Thursday, 08 January, 2026

Category: Policy


Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have returned a N100,000 cash gift from the state governor, Sim Fubara. The money was transferred to their personal accounts on the instructions of Fubara. This was disclosed in a statement signed Read more…


In 2025, Nigeria’s Senate stood at the intersection of lawmaking, crisis management and political power, navigating a year defined by economic pressure, worsening insecurity and contentious politics. Under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the 10th Senate exercised its constitutional Read more…


Israeli forces have carried out strikes across the Gaza Strip as they continue with their near-daily violations of the ceasefire agreement, with Israel’s genocidal war on the besieged enclave continuing apace and displaced Palestinians enduring the destruction of their few remaining Read more…


Billionaire investor, Femi Otedola, has exited Geregu Power Plc in a key $750 million transaction that sees him divest his 77 per cent controlling stake in the power generation company, marking one of the biggest private-sector exits in Nigeria’s electricity industry. Read more…


Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has boasted that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and other opposition elements lack the wherewithal to challenge let alone wrest power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Anambra State governor, Prof Charles Soludo has signed the 2026 Appropriation Bill into law, alongside three other bills. The signing ceremony held at the Light House in Awka. The 2026 Appropriation Law, saw its budget increased from Read more…


Moscow deems the self-governing island as an integral part of China, the foreign minister has said Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and Russia stands firmly against the island’s independence in any form, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has Read more…


The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that politicians are now scheming to get a share of the N600bn left in Rivers State coffers by the former Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), following the Read more…


More pain awaits Nigerians, as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has warned that the country’s domestic aviation industry is heading for a major crisis if newly introduced tax laws are implemented from January 1, Read more…


Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has accused Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde of omitting details of the N50 billion reportedly given by President Bola Tinubu as intervention and financial support to Oyo State for the January 2024 explosion Read more…


The United States has resumed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations over Nigeria’s north-east region, targeting militants in the Sambisa forest, following Thursday night’s air strikes on ISIS fighters in Sokoto State. Brant Philip, a Sahel-focused terrorism tracker, disclosed the Read more…


Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, few weeks ago, filed a suit against his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview, he offered insight on why he took the drastic legal step. Lamido, who spoke with Sunday Sun Read more…