Sunday, 11 January, 2026

Category: Politics


 A day after the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela, President Donald Trump on Sunday renewed his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland for the sake of U.S. security interests and threatened military action on Colombia for facilitating the global sale Read more…


Senator representing Abia North, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged communities across the zone to embrace love, peace and unity, warning that internal disputes must be resolved peacefully without loss of lives or destruction of property. The former Abia State governor Read more…


The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has urged other States of the Federation to emulate Rivers State’s rare ability to build a broad-based, cross-party political alliance, for the reelection of President Bola Tinubu, declaring that no Read more…


The national leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has set conditions for joining any coalition or forming an alliance with any political party. Kwankwaso said that although they are looking for a party to merge with Read more…


The Trump administration launched a major military attack on Venezuela on Saturday morning, bombing facilities and capturing leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife and flying them to the United States to face charges. President Donald Trump said the U.S. will Read more…


 Recently, there has been an influx of opposition politicians, including governors and National Assembly members, into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). So far, no fewer than seven governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Read more…


In a dramatic political shift, the Rivers Ijaw People’s Congress has ditched Governor Siminilayi Fubara and thrown its full weight behind FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. The announcement came from the group’s Chairman, George Sekibo, during Wike’s “thank you” tour of Okrika Read more…


President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday appointed the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence as his new chief of staff, a move that comes as the U.S. leads a diplomatic push to end Russia’s nearly 4-year-old invasion. Announcing the appointment of Gen. Read more…


The Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has told the Federal Government that prosperity cannot be achieved by taxing the poor. Obi, in a statement posted on X on Friday, said sustainable economic and social Read more…


•Myths versus facts: Things you need to know about Nigeria Tax Act 2025 With the January 1, 2026 rollout of the new Nigeria Tax Act 2025, many Nigerians, particularly ordinary citizens, are battling uncertainty and confusion. To worsen the narrative, social media Read more…


Venezuelan security forces have detained at least five Americans in recent months as the US has built a pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a US official familiar with the matter told CNN. The circumstances of the individual cases Read more…


Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, is set to formally join the All Progressives Congress (APC) today. Ahead of the formal defection, he had tendered his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a December 29 letter addressed to the Read more…