War Against Terrorism: US Military Considering Plans For Potential Strikes in Nigeria, 3 options on the table

The United States military has reportedly drafted contingency plans for possible military action in Nigeria following an order from President Donald Trump to "prepare to intervene" and protect Christians from attacks by Islamic militants. 

The plans, according to a source was submitted by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) to the Department of War include three options.

The first option is a 'Heavy Option'  Wich will involve deploying an aircraft carrier strike group to the Gulf of Guinea and launching fighter jets or long-range bombers to hit militant targets deep inside northern Nigeria.

The second option is termed 'Medium Option'. This option will employ targeted drone strikes using MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Predator drones against known militant camps, convoys, and vehicles.

While the third option  called 'Light Option' will operate on providing and  Supporting Nigerian forces through intelligence sharing and logistics which will also activate joint operations against Boko Haram and other Islamist groups in the country.

Meanwhile, top military officials admit that limited airstrikes or drone operations may not end Nigeria's decades-long insurgency, and a full-scale campaign similar to Iraq or Afghanistan is unlikely. The Nigerian government has expressed concerns about US interference, emphasizing respect for Nigeria's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Nigerians have been suffering hells in the hands of different militias and Islamic terrorists groups since the Boko Haram onslaught that started in Borno State in 2009. ISWAP, bandits, herdsmen and many other armed groups have exterminated many innocent lives. APC government was enthroned in 2015 on the background of promises to end insecurity, end hunger and creation of million jobs per annum.

 

Both the incumbent Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his predecessor Major General Muhammadu Buhari have failed to genuinely fight the insurgency as government officials and military officers involved in proxy negotiations with the Terrorists.

Amnesty was reportedly offered to many of the so called repentant terrorists. The military becomes more ineffective as many of them too were reported to have been absolved into the military while the Victims of terrorism were never cared for and the displaced remained in various IDPs. The genocide and displacement are also aimed at taken over of the conquered areas by the bandits, Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen. Certainly there are enablers in APC led federal government as well as security apparatus of the Nigerian State. 

Non Muslim communities have been the primary targets. Hence the claims of genocide against Christians in Nigeria.

Invasion of Nigeria: China will not dictate for US, says Moore

US Rep. Riley Moore has said the United States President Donald Trump was absolutely right to defend brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering horrific persecution in the hands of organized Jihadists in Nigeria 

Moore added,  even martyrdom, for their faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

According to him, China will not dictate America's foreign policy , and US 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.

Earlier, the People's Republic of China has expressed strong support for Bola Tinubu's led APC federal government administration, while warning against foreign interference in Nigeria's internal affairs, following a recent threat by President Trump.

 In Beijing on Tuesday, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, stated that China firmly opposes the use of religion or human rights as a pretext to meddle in the domestic affairs of sovereign nations.

 "As Nigeria's comprehensive strategic partner, China firmly supports the Nigerian government in leading its people on the development path suited to its national conditions," Mao said. 

"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," she added. 

Her comments were made in response to Trump's recent remarks, which threatened possible military action against Nigeria over alleged persecution of Christians — a claim the Nigerian government has strongly denied.

 The U.S. State Department redesignated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) on October 31, citing alleged mass killings of Christians, which sparked diplomatic tension between both nations. 

Ning's statement is seen as a show of solidarity with Nigeria as the diplomatic tension between the West African country and the United States intensifies.

Nigerian citizens have suffered deaths in the hands of Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists, Fulani herdsmen, bandits and many other armed bandits kidnapping for ransoms. Going by the pedigree and capacity of the dreaded Nigerian Army, insurgents of any magnitude may never survive this long without internal political and foreign so support for the terrorists.

It is on records that APC rode to power in 2015 on the pretense electoral promises to end insecurities posted by Boko Haram and hunger in the country but had since been complicated with emergency of many and more terrors group s like Fulani herdsmen, bandits killings and commiting genocidal crimes in many states of the Nigerian federation.

Among the States where killings and displacement are happening include Borno, the epicenter of the Boko Haram/ ISWAP activities, Yobe, Sokoto, Kano, Zamfara, Kastina, Niger, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kaduna and recently Kwara State.

There have been bandits) Fulani herdsmen attacks in a Catholic church in Owo Ondo state and Herdsmen attacks at Igangan in OYo State in the Southwest of the country.

Christians have been the primary targets of the Jihadists in the country and genocide ate been committed in order to take over their lands.

Fir late president Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari in his Fulanistic agenda introduced different bills into the national assembly aimed to give passage of lands to the Fulani herdsmen that have adopted Nigeria as their final and permanent home but failed.

APC government of the country is openly considered a pro Terrorists, Jihadists and banditry one and the government have been negotiating with the criminals who are generally believed to have been brought into the country for the sake of any infavourabke eventuality of the 2015 general elections which eventually enthroned APC administration since then.

US Planned intervention Against Terrorism In Nigeria, Commendable _ LP

STATEMENT ON US PRESIDENT TRUMP'S INTENSION TO INTERVENE AGAINST KILLING OF CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA

Eleven years ago, before Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu railroaded the Nigerian system to declare him President over us, Tinubu wrote these exact words on his official Twitter handle, now X, of January 19, 2014: "The slaughtering of Christian worshippers is strongly condemnable. It calls to question the competence of Jonathan to protect Nigerians."  

