme: ‘Responsible Communication: The Voice of the World’. He said Nigeria must come to terms with existential reputational threats to its national brand, “in which external purveyors of untruth are mis-characterizing our nation as a destination for a so-called persecution…

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