Facing Congress three years before Russia invaded Ukraine, Donald Trump’s recently departed Russia adviser made an extraordinary admission. Fiona Hill, a Durham-born Russia hawk, warned that the Kremlin wanted a free run at Ukraine in exchange for cutting ties with Venezuela. The Russians Read more…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that Nigeria’s organised labour movement was, at a critical stage in its history, funded by foreign intelligence agencies, a development he said exposed the country’s labour system to external control and raised grave concerns about Read more…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has vowed to continue its probe of the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, despite the withdrawal of the Read more…
Togo, Niger, and Benin owe Nigeria $17.8m, an equivalent of over N25bn at the current exchange rate, for electricity supplied under bilateral arrangements, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. In its Third Quarter 2025 report, NERC disclosed that the Read more…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, have been granted bail by the Abuja division of the Federal High Court in the sum of N1 billion each. Justice Read more…
The apex northern socio-cultural organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has disclosed it will not endorse any candidate in the 2027 presidential election. It, however, said it would interview the presidential hopefuls in the next six months to ascertain their plans Read more…
From Ijeoma John, Nnewi The Convener of the Good Governance Initiative, Amb. Ikebunwa Lotanna, has donated the sum of ₦1 million to the Nnewi Academic Congress (NAC) to support scholarships and educational assistance for indigent students. According to Amb. Ikebunwa, Read more…
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said Venezuela would relinquish as much as 50 million barrels of oil to the US, worth roughly $2.8 billion at the current market price, announcing the cargoes would be sold with proceeds benefiting both countries. The Read more…
… ‘Ex-President remains card-carrying member promises commitment’ The Tanimu Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Tuesday amid the festering factional crisis in the opposition party. Turaki led members of his National Working Read more…
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has said none of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) would step down from the contest for the opposition party’s presidential ticket. Atiku, in a statement by his media aide, Paul Read more…
Farmers in their daily farming routine have uncovered three explosive devices suspected to be bombs said to have been planted by terrorists. The explosive devices were discovered by the farmer in Ganaru community in Zugurma district of Mashegu Local Government Area Read more…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School. His Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, the appointment Read more…