Wednesday, 22 January, 2025

Category: Policy


The Amotekun Corps has mobilised over 2,000 personnel to flush out bandits and other criminals operating in forests in the South-West region. Ogun and Osun states top the list with targeted 1,000 recruits each, while Oyo recruited 480 men last Read more…


The Supreme Court has scheduled February 10, 2025, to hear two separate suits filed by the All Progressives Congress, challenging the validity of the local government elections conducted in Rivers State in 2024. The apex court also scheduled the same Read more…


As anticipated, the Nigerian Communications Commission’s recent approval of a 50% increase in telecommunications tariffs has sparked heated debate across the country. While telecom operators are celebrating the decision as a crucial step towards ensuring the sector’s financial viability, consumers and Read more…


To signal a changing of the guard — and start delivering on his 2024 campaign promises — President Trump spent his first hours back in office Monday issuing a total of 26 executive orders, 12 memorandums and four proclamations. “Can Read more…


Russia said on Friday that any placement of British military assets in Ukraine under a new 100-year partnership agreement between Kyiv and London would be of concern to Moscow. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked about the possibility of Britain Read more…


Addressing a delegation from the Catholic Foundation of Verona, a division of Generali Italia insurance company, the Pope emphasized the need to direct wealth toward initiatives that support the vulnerable and align with the Church’s social doctrine. He contrasted this Read more…


Olufemi Soneye is the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, CCCO, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL. In this interview, Soneye speaks on the game-changing nature of the ongoing pipelines and depots rehabilitation project which he says is set to Read more…


The federal government has announced that Nigeria has joined BRICS as a partner country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated this in a statement issued in Abuja by its Acting Spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa. “The Federal Government of Nigeria has Read more…


Moscow and Tehran have taken their cooperation to the level of strategic partnership with a “truly epochal” pact, Farhad Ibrahimov, a Middle East expert at the Moscow-based Valdai Discussion Club, told RT on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Read more…


The federal government has announced that Nigeria has joined BRICS as a partner country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated this in a statement issued in Abuja by its Acting Spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa. “The Federal Government of Nigeria has Read more…


Lawyers to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, have tackled the federal government over his continuous detention. In a press statement, “Mazi Nnamdi Kanu And The Emasculation Of Justice”, dated January 16, 2025, and Read more…


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi The presidential candidateof the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has on Thursday, 16th of January, 2025 donated N10 million to the ADON College of Health Technology in Nnewi, Anambra State. The College which started in the Read more…