Friday, 09 January, 2026

Category: News


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The senator representing Anambra South in the red chamber of the National Assembly, Sen Emmanuel C Nwachukwu has debunked the claims that there is an existing agreement that he would not participate in 2027 senatorial polls. The Read more…


President Donald Trump sounded off on NATO on Wednesday morning for being cheap, ineffective, and weak without the USA leading it, arguing that Russia would have taken over “ALL OF UKRAINE” if the U.S. did not serve as NATO’s enforcer. The president Read more…


The fuel supply arrangement between the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and 20 major petroleum marketers, under which the parties agreed to offtake 600 million litres of petrol monthly, has collapsed over pricing disagreements, The PUNCH has exclusively learnt. It was also Read more…


The Rivers State House of Assembly has provided reasons for the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Major Jack, the Assembly’s Majority Leader, stated that the decision to impeach the governor and his deputy was based on their alleged Read more…


The Anambra State Government has reinforced security operations in the state with the handover of 30 Toyota Hilux patrol vehicles to the Anambra State Police Command. The vehicles were formally presented on Thursday at the Old Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, by Read more…


President Bola Tinubu has extended heartfelt condolences to renowned Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her family following the tragic death of her young son, Nkanu Nnamdi. Adichie had, through her spokesperson Omawumi Ogbe, announced that they lost their 21-month-old Read more…


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi The Convener of the Good Governance Initiative, Amb. Ikebunwa Lotanna, has emerged winner of the 2025 Young Icon in Real Estate of the Year at the prestigious Nnewi Heroes Award Ceremony, held on Tuesday, January 6, Read more…


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi Dignitaries from different walks of life have on Wednesday, January 7 poured torrent of eulogies on theformer Chair, Police Service Commission, Chief Dr. Simon Okeke (Ochendo Amichi) as he clocked ninety. Chief Simon Okeke’s 90th birthday Read more…


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…