Fatunmole Marcus

News Editor at @TheICIR

[The ICIR @TheICIR]

Several public and private schools in Akure, the Ondo State capital, struggled with a large turnout of parents and guardians who stormed their premises to take their children away on Wednesday.
Read more: https://t.co/BFkL3BbsBY

[The ICIR @TheICIR]

THE Supreme Court has fixed Thursday, April 30, for judgment in the leadership dispute rocking the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC)

https://t.co/GyN7Ftw8m2

[The ICIR @TheICIR]

#EXPOSED: Lagos police barracks are a ticking time bomb, where brave officers risk their lives daily on the streets only to return to homes that smell like open sewers and could collapse on their sleeping children.

Read more: https://t.co/EksLzM9TUM

@jidesanwoolu @followlasg

[Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) @_dinomelaye]

Some Nigerians went to Nigeria owned shops in Amsterdam Holland to carry out armed robbery operations. Two escaped, one was arrested. This is their third operation around the same zone in Amsterdam Holland. Very shameful! We must giving our beloved country a bad name.

[Muyiwa Adekeye @MuyiwaAdekeye]

Breaking News: Security agents today attempted to arrest Malam Nasir @elrufai as he arrived on a flight from Cairo. Malam El- Rufai declined to follow them without a formal Invitation. They however snatched his international passport from an aide.

[Femi Ote$ @realFemiOtedola]

Happy New Year 2026 from my brother ⁦@AlikoDangote⁩ and myself 🎊

[Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK) @fkeyamo]

Dear President Trump @realDonaldTrump ,

I am a lawyer of more than three decades of active practice, most of which was dedicated to activism in promotion and protection of human rights. In 2017, right there in Washington, I was found worthy to be awarded the Global Human Rights Award by the United States Global Leadership Council, which had the eminent Dr. Reuben Egolf as its Chairman at the time. This was in recognition of my work over the years in the promotion of the rights of the downtrodden people. I was also born and raised as a Christian in Nigeria.

There is, therefore, a need for me to add my little voice to the issue that has agitated your mind lately (with the hope it would be heard, even as a whimper): the purported ‘mass killings’ of Christians in Nigeria.

I was appointed by the present President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as his Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, along with other Christians. Because of my strong Christian background and ethical pedigree, it would have been most unconscionable for me to associate with - let alone accept to serve or continue to serve - a government if truly there is any scintilla of truth in the assertion that Christians are SPECIFICALLY targeted in Nigeria for persecution, killings or harassment ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR FAITH. It is simply not true.

Just like the U.S and many countries in the world, we have faced our own fair share of societal violence; ours has been perpetrated by deadly groups known as Boko Haram (now seriously decimated), herdsmen, and cattle rustlers. These decades-old problems were inherited by our President who has made great progress in the fight against these insurgents. In fact, most of the security Chiefs appointed by him are Christians, so it would be unthinkable to imagine them being complicit in the killing of fellow Christians in Nigeria.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria, though a Muslim, is a known ‘moderate’, whose wife is a Pastor of one of the biggest Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria and most of his children are practising Christians. When he was Governor of Lagos State, he regularly invited Christian Pastors for prayers and worship sessions at the Government House. He will be the last person to either adopt the killing of Christians as a State Policy, or condone such acts or be complicit in them.

Nigeria is a secular State and our Constitution explicitly provides for freedom of religion and prohibits the adoption of a State religion, reflecting its status as a multi-faith nation. This legal framework underpins the country's diverse religious landscape, which includes significant populations of Muslims, Christians, and adherents of traditional African religions, coexisting within a nation’s space.

In all honesty, the insecurity in some parts of the country over the years has impacted adherents of all religions and this government has not sought to protect one set of adherents and ignore the others.

Ordinarily, opposition politicians will oppose the government of the day. But on this matter, President Trump, you would have observed that leaders of the opposition parties in Nigeria are united on one point: there is no TARGETED killing of Christians in Nigeria.