At the time Tinubu made that statement in January of 2014, authoritative data provides that 11,000 Christians in Nigeria were killed by Islamists during a four-year period of the PDP's rule from 2009 to 2014. This genocide figure was by Boko Haram alone. Then another dimension of Christian massacres began from 2010 when Jihad extremists masquerading as Fulani herdsmen murdered another 6,500 Christians in another four-year period between 2010 and 2015. This was just before the Buhari and Tinubu APC merger successfully took over the federal government of Nigeria.

In comparison, with Nigeria under his watch as President and under just two years of Tinubu's administration between 2023 and 2025, the number of Christians massacred by Islamic extremists skyrocketed to 14,122, an almost 100% casualty increase in time ratio compared to the PDP years. 

Nigerians will recall that In order to rid the PDP and Jonathan government by portraying that administration as incompetent before Nigerians and the globe, especially in the security front, and to justify take over federal power, the same Tinubu and late former President Muhammadu Buhari led a high-powered delegation of their APC merger stalwarts to the United States to meet then US Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry. This was on January 25, 2015. 

The mission was to drive home the point that insecurity in Nigeria was intolerable and they needed the support of the US government to help stop the genocide in Nigeria by getting rid of the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

It is therefore terribly wicked, godless and extremely unpatriotic of Bola Tinubu, now as President, to deny that there are no targeted Christian massacres in Nigeria. It is the height of shameless selfishness, betrayal of the Nigeria constitution and treason for either him, any regime agent or agency speaking for the administration to deny that there are no Christian massacres in Nigeria. This is especially considering that the figure of victims that made Tinubu and Buhari to lead a protest delegation to the United States in 2015 has now doubled under Tinubu's administration.

This is why, in the view of the Labour Party, we consider the offer of President Donald Trump to help Nigerians out of our security calamity under the current Tinubu-APC administration is godsent, timely and highly commendable.

The Labour Party therefore wishes to express heartfelt commendations on behalf of Nigerians to President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Sen. Ted Cruz, the United States Secretary of War Peter Hegseth, ex-Mayor Mike Arnold and other Americans for the immense work of research, evaluation and conviction they have demonstrated in their intervention initiative.

In their planned interventions, the Labour Party also wishes to entreat the US government to extend protection and sustainable security cover to liberal and moderate Muslim communities whose members are also targeted and in some occasions killed because of their sympathy or support for their Christian neighbours who are under the yoke of Islamic extremists' massacre, livelihood deprivations through violent farmland dispossession and displacements across many parts of Northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt states of our country. 

The Labour Party hereby also commends several Nigeria Muslim voices who have demonstrated remarkable patriotism in supporting the Donald Trump initiative to help protect their Nigerian Christian brethren, terror sacked communities and their livelihood for collective peace and progress. They have shown by their novel spirit of mutual humanity that one united Nigeria, irrespective of religion and political differences, is truly possible, if we have good leaders in place.

It is this kind of pan-Nigeria spirit and undiscriminating interfaith harmony Nigeria urgently needs today to overcome and put behind us the terrorist catastrophés that has been covertly promoted by Nigeria's successive governments since 2009 and which has come to a devastating climax in President Bola Tinubu's Muslim-Muslim regime.

Finally, we wish to heartily salute US music icon, Miss Nicki Minaj, for using her global youths and Gen-Z platform to draw attention to the genocide, unimaginable IDP homeland displacement crises and despair of millions of Northern Nigeria citizens who, though mostly Christians, have admixture of

collateral Muslim victims among them.

The Labour Party wishes to implore other famous artistes, sportsmen, movie stars, writers and philanthropic industrialists all over the globe to emulate Miss Minaj's sterling humanitarian heart, practical compassion and example. This is in the hope that their collective voice, oncoming global solidarity mobilization and sequel humanitarian concerts for millions of Nigeria's IDPs will spur President Tinubu, his administration's National Security Adviser, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, and the government's Minister of Defence, Mr. Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, and Minister of State for Defence, Mr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle, to abolish their despicable, complicit long standing policy of pacifying these soulless mass murderers with billions of Nigerians' taxpayers money. 

The above disgraceful policy, to borrow President Trump's word, involves officials and military brass of the Tinubu federal government regularly sitting with fully armed terrorists, ransom kidnapping bandits and rapists, including attending the marriage of children of these mass murderers in their forest lairs. A terrorist engagement policy unheard-of anywhere in the world.

*Tony Akeni Le Moin*

Labour Party National

Publicity Secretary (Interim)

CPC: How Tinubu Landed Nigeria In Trump's Bad Book - SKC Ogbonnia

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has threatened military action against Nigeria over an alleged Christian genocide in the African country. This followed his designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). Instead of exploring meaningful solutions, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is busy playing politics with a situation he helped to inflame. 

The perception of Christian genocide under the various regimes of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is not new. The campaign for global attention began when President Muhammadu Buhari appeared to be indifferent to the problem. It quickly took a deep root because of Buhari’s background–a military dictator of obstinate religious bigotry.  

Various Nigerian clergymen and Christian groups alerted the global community of the alleged genocide during the Buhari democratic regime. Ordinary citizens were not left behind. The loudest echo chambers of the campaign were prominent image makers of President Tinubu in Reno Omokri and Femi Fani-Kayode. The duo traveled far and wide, using every social media platform to sensationalize the hostility. They in turn derided the Buhari regime as well as the APC as harboring a dangerous Islamic hidden agenda. In one instance, Omokri labeled the ruling party as “anti-Christ.” That quickly stuck!

