Homepage News from Tuesday, November 4th, 2025

The Nigerian Immigration Service has denied reports that its officers seized the passport of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the airport.

President Bola Tinubu has asked the National Assembly to approve a fresh ₦1.15 trillion loan from the domestic debt market to finance the deficit in the 2025 budget.

China says it firmly supports the Nigerian government as it leads its people “on a development path suited to its national conditions.”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded a request to the Senate for the screening and confirmation of Dr. Kingsley Tochukwu Ude, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 

The Federal Government says President Bola Tinubu remains committed to promoting religious tolerance and unity across Nigeria, despite recent international criticism over alleged religious persecution.

Tension erupted in the House of Representatives on Tuesday during debate on a motion to counter what was described as “misleading international narratives” about religious killings in Nigeria.

President Bola Tinubu has officially declared a state of emergency on the training institutions used by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and other internal security agencies across the nation.

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff says the armed forces are intensifying operations against terrorism after the United States placed the country back on its “watchlist” for religious and security concerns.

A Federal High Court on Tuesday warned separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu that he would forfeit his right to enter a defence in his terrorism trial if he did not begin presenting evidence by Wednesday, the judge said after the defendant again declined to open his case.

A chief magistrate court in the Federal Capital Territory has ordered rapper Tochukwu Ojogwu, known as Odumodublvck, to appear in person to answer allegations of criminal intimidation brought by Olayinka Osagie Onobun, head of artists and repertoire at Chocolate City Music.

The Northern arm of the Christian Association of Nigeria urged Nigerians on Tuesday to treat U.S. President Donald Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” as an opportunity for unity and renewed pressure on authorities to halt communal killings and protect all faiths.

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan said on Tuesday that immigration officers at the airport briefly seized her international passport and told her the move followed instructions from Senate President Godswill Akpabio

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of five new permanent secretaries to fill existing vacancies in the federal civil service, the Federal Ministry of Information said in a press release.

​​​​​​​Starting January 1, 2026, Nigeria’s new tax laws will bring 50 reliefs and exemptions aimed at easing the burden on workers, small businesses, and startups.

The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, has dismissed U.S. claims that Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria, calling it “another error in their intelligence.”

Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi says the U.S.’s designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” over insecurity should concern every Nigerian.