Friday, 05 June, 2026

Month: May 2026


The incoming missile was reportedly intercepted, but debris destroyed an MQ-9 Reaper drone and seriously damaged another Around five US servicemen and contractors suffered minor injuries during a recent Iranian ballistic missile strike on a Kuwaiti air base, Bloomberg reports, Read more…


Engagements BY Chidi Amuta In times when our national conversation becomes too heated, fuzzy and bogged in intractable controversy, I prefer to take matters to the barber’s shop at Ikeja Bus Stop. That is my definition of the Public Square. In Read more…


Former Minister of Information and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Jerry Gana, has revealed that he, late former Vice President Dr. Alex Ekwueme and late pro-democracy leader Senator Abraham Adesanya compelled the military government in 1998 Read more…


… As NDC consolidates gains By Omoniyi Salaudeen The perceived disorder in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) primaries has cut through months of “rescue Nigeria” rhetoric like a blade. For months, the party sold itself as a disciplined coalition platform, the antidote Read more…


Obi promises to rescue Nigeria, provide intelligence-driven security The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has affirmed Mr Peter Obi as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections, with Rabiu Kwankwaso named as his running mate. This was announced at a Read more…


Mr Abubakar, a retired major general, served as Director of Defence Information between 2015 and 2017. The former Director of Defence Information, Rabe Abubakar, and his wife have been abducted by suspected bandits in Katsina State, police and security sources have confirmed. Read more…


To close the Marian month, Pope Leo XIV prays a Rosary for peace at the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens, urging everyone to make the daily commitment to achieve peace, which is “possible when we choose to listen Read more…


— Ven. Dr. Chiadikobi Levi Emmanuel By Don Peter Okoro, JP-UN The Vicar of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, DCC Nkwo-Nnewi, Anambra State, and Founder of Jesus Healing Ministry, Ven. Dr. Chiadikobi Levi Emmanuel, has stated that the greatest torment of Read more…


Rwanda’s new nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia may look technical on paper, focused on science, nuclear medicine and energy, but it signals a deeper shift in the geopolitical balance across Africa. While Moscow is deepening its presence on the continent, Read more…


Leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement and running mate to the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has expressed confidence that Peter Obi will emerge victorious in the 2027 presidential election. Kwankwaso made the declaration Read more…


The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, loyal to FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has denied plans to make former president Goodluck Jonathan its presidential candidate in the next year’s general elections. The faction described the claims as false, misleading Read more…


The Dangote Petroleum Refinery emerged as the world’s largest single exporter of aviation fuel in April, with the company set to spend a fresh $10 billion on its 1.4 million barrels per day expansion drive, according to S&P Global.The development Read more…