More importantly, the voices of innocent Nigerians in America, most of whom are Christians, and most of whom decried the pattern of the injustice in their homeland, reluctantly aligned and validated the persecution claim. The U.S.Department of State finally acted by designating Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern for the first time in December 2020. 

After a critical review, Trump’s successor, President Joseph Biden lifted the CPC designation in 2021, amid a torrent of criticisms from both the United States and Nigeria. But America remained on the alert, eagerly waiting for an alarm for any iota of further violations. 

Enter Tinubu and the second coming of Trump. The emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s president worsened matters and is squarely responsible for why Africa's most populous country is not only designated as a CPC again but also heightened the threat for military action by the United States of America.

Let us begin with Tinubu’s background. Everything about the Nigerian president is everything the Americans resent in foreign leaders. Too many controversies–from his identity, drug trafficking, academic records, and source of his huge wealth. This baggage does not evince trust, especially for a man leading a party heavily lampooned as “anti-Christ.” The totality of this background accounts for why Trump has continued to distance himself from Tinubu.

The next pointer is Muslim-Muslim Presidential Ticket: Upon winning the nomination of his party, Tinubu shocked the world by electing to nominate a vice-president who shares the same Muslim faith with him. What fuels the ire of the Americans is that, despite leading a political party that is alleged to have a vicious Muslim agenda, Tinubu blatantly broke from the prevailing convention that had created a sense of religious tolerance in the country. 

Very alarming is that it did not take long before Nigerians started observing probable signs of Christian genocide in the country under Tinubu. Incidents and statistics abound. But a wake-up call was the first Christmas period after Tinubu took office in 2023 which witnessed a series of coordinated attacks in Plateau State. The suspects were Muslim militants who killed at least 300 people who happened to be Christians, wounded about 300, and displaced over 30,000 residents across 21 villages. The following Easter period in 2024 showed a similar pattern with major attacks documented in Plateau and Benue States.

A comprehensive report from Open Doors International, a watchdog for Christian genocide around the world, analysed the issue of religious extremism from 2023 to 2025 and suggests that Nigeria remains one of the most unsafe places in the world for Christians. Another report by the World Watch List 2025 indicated that Nigeria accounted for a majority of Christian deaths in the world from a period covering October 2023 to September 2024, noting that 3,100 of the 4,476 global Christian deaths (about 70%) took place in that African country. Even this June 2025, Pope Leo XIV condemned an “unceasingly” attack on Christians in Nigeria. 

The incidents and reports above are just to name a few and took place under Tinubu’s watch. But, like Buhari, he chose to do nothing, thinking that it was business as usual. The apparent stoic silence sent a wrong signal, suggesting acquiescence to the quandary.  

Commonly ignored but very consequential is that, even if genocide against the Christians is in contention, the persecution of the people of Southeast Nigeria under Tinubu is profoundly evident. This zone, by the way, represents a majority of Igbo people and also the highest concentration of Christian population in the country. Of course, the history of ill-treatment towards the Igbo is a common knowledge and did not start under Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but it has heightened since he assumed office. 

Some have argued that the Christians might have not been specifically targeted, which is arguably fair. Yet, the simple truth is that a majority of the population in the areas so cited are of the Christian faith. Moreover, while there are many incidents of mass killings of Christians by Jihadist extremists who hide under the name of Islam to perpetrate heinous crimes, one can hardly point to a case where Christians are slaughtering Muslims in Nigeria to propagate Christianity. Further, coordinated violence against the Muslims, if any, either by default or by design has not been pushed to receive the degree of global attention as the Christian victims. Either way, the acts of genocide in Nigeria–whether targeted or not– are indisputable and it remains the responsibility of the state to decimate the perpetrators.  

Many have offered different opinions on how to get around the CPC palaver. The most laughable, however, is Tinubu's plan to jet to Washington and meet with Trump’s deputy, JD Vance in an attempt to reject the CPC label. But such a trip is a mere propaganda envisaged to satiate the thirsty sentiment of being seen as a statesman in the iconic U.S. White House. The solution is at home. And the Nigerian medium for diplomacy has grown beyond the analog assemblage of the Aso Rock think thank!

The point, if it is not already manifest, is that the days are gone when the Nigerian Government can preach justice abroad, while promoting injustice at home. The inconvenient truth is that Nigeria now boasts of hundreds of thousands of independent ambassadors, strategically entrenched in all the nooks and crannies of the world. Nigerians in America on their part maintain a strong presence in both the American private and public sectors, including the CIA, FBI, the Congress, the White House, Judiciary, and the American Armed Forces. 

These Nigerian Americans are also entrenched in the U.S. political stream and accordingly have the ears of the American leaders, including President Trump. Interestingly, a vast majority of them are Christians who hail from different tribes of Nigeria and have emerged as the Biblical Josephs of sorts. Not surprisingly, as they go, so goes the national image and much more. And Donald Trump is keenly aware that their reluctance to relocate back to Nigeria after gaining good education is not because of lack of love for their native country but because of bad governance in their homeland. He is aware that a good chunk of the funds budgeted for anti-Islamic terrorism in Nigeria, including financial assistance by the United States, is stolen by public officials. 

