Nigerian govt aware of policies fueling Christian persecution, chooses media manipulation – Ted Cruz.

United States Senator, Ted Cruz has claimed that the Nigerian government is aware of policies fueling alleged Christian persecution in Nigeria, but chooses media manipulation over accountability.

In a statement he posted on his X account on Friday, Cruz also warned about a PR campaign being waged by the Nigerian government to fight the accusations.

“Nigerian officials know their policies have created an environment in which Christians are being persecuted and slaughtered, including their enforcement of sharia law and their tolerance of Islamist violence,” Cruz said (via Fox News Digital).

“Instead of reversing these policies, they are waging a media campaign to escape exposure and accountability. I intend to prevent them from doing so.”

This is coming after the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Yusuf Tuggar, recently spoke on the alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria on Piers Morgan Uncensored.

United States President Donald Trump had designated Nigeria as a country of particular concern a few weeks ago.

Trump cited what he described as ongoing violence against Christians and the failure of the Nigerian government to protect religious minorities.

The US leader also said he had asked the Department of Defense to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government “continues to allow the killing of Christians.”

But the Nigerian government has strongly denied the persecution of any religious groups in the country

U.S. Rep Hits Back At China Over Criticism Of Trump’s Warning To Nigerian Govt.

U.S. Representative Riley M. Moore has hit back at China’s criticism of America’s position on alleged religious persecution in Nigeria, insisting that China cannot dictate American foreign policy.

Moore accused China of marginalizing ethnic minorities in their country and clamping down on religious freedom. According to him, such actions strips them of the moral rights to lecture the United States on the issue.

In a post on X, Moore said, “President (Donald) Trump is absolutely right to defend our brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering horrific persecution, and even martyrdom, for their faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

“China will not dictate our foreign policy to us, and we will not be lectured to by a Communist autocracy that recently arrested 30 Christian pastors for their faith and throws ethnic minorities in concentration camps,” he added.

His comments came after China accused the United States of using religion and human rights as pretexts to interfere in Nigeria’s internal affairs.

Speaking at a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China “firmly supports the Tinubu administration as it leads its people on a development path suited to its national conditions.”

“As Nigeria’s comprehensive strategic partner, China firmly opposes any country using religion and human rights as an excuse to interfere in other countries’ internal affairs, and threatening other countries with sanctions and force,” Mao added.

The diplomatic exchange follows President Trump’s warning of possible military action against Nigeria over what he described as the government’s failure to curb the killing of Christians.

Nigerian Govt, PENGASSAN, Dangote Refinery reach truce.

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, brokered a truce between the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and the management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Muhammad Maigari-Dingyadi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday at the end of a two-day conciliation meeting in Abuja.

The meeting, which held on Monday and Tuesday, brought together the National Security Adviser, Ministers of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, and State for Petroleum (Gas), alongside the DSS, NIA, NNPCL, NMDPRA, NUPRC and labour leaders.

Recall that the conciliation was convened after PENGASSAN directed its members to stop gas supply and withdraw services from the refinery.

PENGASSAN had alleged that the company terminated the employment of more than 800 of its members, which triggered the industrial action.

Meanwhile, Dangote Refinery explained that the disengagement of workers was due to an ongoing restructuring exercise in the company.

According to the communiqué, the meeting resolved that unionisation is a fundamental right of workers under Nigerian law and must be respected by the company.

Nigerian Govt To Begin Enforcing Tax Payment For All Income Earners Including 'Runs Girls' And Remote Workers.

From January 2026, the Nigerian government will begin enforcing a new tax policy that includes all income earners—regardless of profession or legality of the activity. This means that individuals engaged in sXx work will be required to pay taxes on their earnings.......

Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policies and Reforms, emphasized that the law does not distinguish between legal and illegal sources of income. The key criterion is whether money was earned or not. If so, it's taxable.

This move is part of President Bola Tinubu’s broader effort to expand Nigeria’s tax base and stabilize the economy.
The policy also applies to social media influencers and Nigerians working remotely for foreign companies, especially those earning in foreign currencies.

Nigerian Govt explains different treatment for Comfort Emmanson, Kwam 1.

The Federal Government has explained the reason why Comfort Emmanson, a female passenger who allegedly assaulted Ibom Air crew members, was remanded while Fuji music legend Wasiu Ayinde, a.k.a Kwam 1, who reportedly disrupted a ValueJet flight in Abuja last week, faced no such court action.

DAILY POST recalls that the Ibom Air incident, which occurred on the Uyo–Lagos route on Sunday, has triggered public outrage and accusations of selective justice.

However, speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Tuesday, Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Mike Achimugu, said the two incidents were different.

“There is no comparison here; it’s not a case of oranges and oranges. In the Kwam1 incident, the airline did not activate its rights to take the passenger to court, so the NCAA did what it was supposed to do by petitioning the authorities to petition the passenger.

“In the Ibom Air incident, maybe because their staff had been assaulted, the airline immediately activated its right to take up the matter, and it went to court,” he said.

According to him, the NCAA was not directly involved in Emmanson’s case, whereas in Kwam 1’s situation, the Authority issued an advisory to the Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, to ban the musician from flights.

He revealed that contrary to earlier reports, Kwam 1 was not placed on a six-month ban but on an indefinite ban pending the outcome of investigations.

Achimugu, while explaining why Emmanson was placed on a no-fly life ban, said airline operators have the legal authority to take such action.

Again, Court gives Nigerian govt deadline to conclude 10-year trial of Ex-NSA, Dasuki.

Justice Peter Ode Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed September 24, 25 and 26 for the federal government to conclude its 10 years old prosecution of a former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki on alleged unlawful possession of firearms and money laundering charges.

The government was also asked to call its remaining witnesses if any and tender exhibits to establish its allegations against the retired officer.

Similarly, Dasuki who was put on trial by the defunct Muhammadu Buhari regime since 2015 on an amended 7-count charge on unlawful possession of firearms and money-laundering is expected to open his defense in the charges.

At the last proceedings, a witness of the federal government, Monsur Mohammed claimed that upon the arrest of the former NSA, his houses in Abuja, Kaduna and Sokoto were searched for firearms and money.

The witness who was led in evidence by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Oladipupo Okpeseyi claimed to be exhibits keeper with the Department of the State Security DSS.

At Dasuki s House at 46, Nelson Mandela Street, Asokoro, he listed two Compact Disc of Freedom Radio on Jokolo, two GT Bank Cheque books, two blackberries phones, Nokia phone, flash drive, Apple Laptop and statement of account as part of items found in the house.

Others are Visa card, approval letter of a radio station granted to Afri-Media Integrated Ltd, one CD on arrest and execution of Mohammed Yusuf, 500 US Dollars, 533 Saudi Riyadh, Data page on Abubakar Dasuki Ibrahim, HSBC account book of Abubakar Dasuki Ibrahim, and Cheque book of Habibson Ltd of Abubakar Dasuki Ibrahim.

The items were admitted as exhibits as MSD 015 to 034 by Justice Lifu following no objection by Dasuki’s lawyer, Ahmed Usman.

At another house in Sabo Birni, in Sokoto State, the exhibits keeper claimed that 150,000 United States America Dollars and N37. 6M were recovered in the house and subsequently deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Nigerian govt sets minimum admission age for tertiary institutions at 16.

The federal government has officially set the minimum age for admission into the country’s tertiary institutions at 16 years..

The government also cautioned that any admission carried out outside the Central Admission Processing System, CAPS, would be deemed illegal, and those responsible would face prosecution.

The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, stated this on Tuesday while opening the ongoing Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, in Abuja.

He cautioned that heads of institutions involved in admission malpractice would be prosecuted.

Alausa disclosed that the government’s official minimum admission age of 16 is final and non-negotiable.

Bandit Leader Ado Aliero Warns Nigerian Govt: Stop Calling Us Terrorists If You Want Peace.

Omoyele Sowore
@YeleSowore

Today, elements at the highest levels of the Nigerian government organized a “street protest " against my person in the nation’s capital, Abuja. In fairness to them, they read a prepared speech rather laboriously enumerating my uncompromising stance against misgovernance, incompetence, and corruption in the system. Yet, they described my conscientious objections as acts of “unpatriotism.”

It is to this effect that I understand the continued seizure of my international passport; was to organize these actions ( a second protest against me in a week and the massive reporting of my Facebook page that led to its takedown on May 22) are motivated by a desire to incite violence against me through organized groups heavily funded by the Nigerian govt.

However, let me be clear: such efforts are futile. The movement to liberate our nation is resolute and irreversible, regardless of the obstacles in our path.

#RevolutionNow

THERE WILL BE MORE FIERCE ATTACKS AND PROPAGANDA IN COMING DAYS, WEEKS AND MONTHS THEY HAVE SEEN THAT NIGERIANS ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THIEVES, BIGOTS, GERRYMANDERERS, MEDIOCRE CHARACTERS, SHIFTY COWARDS AND OPPORTUNISTS, THEY ARE VERY DESPERATE NOW! #NOGOINGBACK!