Saturday, 31 January, 2026

Category: Policy


President Donald Trump sounded off on NATO on Wednesday morning for being cheap, ineffective, and weak without the USA leading it, arguing that Russia would have taken over “ALL OF UKRAINE” if the U.S. did not serve as NATO’s enforcer. The president Read more…


The fuel supply arrangement between the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and 20 major petroleum marketers, under which the parties agreed to offtake 600 million litres of petrol monthly, has collapsed over pricing disagreements, The PUNCH has exclusively learnt. It was also Read more…


The Rivers State House of Assembly has provided reasons for the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Major Jack, the Assembly’s Majority Leader, stated that the decision to impeach the governor and his deputy was based on their alleged Read more…


The Anambra State Government has reinforced security operations in the state with the handover of 30 Toyota Hilux patrol vehicles to the Anambra State Police Command. The vehicles were formally presented on Thursday at the Old Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, by Read more…


Facing Congress three years before Russia invaded Ukraine, Donald Trump’s recently departed Russia adviser made an extraordinary admission. Fiona Hill, a Durham-born Russia hawk, warned that the Kremlin wanted a free run at Ukraine in exchange for cutting ties with Venezuela. The Russians Read more…


Togo, Niger, and Benin owe Nigeria $17.8m, an equivalent of over N25bn at the current exchange rate, for electricity supplied under bilateral arrangements, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. In its Third Quarter 2025 report, NERC disclosed that the Read more…


The apex northern socio-cultural organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has disclosed it will not endorse any candidate in the 2027 presidential election. It, however, said it would interview the presidential hopefuls in the next six months to ascertain their plans Read more…


From Ijeoma John, Nnewi The Convener of the Good Governance Initiative, Amb. Ikebunwa Lotanna, has donated the sum of ₦1 million to the Nnewi Academic Congress (NAC) to support scholarships and educational assistance for indigent students. According to Amb. Ikebunwa, Read more…


(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said Venezuela would relinquish as much as 50 million barrels of oil to the US, worth roughly $2.8 billion at the current market price, announcing the cargoes would be sold with proceeds benefiting both countries. The Read more…


… ‘Ex-President remains card-carrying member promises commitment’ The Tanimu Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Tuesday amid the festering factional crisis in the opposition party. Turaki led members of his National Working Read more…


Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has said none of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC)  would step down from the contest for the opposition party’s presidential ticket. Atiku, in a statement by his media aide, Paul Read more…


President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School. His Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, the appointment Read more…