The fact of the matter is that the United States of America knows Tinubu more than he knows himself. Therefore, instead of the mundane attempts to teleguide America with daily doses of falsehoods, President Tinubu should focus on confronting the problems head-on. We need results, no more excuses!!

SKC Ogbonnia, a former APC presidential aspirant, writes from Houston, Texas.

The World Is Watching: Tinubu Must Probe, Suspend FCT Minister Nyesom Wike Over US Property Scandal — Timi Frank

Nyesom Wike 

A Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to suspend the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over allegations of acquiring properties in the United States under suspicious circumstances.

The  Ex-APC Spokesman who currently serves as Ambassador of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) to East Africa and the Middle East, made the appeal in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

Frank said Tinubu must break his silence on the matter and demonstrate consistency in the fight against corruption, recalling how the President swiftly suspended former Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Betta Edu, over corruption allegations that were “far less serious” than those confronting Wike.

Media reports had alleged that Wike purchased property in Florida and registered them under the names of his wife, Justice Eberechi Wike, and their children, Joaquin, Jazmyne, and Jordan.

Frank described Tinubu’s silence on the matter despite “overwhelming evidence” in the public domain as troubling, adding that it sends a dangerous message that some officials are untouchable.

“With detailed reports from credible sources such as People's Gazette and SaharaReporters, and with glaring evidence ignored by anti-corruption agencies like EFCC and ICPC, it sends a dangerous message that some officials are untouchable,” Frank said.

He further warned that the impunity of government officials like Wike weakens citizens’ trust in governance and could fuel uprisings similar to the recent Nepal revolt.

Frank commended Omoyele Sowore of SaharaReporters, the publishers of People’s Gazette and others for “courageously exposing corruption in the country, irrespective of the government officials involved.”

He accused Tinubu of shielding Wike for political reasons ahead of the 2027 elections, warning that such selective justice would damage Nigeria’s global reputation and erode investor confidence.

“The reasons behind this continued inaction in the case of Wike appears to be tied to the political calculations surrounding the 2027 presidential elections.

“However, allowing political ambition to shield corruption will irreparably harm Nigeria’s reputation internationally.

“The world is watching, and this selective justice undermines investor confidence and portrays Nigeria as a nation unable or unwilling to fight corruption—even within its highest offices.”

Frank also criticised the President’s handling of the Rivers State political crisis, arguing that suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara and House of Assembly members while leaving Wike untouched highlighted inconsistency and favoritism.

He urged Tinubu to immediately suspend Wike and commission an independent investigation into the allegations.

He said, “Furthermore, even when crises erupted in Rivers State, President Tinubu suspended only Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the House of Assembly members while leaving the Minister of FCT, Wike, untouched.

“This inconsistency fuels suspicions of favoritism and political shielding. Nigerians and the international community deserve to know why the President appears reluctant to confront alleged corruption linked to a close political ally.

“Selective enforcement of the law erodes national pride and makes Nigeria a laughing stock among peer nations, many of whom prosecute corruption allegations without hesitation.”

“The President should protect the dignity of Nigeria and the trust of its citizens by rejecting selective justice and political expediency. The integrity of Nigeria’s governance and its image on the global stage depend on it,” he added.

Omoyele Sowore had petitioned the Attorney General of Florida, Hon. James Uthmeier, seeking the forfeiture and prosecution of Wike over illicit property acquisitions in the United States.

In the petition dated September 22, 2025, and signed by his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, Esq., Sowore accused Wike of secretly purchasing multi-million-dollar real estate in Florida using suspicious cash transactions designed to conceal the source of funds.

According to the petition, Wike, alongside his wife, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, purchased three luxury lakeside properties in Winter Springs, Seminole County, Florida, valued at over $6 million.

The petition listed the properties as 113 Springcreek Lane, Winter Springs, FL 32708, which is a 5,000 sq. ft. residence purchased in cash for $535,000 and transferred to Jordan Wike (25); 209 Hertherwood Court, Winter Springs, FL 32708, which is a 3,401 sq. ft. home acquired for $459,157 in cash and transferred to Joaquin Wike (23); and 208 Hertherwood Court, Winter Springs, FL 32708, which is a 3,901 sq. ft. home bought for $465,000 in cash and transferred to Jazmyne Wike (20).

Sowore’s lawyers said the purchases were executed through quit claim deeds between July 2021 and September 2023 and transferred directly to Wike’s children. They argued that the cash-only acquisitions bypassed banking oversight and raised “serious money laundering concerns.”

Breach of Nigerian and U.S. Laws

The petition alleges that Wike failed to declare these foreign assets to Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as required under the Constitution.

It further noted that his legitimate income as a public servant since 1999 could not sustain such multi-million-dollar acquisitions.

The petition argued that the transactions violated both Florida state law and U.S. federal anti-money laundering statutes, specifically citing the Florida Money Laundering Act (Chapter 896.101, Fla. Stat.), the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act, and federal laws under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957.

It also referenced the U.S. Department of Justice Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, which targets assets linked to corrupt foreign officials. 

If it were to be in other climes, Wike would be sacked and probed with the speed of the light the moment he was accused of corruption. Nigeria is a country where laws are meant only for the poor, otherwise, Wike won't have the nerves to be granting interviews up and down after the weighty allegations made against him by Sowore. One thing is sure, one day, somebody somewhere is going to open these corrupt leaders' books for a thorough prosecution.

