By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak and Haley Britzky MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas President Donald Trump was heading to Florida on Friday, watching Fox News, when he saw the network run a story on how Christians were allegedly being targeted by Islamic groups in Nigeria, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The President was “immediately” […] Read more
Trump: Nigeria should not be punished for actions carried out by imported terrorists — Amb Farounmbi
By Shina Abubakar MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas •‘We may become a pawn on the chessboard of international politics’ Nigeria’s former Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr. Yemi Farounmbi, discusses what Nigeria did wrong and what it should be doing in the face of threat by President Donald Trump to send troops to Nigeria in defense of persecuted […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas He particularly noted that Tinubu, like his predecessors, had failed to provide effective leadership. Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, former Senior Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, has attributed Nigeria’s escalating insecurity to years of leadership failures, adding that President Tinubu has also not taken sufficient action to tackle the problem. He particularly noted that […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Farotimi described the k!llings as genocide rather than what officials often term “farmer-herder clashes.” Human rights activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi has condemned the government’s ongoing efforts to downplay the extent of k!llings in the country. Farotimi, during an interview on Channels Television’s Hard Copy on Friday, while speaking on recent international […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has ruled out the possibility of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ever becoming Nigeria’s president. Speaking with a Nigerian Tribune reporter and other selected journalists at his Iga Iduganran Palace during a media session to mark his 82nd birthday and 22 years on the throne, the monarch […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Religious and political leaders in Nigeria have been generally ambivalent over United States President Donald Trump’s plan to levy war of some kind on Nigeria, a country he contemptuously dismissed as disgraced. If Christian leaders oppose him, they fear the church might consider them as apostates indifferent to the plight of their persecuted members. […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has advised President Bola Tinubu to urgently initiate diplomatic engagement with U.S. President Donald Trump, following recent threats of possible American intervention over alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria. “Whoever wrote your October 1 speech doesn’t like you, Pastor […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas A Message to the American People and the World From: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War.Date: November 5, 2025 There is no greater failure of leadership than knowing evil exists and choosing to look away. For years, the world has known that Christians in Nigeria are being systematically slaughtered, and the world has […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas In Saturday’s column, I offer my perspectives on President Donald Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern that he is considering militarily invading to protect Christians from a “genocide”: Trump, Christian Genocide, and Terrorism in Nigeria By Farooq A. Kperogi Nigeria’s online and offline discursive arenas have been suffused […] Read more
