Guest Fainted At The US White House A White House event led by U.S. President Donald Trump was briefly interrupted on Thursday after a guest fainted in the Oval Office. The guest fainted during an announcement on efforts to reduce the cost of obesity drugs. The individual, identified by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt as a representative of one of the participating health care companies, suddenly collapsed while Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks was speaking. Witnesses said the guest, who was standing alongside administration officials and pharmaceutical executives behind the President’s desk, appeared to lose consciousness and was helped…
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Gumi Blows Hot Over Trump threat; Says South Suffering From Inferiority Complex, Slave Mentality Popular Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi said reactions to US President Donald Trump’s threat of military action in Nigeria indicated some prominent Southern Nigeria people suffer from inferiority complex and slave mentality towards the West. Gumi stated this in a Facebook post on Thursday titled, “The paradox of some Christian ‘intellectuals’”. He said he was disappointed that such persons backed Trump’s threat to Nigeria’s sovereignty. Faulting the premise of such support, the vocal cleric noted that inter-communal hostilities, herders-farmers conflict, and indigenous versus settlers clashes…
Woman Arrested For Smuggling Ammunition To Terrorists Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Zamfara State have intercepted a woman transporting live ammunition believed to be meant for bandits terrorising parts of the North-West. According to reports, the woman was apprehended during a routine stop-and-search operation along the Tsafe–Gusau highway. The suspect, believed to hail from Birnin Magaji Local Government Area, had allegedly hidden the live ammunition inside her luggage in an attempt to smuggle it through Tsafe. The Chairman of Tsafe Local Government, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed the arrest, describing it as “a major breakthrough in…
We’re Ready To Support Nigeria’s Fight Against Terrorism, Says Chinese Ambassador Yu Dunhai, Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, says China will continue to support Nigeria in the fight against terrorism. Dunhai made the comment in a statement published via X on Thursday after a meeting with Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria’s national security adviser (NSA). The Chinese ambassador said the Asian country “firmly supports” the Nigerian government in its developmental plans that “fits Nigeria’s national realities”. Dunhai said China opposes the interference of any country in the internal affairs of Nigeria “under the pretext of religion and human rights”. “As a comprehensive strategic…
BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu Writes Trump, Calls For US Over Genocidal Killings In Nigeria The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has written to United States President, Donald Trump, urging him to launch an independent inquiry into the “state-sponsored genocidal killings” of Christians and Igbo people in Nigeria’s South-East region. In the letter dated November 6, 2025, and delivered through the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Kanu, who remains in solitary detention at the Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters, appealed to Trump to act on his recent declaration that the United States was “prepared to…
Man Grabs Mexican President’s Breasts, Attempts To Kiss Her Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has said she will press charges against a man who groped her during a public appearance. Mobile phone footage of the incident on Tuesday shows Sheinbaum speaking to a group of supporters on a street near the National Palace in Mexico City. In the video, a man approaches her from behind and attempts to kiss her on the neck and place his hands on her body. Sheinbaum moved away quickly and a member of her team stepped in, but she was visibly shaken. The offender has been…
BREAKING: US Set To Impose Sanctions On Nigerian Officials, 12 States Practicing Sharia Law And Blasphemy Laws Senator Ted Cruz in United States has called on the White House to impose targeted sanctions on Nigerian government officials and 12 state governments that enforce Sharia and blasphemy laws, which he believes are used to persecute Christians in Nigeria. Senator Cruz praised President Donald Trump for reinstating Nigeria’s designation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), a designation that was removed by the Biden administration. He recalled how President Trump in his first term, designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern,…
Popular Chief Imam Accused Of Witchcraft Beaten To Death A violent mob in Sokupkpan community, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, has lynched the Chief Imam of the area, Mallam Abdullahi Audu, over allegations that he was spiritually responsible for the death of a resident, Ibrahim Gana. Witnesses said the incident, which occurred on Wednesday, threw the entire community into confusion and panic. The mob action was reportedly triggered by suspicions that the cleric had used spiritual means to harm the deceased. According to sources, before his death, Gana had been battling an undisclosed illness and repeatedly claimed that…
‘Trump Is A Petty-minded Dictator’; Soyinka Blows Hot Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate has described U.S. President Donald Trump as a “petty-minded dictator” whose rise to power fuelled hate-driven violence and worsened racial tensions in the United States. Speaking in an interview with BBC News Pidgin on Facebook on Wednesday, Soyinka said Trump’s presidency exposed the “dark side” of America and emboldened acts of hatred, particularly against minorities. “This is a petty-minded dictator. You see how he deals with his objects of hate,” Soyinka said. “We saw that dark side of the American side. There were more killings, extrajudicial killings…
Tinubu Rejects Trump’s Designation Of Nigeria As ‘CPC’ ; Blames IPOB The federal government has rejected the return of Nigeria to a “Countries of Particular Concern” list of nations that U.S says have violated religious freedom. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, who spoke during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, said the security situation in the country is not targeted at a particular ethnic or religious minority. He said that some influencers that engage in criminal activities are behind the misinformation on Nigeria’s security situation. United States President Donald Trump had, on Saturday, instructed…