Nigeria's FCT Minister Nyesom Wike acquires up to 4 properties in Florida from proceeds of corruption, Sowore Tenders Evidence

Wike, his wife and their three Children 

Rights activist Omoyele Sowore has made public evidences confirming that Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, GSSRS, and his wife Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike, a Court of Appeal judge, used "Quit Claim Deeds" to transfer three different Florida properties into the names of their children Jordan, Joaquim, and Jasmyne.

According to Sowore, these are the Quit Claim Deeds that Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, GSSRS, and his wife Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike, a Court of Appeal judge, used to transfer three different Florida properties into the names of their children Jordan, Joaquim, and Jasmyne. These transfers were done in 2023, but Mr. International Thief said he was not aware. With this discovery, it is now also clear that Wike has a fourth property in Florida at 113 Spring Creek Lane, Winter Springs, FL 32708.

This explains why Wike boasted on Channels Television that he “didn’t know” his wife and children owned mansions in the United States. But the international thief has now been caught in his own web of lies. By the way, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, GSSRS was due for follow-up treatment for a new ailment and chest infection that recently kept him in London for two weeks, which he was going to do under the guise of attending the UN General Assembly with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu but yesterday the VP, Kashim Shettima was asked to lead the delegation with 7 other ministers, Wike decided to bail out and several state governors have also been told to stay back for now. There is no hiding place anymore.

EXPLAINER AS TO WHY Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, GSSRS, AND HIS WIFE ARE USING A QUIT DEED TO TRANSFER THEIR LAUNDERED WEALTH TO THEIR THREE KIDS: 

A Quit Claim Deed is one of the simplest property transfer documents in U.S. real estate law. It allows one person, the grantor, to sign over whatever ownership interest they may have in a property to another person, the grantee. Crucially, it offers no guarantees the grantor makes no promise that the title is valid, clear, or even legitimate. In short, it transfers “whatever interest” the grantor has, nothing more.

Ordinarily, quit claim deeds are used for routine family transactions, a husband adding a wife to a title, parents transferring property to children, or heirs resolving paperwork after an inheritance. Because they bypass warranties and detailed title checks, they are cheap, quick, and often escape close scrutiny.

But this simplicity is exactly why kleptocrats love them. Corrupt officials exploit "quit claim deeds" to launder stolen wealth. By transferring properties into the names of wives, children, or other relatives, they hide their true ownership. On paper, the transactions appear to be ordinary family planning. In reality, they are deliberate strategies to conceal the original source of illicit funds. No public sale, no market-value exchange, no visible money trail, just the quiet concealment of corruption beneath harmless looking paperwork.

This is precisely what Wike has done. Properties in Florida, purchased with the proceeds of corruption, were quietly moved into the names of his wife, herself a senior judicial officer in Nigeria, and their children. The pattern is a textbook case of laundering stolen Nigerian wealth into U.S. real estate, using quit claim deeds as legal camouflage.

 Under U.S. law, such transactions amount to money laundering and trafficking in stolen property, serious crimes punishable under both state and federal statutes. They are also subject to asset seizure and forfeiture under the U.S. Department of Justice’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative.

Wike’s Florida deeds are the very trail of corruption, the very evidence that US prosecutors need to unravel his kleptocracy and reclaim assets stolen from the people of Nigeria.

Documents:

Ukraine's Fate to be sealed as Trump meets Putin on August 15 in Alaska

US President Donald Trump has announced that his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place on August 15 in Alaska, with details to be disclosed later.

 Trump's ultimatum to Putin to end the war against Ukraine ended yesterday. 

No tariffs were imposed on buyers of Russian oil. Russian Special military operations continue in Ukraine as the Russian army is advancing. 

Finally, Next week, Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska to watch moose and ratify the fate of the Ukrainian State.

However, Ukrainian Leader Zelensky rejected Trump and Putin meeting. He refused any concession to Russia. 

According to British media, Zelensky spoke by phone with European leaders, fearful of being sidelined from a direct deal between the United States and Russia."

Disaster in Texas: 104 dead, dozens missing after sudden floods

Currently, at least 104 people have died during the deadly flooding in central Texas. 

According to the reports, majority of those killed were in Kerr County, where 28 children have died. Many were at Camp Mystic when flooding struck early on July Fourth.

CNN reports confirmed that at least two dozen people are still missing with a massive search underway involving hundreds of volunteers and more than 20 state agencies. Gov. Greg Abbott, who will hold a news conference today at 6 p.m. ET.

🚨⚡️ Disaster in Texas:

104 dead and dozens missing after sudden floods. Rescue teams, supported by helicopters and trained dogs, continue search operations. pic.twitter.com/k45Y7JrGSs

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) July 8, 2025

Explosion of a black truck in Arlington, Washington, D.C.

 

🚨⚡️BREAKING

The car bomb that exploded was a black Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. It detonated on South 23rd Street in Washington, D.C., and the cause remains unknown at this time.pic.twitter.com/Ty4yXlhoRa

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) June 29, 2025

BRICS summit in Brazil: Why Russian President Vladimir Putin will Be Absent

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to next week's BRICS summit in Brazil. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday.

