Monday, 09 November, 2026

Category: Policy


President Vladimir Putin arrive for a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. The two leaders are meeting for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Credit – Andrew Harnik—2025 Getty Images Read more…


Human rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has decried that in Nigeria, bribes are now paid in dollars. Falana made this known on Sunday, while responding to questions in an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. The senior Read more…


ALLEGED shortlisting of former President Goodluck Jonathan, 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi; and Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, for consideration for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, 2027 presidential ticket, yesterday, caused a stir in the party. One Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu broke down in tears when he saw the video from the latest mass killings at Ogidi, Idemili North Council of Anambra State earlier today. Prince Read more…


Six kilometres from the Russian border in northern Poland, office administrator Agnieszka Jedruszak is digging a trench. Driven by fear of war with Russia, she wants to be able to defend her family, including her 13-year-old son. Thousands of Poles Read more…


The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said it has set up a special committee charged with the task of providing a framework for reviving and protecting the Igbo language from going into extinction. The disclosure was made by the Read more…


• Atiku, Obi will give Tinubu easy victory if they all contest Former Secretary General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and elder statesman, Mr. Anthony Sani, has said that President Bola Tinubu will carry the day in the 2027 presidential election Read more…


Professor Carol Chinyelugo Arinze-Umobi, Acting Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University has appointed Dr Chito John-Akamelu as the pioneer Coordinator of B.Sc Taxation programme at UNIZIK. Dr Chito, nee Onweluzo, will head the new 4 year Programme in Taxation as a Coordinator. Read more…


The United States told the United Nations Security Council on Friday it would “defend every inch of NATO territory” after a suspected Russian drone incursion into Poland. “The United States stands by our NATO allies in the face of these Read more…


The Federal Government’s plan to introduce a five per cent surcharge on petrol, diesel and aviation fuel has ignited widespread concern among citizens, businesses, labour unions, and economic analysts.  The fuel tax, which is embedded in Nigeria’s new Tax Administration Act 2025, Read more…


Igbo traditional rulers and leaders from 12 South-West and South-South states outside Igbo land have disowned Mr. Chibuike Azubike, who recently claimed the title of “Obi Ndigbo Lagos” and announced plans to hold an Ofala festival on September 13. Speaking under the Read more…


…As RSIEC presents historic local government election report The Administrator of Rivers State, His Excellency Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, has declared that the mandate entrusted to him by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has been “sufficiently achieved” following Read more…