Today’s Headlines:We’ll Teach Tinubu a Lesson-Ohanaeze Youths;US Raises Christian Violence Concerns

The Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, has vowed to teach President Bola Tinubu a hard political lesson in the 2027 presidential election if Mazi Nnamdi Kanu remains in prison.

The group said Tinubu should release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, through a political solution for national healing and reconciliation.

The National President General of the OYC, Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, said this in a statement on Friday after his official visit to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu at the Sokoto Correctional Centre.

Nov 13 (Reuters) – Violence against Nigerian Christians remains a key concern, the US State Department said, a year after the Trump administration accused Nigeria of violating religious freedoms and designated ​it as a “country of particular concern” (CPC).

President Donald Trump last November threatened military action ‌against the West African nation over the treatment of Christians. The Nigerian government rejected the CPC designation and said the move was based on misinformation and faulty data.

Assistant Secretary of State Frank Garcia, speaking to ​a panel in Congress on Thursday, said the State Department was treating the ​issue as a top priority, working closely with Nigerian authorities to address ⁠the violence waged against Christian communities and hold those responsible to account.

𝗡𝗕𝗔 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲

The Nigerian Bar Association has petitioned the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee over alleged insulting remarks made by a lawyer, Kalu Kalu, against a judicial officer during a television programme.

The NBA President, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, disclosed this in a statement on Friday on her X handle condemning the lawyer’s comments during the November 11, 2026 edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today, hosted by Seun Okinbaloye.

The lawyer was discussing the November 5, 2026, Federal High Court judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu concerning the leadership crisis in the African Democratic Congress and its implications for Atiku Abubakar’s 2027 presidential ambition.

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has accused President Bola Tinubu of hypocrisy, alleging that he only began calling for peaceful, issue-based campaigns after being confronted at a mosque in Abuja.

Sowore made the allegation in a post on Friday, November 13, questioning the President’s silence over reported attacks on opposition figures and supporters allegedly involving APC members.

He challenged Tinubu to explain why he had not spoken out when political violence was reported in Osun, Ekiti, Lagos, Enugu and Delta states.

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