Putin will not be traveling to Brazil following an outstanding arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC), 

In 2023, ICC issued the arrest warrant, just over a year after Russia launched its special military operation against NATO backed Ukraine. Russian President is accused of war crime for deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.

Iran's Supreme Leader: 'The US strikes on our nuclear facilities did not cause significant damage'

'Washington entered the war to save Israel from collapse' 'The Israelis realized that despite their advanced defense systems, attacking Iran has an unbearable cost to them'

 My congratulations on our dear Iran’s victory over the US regime. 

The US regime entered the war directly because it felt that if it didn’t, the Zionist regime would be completely destroyed.

 It entered the war in an effort to save that regime but achieved nothing.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday declared victory over the United Stated and Israel during the recent Iranian-Israeli war that started when Tel Aviv struck Iran’s nuclear and military sites and assassinated top military leaders and key scientists on 13 June.

‘EXAGGERATING ATTACKS’ BY TRUMP 

In a speech posted by the official IRNA news agency, Khamenei commented on the recent US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, asserting that, while these attacks require legal prosecution before international courts, they “failed to achieve anything important.”

He stated that the US joined the war only when they felt that Israel would be completely annihilated if the Americans did not interfere.

The US regime “entered the war to save it (Israel) but they could not make any achievement during this war,” Khamenei said.

The Iranian supreme leader accused US President Donald Trump of “exaggeration” regarding the American achievement in hitting the Iranian nuclear sites, asserting that Iran has given “a strong slap” to the US.

‘IRAN WILL NEVER SURRENDER’

As Trump has called for “unconditional surrender” by Iran during the Israeli war, Khamenei said Iran “will never” surrender to the US.

“This person (Trump) has exposed this truth and demonstrated that America will not accept anything less than Iran's surrender,” Khamenei said.

“The Iranian people must realize that this is the essence of America's conflict with us, and that this great insult to the Iranian people is woven into the fabric of Americans' policies.”

“But such a thing will never happen.”

‘DOUBTS ABOUT US STRIKES’

Israel and Iran have committed to a ceasefire announced by Trump early on Tuesday less than two days after the US launched heavy strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites of Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan.

Trump dubbed the strike “very successful,” claiming that key enrichment facilities there were “totally and completely obliterated.”

#BREAKING #breakingnews #news #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestine #iran |#عاجل #اسرائيل #ايران

Putin: World is heading toward World War 3 and I'm Very serious about this statement"

 

🚨⚡️ BREAKING:

"World is heading toward World War 3 and I'm Very serious about this statement"

- President Putin Warned The World pic.twitter.com/GEWnVGbRpc

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) June 22, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin is also expected to have a session talk with Iranian Foreign Minister.

 

🚨⚡️ BREAKING:

The Iranian Foreign Minister is meeting Putin today and is expected to hold Serious Talks pic.twitter.com/tyI6seikIU

— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) June 22, 2025

Israel-Iran War: Netayahu thanks Trump for Destruction of Iran nuclear sites, US Joint Chiefs of Staff announces evacuation of US forces from the Middle East

The US Joint Chiefs of Staff announced the evacuation of US forces from the Middle East.

Iranian military are reported to have promised a total showdown against American forces and interests in the middle east follow the US direct intervention in the Israel/Iran War. The United States military bombed the Iranian nuclear sites Saturday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu thanks the president of the United States Donald Trump for coming the aid of the State of Israel against Iran. Tel Aviv and many other cities of Israel have been badly hit by Iranian ballistic missiles in retaliation of the Israeli attacks, killing of the Iranian leaders and destruction of the Tehran peaceful nuclear program.

אזרחי ישראל היקרים, אחיי ואחיותיי.

במבצע ׳עם כלביא׳ אנחנו השגנו יחד הישגים חסרי תקדים בתולדות ישראל.

אתם זוכרים שמתחילת המבצע, אני הבטחתי לכם שמתקני הגרעין של איראן יושמדו, בדרך זו או אחרת.
ההבטחה הזו קוימה.

לפני זמן קצר, בתיאום מלא ביני לבין הנשיא טראמפ, ובתיאום מבצעי מלא בין… pic.twitter.com/oynRLGJga7

— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) June 22, 2025

There were contrary reports also according to an Iranian media  that the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities were evacuated prior to the  anticipated American strikes against the facilities.

Iran:

▪️ The enemy is under the delusion that it has damaged our nuclear installations — but we had already uncovered its conspiracies back in March!
▪️ We had timely moved all strategic materials to secure locations. Uranium is still fully under our control; the enemy is… pic.twitter.com/NHoiNcXiCC

— Iran's Reply (@IranReply) June 22, 2025

Russia Says “Moscow’s reaction if Iran’s Supreme Leader Eliminated would be extremely negative”

As Israel-Iran War intensified with iranian missiles piercing through Israeli defense systems. Rhetoric from both the Israeli leader Benjamin Netayahu and American President Donald Trump has been that they may eliminate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah .

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said “Moscow’s reaction in the event of the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader would be extremely negative.”

Russia has warned that American intervention in the war on the side of Israel against Iran will be catastrophic and carried negative consequences.

As Israeli defense systems failed to contain the Iranian missiles, Israeli leaders' only hope is America coming to rescue Operation against Iran.

There have been reports of America conclusion to join the war . The war has been so far deadly for Israel and the entire American led NATO as Iran destroyed up to five if their so called invisible f-35 fighter Jets.

