standarddailypress’ review of Kogi State’s 2026 draft budget reveals that the state plans to spend N1.015 billion on remodelling the Government House, alongside another N1 billion for minor capital works at the same facility, to be executed through direct labour.…
A Lagos-based cleric and founder of Heaven’s Gateway Ministries, Apostle Chikere Nwafor, has been accused by her ex-husband, Martin Ugbulu, of forgery, financial fraud, and endangering his life amid a protracted dispute over church funds and jointly owned properties in…
Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, has claimed that former Anambra State governor Peter Obi will neither emerge as the presidential nor vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Speaking on The Clarity Zone…
UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has described the recent US military operation in Venezuela as morally justified, even though she expressed uncertainty about its legal framework. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Badenoch said she understood the rationale behind…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Tanimu Turaki (SAN), held a closed-door meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to deliberate on party and national matters. Turaki arrived at Jonathan’s office in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no grounds to criticise the actions of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, insisting that the ruling party must face the political consequences of its…
United States President Donald Trump has shared a chart highlighting welfare participation rates among immigrant households, noting that about 33.3 per cent of Nigerian immigrant households receive some form of public assistance in the United States. The data was posted…
By Erasmus Ikhide The map of power is etched in jagged lines, Where kinsmen turn to ghosts within the fray. He treads a path of diamond-shattered glass, The tally-man of scorched and blackened earth. From the Old Guard, now sworn…
Monday, January 5, 2026 NYESOM WIKE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RESIGN AS MINISTER AND FACE HIS OBSESSION WITH RIVERS POLITICS 1. My attention has been drawn to the tirade of the Minister of the FCT against my person and my office as…
Some concerned Nigerians have called on the Federal Government to urgently retrace its steps, warning that lies, deceit and corruption cannot improve the welfare of citizens or rescue the country from its deepening crises. The citizens shared their frustrations yesterday…
