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Nigeria’s drug approval agency has warned people not to buy “miracle” products produced by a church with popular Nigerian Christian televangelist Jeremiah Fufeyin at the helm. Nafdac said the products - which have names such as "miracle water" and "River Jordan water" - claim to have "bogus" healing properties, such as the ability to cure women of infertility. The statement also said Mr Fufeyin's Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry was selling these wares even though they did not have Nafdac approval. The church hit back at Nafdac, saying it is "law-abiding" and has been using "spiritual items in expression of [their]...

At least 81 killed, others missing following a Boko Haram terrorist attack in northeastern Nigeria... US Central Command says a Houthi operated missile system in Yemen was destroyed... The US Justice Department charging leaders of Hamas including current leader... The United States said to be moving towards providing Ukraine long-range cruise missiles... A governmental shakeup underway in Ukraine... A former aide to New York Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul arrested accused of being an agent of China... The new government in the Netherlands continuing the probe of the old government considering restricting the right to protest...relates to protests involving the burning...

JUST IN: 🇨🇳 🇳🇬 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu announce the elevation of China-Nigeria ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

Q. What do you call Hamas murdering six hostages, including an American? A. A political "headache" for Biden-Harris. That's according to CNN regular Toluse Olorunnipa, also the Washington Post's chief White House correspondent. Olorunnipa won a Pulitzer Prize as co-author of His Name is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice. Olorunnipa also fretted that the continuing murder of American hostages would make it harder for Harris to claim the mantle of Commander-in-Chief. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Nigeria’s first Olympic cyclist has given her thanks to the German team for a gesture that allowed her to make history for her country and compete in both road and track events. Ese Ukpeseraye was given a late entry into the women’s sprint and Keirin events after arriving in Paris with the Nigerian delegation, but due to the “short notice” given over her inclusion in the events, she didn’t have a specialist track bike to compete. The cycles used at Olympic and other track events are completely different to those used in road races, without gears or brakes and with...

The Pentagon announced Monday that it had finished withdrawing U.S. forces from a $110 million military base in Niger, Africa, as the nation’s ruling regime takes over. Niger’s Air Base 201 previously hosted hundreds of U.S. troops who have now evacuated at the request of the country’s military junta.... Some equipment from Air Base 201 was shipped out, such as weaponry, but other equipment was left behind.... “What the [Biden administration] was not understanding, is that these guys are cold-blooded. This new government in Niger? They don’t care. They do not want the United States involved in their country,” Michael...

Stock markets in Asia experiences major drops in Monday morning trading... US Secretary of State Antony Blinken telling the other G7 nations an Iranian attack on Israel could occur in the next... Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian saying Israel made a "great mistake"... A Belgian athlete participating in the triathlon at the Paris Olympics hospitalized infected with E.coli bacteria... The Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warning Western nations against being "genocide partners" with Israel... Statues of famous historical figure daubed with red paint in Amsterdam including the slogan "Free Gaza"... Dozens killed in the latest clashes between student protests and government...

Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday, extended his heartfelt “sympathies” to United States former President, Donald Trump who was shot at on Saturday. Recall that a now “neutralised” individual fired shots during a campaign rally which also grazed Trump’s ear on Saturday The incident reportedly left one person dead and another seriously injured. Reacting via X, Tinubu who noted that act goes beyond the “pale of democratic norms,” added that such should have “no place in democracy.” The post read: “The attack on former President Donald Trump is distasteful. “I extend my sympathies to the former President and wish...

A mother suicide bomber has blown herself up along with her baby in a terror attack in Nigeria which left 18 people dead. The woman had the baby strapped to her back when she detonated explosives in the middle of a wedding ceremony at a crowded motor park in the northeastern town of Gwoza on Saturday around 3pm, according to a state police spokesman.

“Federal contractors in Tennessee have been resettling refugees from countries including Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sudan, listed in the PRB report as among the ‘Top 10 Countries of Origin’ where FGM is practiced.” Did those federal contractors think that after bringing all those refugees into Tennessee that they would not see a rise in the incidence of FGM in Tennessee? No doubt they never gave it a moment’s thought at all. “U.S. based pediatrician and fellow at the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Hatem Elhagaly (AKA ‘Hatem Al Haj’), listed as an Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America...

A jury is seated at the trial of Hunter Biden... The Chief Financial Officer of "The Epoch Times" media platform arrested by federal authorities accused... Rocket debris and drone strikes igniting extensive brush fires in northern Israel tonight... In Nigeria power outages, airports closed with labor unions striking... US National Security spokesman John Kirby saying the US is ready to talk expanded Ukrainian attacks... Israel killing a Hezbollah operative in southern Lebanon today... "They don't stand for a *amn thing" Nigel Farage Announcing His Direct Entry Into The July 4th British Election As A Reform UK Candidate And Leader Of...