Israel-Iran War: US Sets to Strike Iran With B-2 Stealth Bombers , Iran Issues Urgent Warnings to Tel Aviv's Residents to Evacuate As Supreme Leader Officially Declears War Against Israel

Urgent Warning – English follows the  

Hebrew text | אזהרה דחופה – הטקסט באנגלית מופיע לאחר העברית

אזהרת בטחונית מיידית | אזור נווה צדק, תל אביב
לידיעת כל השוהים באזור המופיע במפה המצורפת (רמת החייל בצפון־מזרח תל אביב):
עזבו את האזור מיידית.
למען ביטחונכם, عזבו את המקום בהקדם… pic.twitter.com/IynRV00R67

— Daily Iran Military (@IRIran_Military) June 18, 2025

We must give a strong response to the terrorist Zionist regime.
We will show the Zionists no mercy.

— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) June 17, 2025

 

🚨Update: US B-2 Stealth Bombers are airborne and prepared to strike Iran!! pic.twitter.com/cY1T4uo75h

— US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) June 18, 2025

They world can move on without the United States — XI

They world can move on without the United States.

100 years ago, the British Empire dominated global commerce, commanding more than 20% of the world’s wealth. Many believed its sun would never set.

200 years ago, France bestrode Europe’s stage, its armies feared, its culture… pic.twitter.com/zWbUP9AzBk

— President Xi Jinping - Commentary (@PresidentXiCHN) June 17, 2025

Special Military Opinion to Continue As President Putin Labels Ukraine ‘Terrorists', Rejects Talks After Civilian Train Attacks!

The Russian special Military operation in Ukraine may continue until it achieve it objectives says President Vladimir Putin.

Russian president unleashed a scathing rebuke, accusing Ukraine of terrorism after the recent blowing up of civilian trains in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. 

“According to all international norms, such actions are called terrorism,” Putin declared, adding, “All the crimes committed against civilians on the eve of the negotiations were aimed at disrupting the peace process.”

President Putin cancelled further Negotiations as he signaled he’s done with diplomacy, stating, “How do we continue to negotiate with terrorists? Why should they be rewarded by suspending military actions?” This follows Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb, which targeted Russian airfields, and the deadly train attacks that killed at least seven and injured dozens, just before the Istanbul peace talks on Monday.

 Trump Weighs In:

After a phone call with Putin earlier on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump revealed, “President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields.” Trump called the conversation “good” but admitted it won’t lead to “immediate peace,” casting doubt on his ceasefire push.

What’s Really Happening?

Putin’s refusal to negotiate raises questions about his true intentions—does he want peace, or is this a pretext to intensify the war? Ukraine claims the railway attacks target Russian military logistics, but the civilian toll has fueled Putin’s narrative. Meanwhile, Trump’s reluctance to impose sanctions, despite his envoy’s efforts, suggests he’s wary of alienating Putin. Is the U.S. being played, or is Trump holding back for a bigger deal?

Truth be told ,  Russian military might and Hypersonic missile technology is second to non.

The American led NATO have no other options on the table other to negotiate with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

It is critically obvious that neither more weapons deployment to battlefield in support of Ukraine nor further sanctions can deter Russia from the special Military operation in Ukraine. The war in Ukraine is a patriotic war to safeguard the national security of the Russia federation from further encroachment and encircling of Russia by NATO 

What do you think?

UKRAINE WAR: VLADIMIR PUTIN, DONALD TRUMP AGREED ON PARTIAL CEASEFIRE

"There will be NO strikes on energy infrastructure for 30 days. This is instead of a truce,"

PUTIN made a small political gift to Trump - he supported the initiative on the safety of navigation in the Black Sea.

According to the KREMLIN reports, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the key condition for resolving the conflict in Ukraine a complete cessation of foreign military aid and the provision of intelligence to Kyiv. He also emphasized that Ukraine must stop mobilization during the truce.

The presidents agreed to hold a HOCKEY match between Russia and the United States. "That is, they will unfreeze visas and possibly flights,"

When the phone rang in the Kremlin at 5:00 p.m., the world media wrote that "the most important telephone conversation in the modern world" had begun. In the end - 2 hours 28 minutes, to be exact. A record Putin has never spoken on the phone with any other American president for so long.

RESULTS OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN PUTIN AND TRUMP ON MARCH 18, 2025

It turned out that the telephone conversation between Putin and Trump was much broader than resolving the Ukrainian issue and even reached hockey! And most importantly: "Mutual interest was expressed in normalizing relations between Russia and the United States in light of their special responsibility for security and stability in the world." Normalization of relations between two nuclear superpowers. And contacts between the two presidents will continue.

STATEMENT FROM THE KREMLIN:

- Putin supported Trump's idea of ​​​​a mutual renunciation of strikes on energy infrastructure by the Russian Federation and Ukraine for 30 days and gave such an order to the military.

- Russia and the United States will create expert groups to resolve the conflict.

- The presidents agreed that the final solution should eliminate the root causes of the crisis and take into account Russia's legitimate security interests.

- To prevent the conflict from escalating, it is necessary to completely stop mobilization, military assistance, and intelligence sharing with Kiev.