President Trump, the Nigerian people ask for deep and sincere understanding from your government at this point; the Nigerian people ask for support and cooperation from your government at this point to confront this decades-old menace of terrorism; we ask for collaboration; we ask for frank and open dialogue at this time with your government; we ask that you broaden your sources of information at this time so as to get a balanced view of the happenings in Nigeria.

Thank you.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria and
God bless the United States of America.

——- Festus Keyamo (Senior Advocate of Nigeria & Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of the United Kingdom)

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development,
Federal Republic of Nigeria

[The ICIR @TheICIR]

After nearly N1 billion was spent on constructing dams in Monkin and Sabon Pegi communities, Zing LGA, Taraba State, between 2014 and 2021, Crestline Service Ltd failed to deliver these projects. Instead, they abandoned the sites, leaving residents to endure severe water scarcity in the dry season and unsafe water for their homes.
Full report: https://t.co/1JnzPdtLZm
@OfficialTaraba @GovAgbuKefas

[The ICIR @TheICIR]

VIDEO: A man defrauded an Abuja businesswoman of ₦65,000 for a jerrycan of water he fraudulently presented as vegetable oil.

He said he was selling the oil to enable him to bail his truck loaded with kegs of vegetable oil seized by the FRSC.

[Fatunmole Marcus @Marcuszion]

Nigeria and lawlessness are siamese twins

[The ICIR Data @icirdata]

#ICIRDATA: In Q1 2025, First Bank and GTCO lost ₦37bn and ₦47bn respectively when compared to the profit they earned in Q1 2024. Under the same period, UBA, Access, and Zenith realised a profit increase by 33.1%, 14.8% and 20.7% respectively.

[The ICIR Data @icirdata]

Quarterly GDP growth after rebasing

Q1 2025: 3.13%
Q4 2024: 3.76%
Q3 2024: 3.86%
Q2 2024: 3.48%
Q1 2024: 2.27%

Source: NBS [@NBS_Nigeria]
#ICIRData

[LAW IN Pidgin @HopeAzinuchi]

Freedom after 8 years, 4 months and 10 days. Court don release John Gift Tobia wey Nigerian P0lice send go pr,is0n for no reason. John Gift Tobia dey awaiting tria| for 8 years, 4 months and 10 days.
Normally, e no suppose better for some P0lice men.

[Africa Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone]

Kenya's President William Ruto says Nigerian men are marrying all the women in Kenya.

He also said his daughter is married to a Nigerian man.

[The ICIR @TheICIR]

WAEC: Students kept till midnight in exam halls over alleged leak of WASSCE English Language https://t.co/3i3uSGUDaN

[Mr Macaroni @mrmacaroni]

Nobody should be treated like this!!! Just look at this barbarism!!! Will you people ever change??? @PoliceNG

[The ICIR @TheICIR]

As President Bola Tinubu[@officialABAT] marks 2 years in office, #TheICIR tracks key developments in his administration. From policy shifts to major projects, stay informed with our in-depth reports.

A THREAD⤵️
Follow all reports here: https://t.co/TK1YnRXeIQ @NigeriaGov

#TinubuAt2 #TinubuTwoYearsinOffice

[JAMB @JAMBHQ]

Man Proposes, God Disposes!
It has been established that a technical glitch affected 157 centres out of the 887 centres in the 2025 UTME. This was basically responsible for the general low performance of the candidates scheduled to sit the examination in those centres.

[Bayo Onanuga, OON, CON @aonanuga1956]

Atiku’s political future looks bleak. The coalition that he, El Rufai, Babachir, and new member Baba-Ahmed are cobbling together has disintegrated. Potential allies, including former running mate Ifeanyi Okowa and defunct CPC members, are giving his leprous group a wide berth. Atiku is a loser again.

[Oga Lecturer @ogalecturer]

Sexual Harassment has numerous impacts on those affected by it.

#Ogalecturer #sexualharassment #Metoo