The number of people seeking international protection in Ireland in the first three months of this year has risen by more than 2,000 compared to the same time last year. Figures from the Department of Justice show 5,163 people applied for international protection up to 28 March. This represents a rise of 2,170, or 72%, from the same period of time last year when 2,993 applications were made by 28 March 2023. More than one third of those who have applied for international protection so far this year are from Nigeria (1,668) while 416 are from Bangladesh, 400 from Pakistan,...

Lagos (AFP) – The holy fasting month of Ramadan begins early next week in Nigeria, with the worst economic crisis in a generation leaving many in Africa's most populous Muslim country struggling to buy food. With food inflation at around 35 percent, worshippers taking part in Friday prayers at the central mosque in Lagos told AFP they were barely able to provide for their families. "Some people already started fasting because they can't afford to eat," said Owoyemi Sherifent Mojisola, 54, in the mosque in Nigeria's economic capital. "Everything is expensive at the moment." Many poor Nigerians have had to...

The depopulation bomb imploding in China is more powerful than ever according to shocking new figures just published by Australia's Victoria University in Melbourne. It just seems like last month [It was just last month, Steve — editor] that I reported for you that Chinese women seemed to be voting against strongman Xi Jinping's return to True Communism™ with the only means available to them — their uteri. Live births were down in 2023 by another 500,000 under 2022's dismal figure. That puts the People's Republic fertility rate nearly at 1.0, or about half of the 2.1 required just to...

The European Parliament has condemned the Christmas Eve massacre of Christians in Nigeria but attributed the violence to climate change and environmental degradation instead of Sharia law, Islamic extremist groups and the dangers of blasphemy accusations. During the 2023 Christmas season, Fulani militants killed at least 195 Christians in over 20 communities in Nigeria’s Central Plateau State. The attacks also resulted in more than 300 injuries, the destruction of homes, the burning of eight churches and the displacement of 15,000 people. The EU resolution states that “the conflict is increasingly described in religious terms, while the perpetrators are yet to...

There were at least 168 incidents of religious freedom violations against Christians in Western countries between January 2020 and December 2023, according to a new report from the Family Research Council’s Center for Religious Liberty, which documented cases across 16 countries. The violations include arrests and fines for public preaching and praying, penalties for expressing biblically informed beliefs, and punitive measures against pastors not adhering to COVID-19 restrictions, which were often more severe for religious institutions than secular ones, says the study, titled “Free to Believe? The Intensifying Intolerance Toward Christians in the West.”

They also condemn the government for failing to condemn Hamas's actions in Gaza. Christians throughout South Africa have risen against the government's decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on charges that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. "The African National Congress government and their allies' decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice has brought us to a place where, like the time of Queen Esther in the Bible, we cannot keep silent," said Tshego Motaung, head of the Healing of the Nations prayer for Israel movement in an article published...

Catholic persecution is still rising around the world, especially in Africa. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) found that 132 of those in the Catholic clergy and nuns were arrested, kidnapped, and murdered in 2023. All of the stats are likely higher. ACN only counts arrests related to persecution. We all know places will trump up charges to avoid persecution accusations. The stats do not include members of the Catholic Church. Terrorists slaughtered almost 200 Catholics across Nigeria and destroyed villages, leaving tens of thousands homeless from December 23-26. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has intensified his war on the...

[Make sure to read Daniel Greenfield’s contributions in Jamie Glazov’s new book: Barack Obama’s True Legacy: How He Transformed America.]Muslims celebrated Christmas in Nigeria by massacring around 100 Christians across a dozen communities. The Jihadis hacked Christians to death with machetes and burned down churches as part of a genocidal campaign that has killed 52,000 Christians in over a decade and forced millions to leave their home and become refugees in the African nation.In America, not a single person marched, rallied or protested over this actual genocide.The rampaging mobs crying that Hamas is suffering genocide remained silent. Black Lives Matter...

A never-ending massacre of Christians being “killed for sport” is happening in Nigeria, yet the world .. largely deaf to the matter. ... the deaths of more than 100 Christians – as the world remains virtually silent. ... The Christians were killed in a wide swath across an invisible line that separates the mostly muslim north and the predominately Christian south in the country’s Plateau State. .. Christians represent 46% of Nigeria’s population. “There was yet another Christmas massacre of Christians in Nigeria yesterday. The world is — silent. Just unbelievable,” tweeted leading evangelist the Rev. Johnnie Moore ... More...