- Putin noted the risks associated with the leadership of the Kyiv regime, since Ukraine has repeatedly sabotaged and violated agreements. And about

- Russia supported Trump's initiative regarding the safety of shipping in the Black Sea. Negotiations are beginning to work out the details.

- Putin told Trump that on Wednesday Russia and Ukraine will exchange prisoners according to the 175 for 175 formula. As a gesture of goodwill, Moscow will hand over 23 seriously wounded Ukrainian soldiers to Kyiv.

- Russia and the United States will strive to cooperate on issues of ensuring security and stability throughout the world. The presidents discussed a list of areas in which the countries could establish cooperation.

- Trump supported Vladimir Putin's idea to organize hockey matches in the USA and Russia between Russian and American players playing in the NHL and KHL.

- The presidents agreed to stay in touch on all issues raised.

To better understand how the Kremlin assesses the results, you can read the statement by the special representative of the Russian president, Kirill Dmitriev.

- Now it's official - this is an ideal phone conversation! - he wrote.

WHITE HOUSE VERSION:

Washington also gave a very positive, but more reserved assessment of the results of the telephone conversation. The very fact that Trump did not come out to the journalists suggests that the US President expected much more significant success. But for now, the diplomatic victory is on Russia's side.

Here are the main results of the conversation between Putin and Trump from the US point of view:

- President Trump and President Putin discussed the need for peace and a ceasefire in Ukraine.

- Both leaders agreed that this conflict must end with a lasting peace.

- They also emphasized the need to improve bilateral relations between the US and Russia.

- The leaders agreed that the movement towards peace will begin with an agreement on a ceasefire in the energy and infrastructure sectors, as well as with technical negotiations on the implementation of a maritime truce in the Black Sea.

- The next step could be a complete ceasefire. And only then - the establishment of permanent peace.

- Negotiations on all these points will begin immediately in the Middle East.

- Putin and Trump addressed the need to stop the spread of strategic weapons and intend to work with other nuclear powers to ensure that these measures are applied as broadly as possible.

- Both leaders agreed that a future with normal bilateral relations between the U.S. and Russia has enormous potential.** This includes major economic deals and geopolitical stability after peace is achieved.

Alleged $968,000 Fraud: How Fake US Engineer Duped Me-Witness

Eseoghene

The trial of Wawe Eseoghene Nelson, a.k.a James Andrew Shmit and Philip Bradley before Justice Aliyu Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja commenced on Thursday, March 14, 2025 with the presentation of the First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Kathleen Sharp by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Nelson, arraigned on February 11, 2025 is facing prosecution by the EFCC on 11 count-charges bordering on advance fee fraud, impersonation, conspiracy and obtaining under false pretence to the tune of $968,000 (Nine Hundred and Sixty-eight Thousand Dollars), allegedly obtained from two US victims, Sharp and Holly Stamm.

Count one of his charge reads: “That you, Wawe Esoghene Nelson (a.k.a James Andrew Smith) sometime in 2023 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of One Hundred and Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($155,000) from one Kathleen Sharp, living in the United States of America with Telephone Number +13025983826 through Chase Bank with account name Pearl and Allison Llc, account number 952177670, Routing 021000021, account address 35 Knollwood Dr Aptos CA 95003 with bank address at 1990 41st Avenue, Capitola, CA 95010 under the false pretence that you are James Andrew Smith, a Petroleum Engineer from United States of America that is into engineering project, relating to petroleum project which pretence you knew was false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”

Count 11 reads: “That you Wawe Esoghene Nelson (a.k.a Philip Bradley) sometime in 2022 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000.00) from one Holly Stamm, a Citizen of United States of America with email address stammus2012@gmail.com through Bitcoin and under the false pretence that you are James Andrew Shmit a Petroleum Engineer from United States of America that is into engineering project relating to petroleum exploration and that the said sum will be used to secure a petroleum project which pretence you knew was false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) (a)of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”

He pleaded not guilty to all the charges when they were read to him, prompting his trial.

Led in evidence by prosecuting counsel, Maryam Aminu Ahmed, the witness narrated how the defendant lured her via the social media into sending him money in the guise of financing a project and would repay her when the project yielded dividends upon completion.

“I was contacted by the Commission that they discovered that I was defrauded by one James Andrew Shmit via social media platform. We communicated over social media where he presented himself as an engineer working at BP Oil in the Gulf of Mexico. He started by asking for funds because he did not have access to his personal funds and the credit situation in connection with the project required a large amount of funds with the promise that it will be returned and he will avail the funds to me. The total funds are $183,000 (One Hundred and Eighty-three Thousand Dollars) through three instalments, one by wired certificate cheque, two instalments by wired transfer. The first one was for $45,500, (Forty-five Thousand Dollars), the second one was $131,000 (One Hundred and Thirty-one Dollars) and the third was $7000 (Seven Thousand Dollars) I wired. I have not been paid my money. After the third instalment, he pushed me to pay another $10,000 (Ten Thousand Dollars), but I did not pay. There was a picture on his profile, he has brown hair and white. I will like the refund of the investment and funds and he should be persecuted for his actions,” she said.

Justice Halilu adjourned to April 16, 2025 for cross examination of the witness.

Source: EFCC 

United States Should exit NATO, US can't be shouldering the cost of Europe's defence — Elon Musk

American billionaires Elon Musk has pressed for the United States' withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), questioning the logic of America shouldering the cost of Europe's defence