Friday, 06 November, 2026

Category: Policy


Russia’s newly revealed S-71K “Kover” air-launched cruise missile gives the Su-57 Felon stealth fighter a 300-kilometre stand-off precision strike capability, enabling attacks on high-value targets without entering Ukraine’s Patriot-protected air defence zones. Newly revealed S-71K Kover gives Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 Read more…


In a Letter to Cardinal Oswald Gracias, his Special Envoy to the 12th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), to be held in Jakarta from 20 to 26 July, Pope Leo XIV urges the Church in Read more…


By Uzo Ugwunze The Anambra State Government has announced the appointment of United States-based infectious disease specialist, Prof. Chinelo Ngozi Animalu, as the Special Assistant to the Governor on State HIV Diaspora Coordination and Development. The appointment, made by the Read more…


By Uzo Ugwunze Anambra State Government has intensified efforts to ensure that the benefits of its pilgrimage programme reach ordinary citizens across the state, as the Anambra State Pilgrimage office has commenced strategic collaboration with the 21 Local Government Councils Read more…


President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States and Iran had agreed to continue talks despite a recent escalation of hostilities but he flatly declared that the ceasefire reached between the two sides last month was over. The Read more…


Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has said a new security framework is needed to protect students when they return to school. Sani made the remark while commending the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu; military, the Department of State Read more…


President Bola Tinubu on Friday expressed excitement over the rescue of the abducted children and teachers from Oriire community in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, by the security forces. In a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu praised the Read more…


The US and Iran again traded strikes in exchanges that continued into Thursday, as observers reported a “dramatic” drop in the number of ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz. The US says it hit 90 military targets, some near Read more…


President Bola Tinubu on Thursday declined assent to two bills passed by the National Assembly, citing constitutional concerns and defects that require correction before the proposed legislation can become law. The Senate was notified of the President’s decision through two Read more…


Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Thursday revealed that he refused to pay a N300 million ransom when his brothers were kidnapped in 2019, insisting that negotiating with criminals only encourages more abductions. Speaking at the ARISE News and THISDAY Read more…


Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot realistically win a presidential election unless it first resolves its internal crisis and rebuilds its political structures across the country. Speaking during a media Read more…


The vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Thursday criticised the federal government’s handling of concerns raised by the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as well as the continued detention of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir Read more…