Day: November 1, 2025

MURIC slams CAN over Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria, says Tinubu doesn’t deserve Christian betrayal

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has faulted the recent redesignation of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” by former U.S. President Donald Trump, describing it as “blurred, misplaced and distorted.”   MURIC, in a statement signed by its Founder and Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Saturday, accused the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of being behind the move, alleged that some Christian leaders misled the U.S. government through false petitions about Christian genocide in the country.   Akintola said, “There can be no smoke without fire. The Americans…

Akpabio’s Drive Towards Sustainable Peace in Akwa Ibom and the Nation By Ken Harries, Esq

Emporium Reporters

Peace is the foundation of every prosperous society and few Nigerian leaders have pursued it with the consistency and conviction of Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, President of the Tenth Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. From his earliest days in public service to his current national role, Akpabio has remained a firm believer in unity, dialogue and peaceful coexistence as the bedrock of progress.   His peace journey began in 2002 when Obong Victor Attah appointed him Commissioner in his administration. Even at that level, Akpabio stood out for…

Teacher, 19, bags life imprisonment for defiling 9-year-old Pupil in Abuja — DG NAPTIP hails verdict as commensurate and deterrent

Lukman Laleye Babalola

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a 19-year-old school teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, to life imprisonment for raping a 9-year-old pupil in Kwali. The judgment, delivered by Justice M. Osho-Adebiyi, followed Abbass’s conviction on two counts of rape and sexual abuse under Section 2 of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015. According to the case details, the convict, who was the victim’s class teacher, lured the boy from home on March 19, 2025, and sexually assaulted him through the anus. Despite threats from the…

Man, 20, arrested in Abuja for allegedly defiling 10-year-old boy

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Nura Auwal, for allegedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old boy in Lugbe, Abuja.   The command spokesperson SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement on Thursday, said the incident occurred on October 23, 2025, when the victim was reportedly assaulted after venturing into a nearby bush to ease himself.   According to the report lodged by the victim’s father, Mr. Sani Yakubu, at the Trademore Police Division on October 24, the boy returned home crying and disclosed that the suspect…

Forthcoming … By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Emporium Reporters

I had the privilege of witnessing the Ekiti APC governorship consensus ratification on October 27, 2025. At this event, 885 delegates endorsed Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, aka BAO, as the consensus candidate for the June 20, 2026 governorship election.   On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, I also joined the governor’s entourage to the commissioning of the reconstructed Itawure-Okemesi-Ekiti Road, the lighting of Okemesi-Ekiti, and the reopening of the equipped General Hospital in Okemesi-Ekiti.   Reflecting on these events, I’m led to ask: Was the outpouring of support for the governor…

Tinubu and the significance of yesterday (2) By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Emporium Reporters

The detail makes the difference! In 1961, the regional government in Western Nigeria made tax cuts to shore up its dwindling electoral prospects, largely caused by a drop in commodity prices. There was, however, an unexpected resistance to the tax cuts in some provinces, particularly in Ekiti, Ijebu and Ondo. Over 300 people were arraigned before magistrates across the region for unruly conduct and bound over. The key point here is that people, after an initial resistance in the middle of the 1950s, had come to accept the benefits of…