The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to summon the National Security Adviser (NSA) , the Inspector General of Police IGP and heads of all security agencies in the country for an emergency security briefing and strategy meeting . This Read more…
Indications have emerged that lingering regulatory approvals have stalled Dangote Petrochemical Refinery’s plan to release aviation fuel (Jet A1) and diesel for sale in the Nigerian market in January, findings by The PUNCH have shown. One week after the January 31 timeline Read more…
The new US Ambassador to Lithuania has warned the country against glorification of its citizens who participated in the Holocaust. In an interview with the Baltic News Service (BNS), Ambassador Kara McDonald noted a global rise in anti-Semitism before responding to Read more…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday quashed the N21.5bn money laundry charges preferred against a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosun, and two others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC had on June 29, Read more…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the opposition parties to stop complaining, but rather, they should offer lasting solutions to the country’s problems. The APC Spokesman, Felix Morka made this call in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Read more…
Former Senate Minority Leader and senator representing Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has blamed the arrest and continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government for the rising insecurity in the South Read more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the outstanding foreign exchange (Forex) backlog is US$2.2 billion, adding that this will be cleared soon. In an Arise TV interview monitored in Lagos, the CBN governor Mr. Yemi Cardoso said Read more…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to probe the allegations that $3.4 billion loan obtained from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Read more…
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is planning a “serious” overhaul of his leadership team, he told Italy’s RAI TG1 news channel, when asked about a reported plan to fire military commander General Valery Zaluzhny. Tensions between the Ukrainian president and his top Read more…
Despite promises, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) recorded its first electricity system collapse in 2024. In a notice to its customers, the management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) said the system collapse occurred “at 11:21 hours today, February Read more…
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has blasted the handling of the nation’s economic challenges by President Bola Tinubu, saying that his initiatives are not only uninformed but are arbitrary and chaotic. In a statement he issued on Sunday, the presidential Read more…
The former National Auditor of All Progressives Congress (APC) Sir. Paul Chukwuma has declared to run for Anambra State governorship election in 2025. Chukwuma who declared his intention to contest during a press conference in his country home at Umueri Read more…