èÓ 30.1 kg cocaine bust: Customs, NDLEA intercept foreign vessel at Apapa port Lagos, Jan. 2, 2026, Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, in synergy with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted 30.1 kg of cocaine aboard a foreign vessel at theContinue Reading
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff, the Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) to track down and apprehend the perpetrators of the Kasuwan Daji attack, ensuring they are swiftly broughtContinue Reading
Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, has reaffirmed the Navy’s commitment to improving security around Lake Chad during a working visit to Borno State. During the visit, he assessed operations at the Lake Chad Naval Base and met with military commanders in Maiduguri before travellingContinue Reading
By:Monday Chief Tony Nezianya, the Ozomdioranma (Ozoma) of Onitsha Ado, on Saturday, made a brief stop over at the premises of his former employers, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), at the National Theatre, Iganmu Lagos. Accompanied by some of his former bosses, colleagues and friends, ChiefContinue Reading
By Natalie Naidoo Caracas, Venezuela –In a defiant stand against what he calls an imperialist attack, Venezuela’s Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López has released a video message rallying the nation for an “anti-imperialist and liberation war” against the American empire. The statement, shared on January 3, 2026, comesContinue Reading
*By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Twenty-three days after its transmission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the upper chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly, the Senate, held public hearings on 18 December 2025 to consider the Legal Practitioners Bill. At this pace, the bill could become law well before the middle of 2026. TheContinue Reading
Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), had issued a stark warning to President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), asserting that despite the current pressure from President Tinubu on Governors to join the ruling party, such movesContinue Reading
(File photo – Children play beneath a tree with high-rise buildings in the background in Jakarta) Jakarta (ANTARA) – Under President Prabowo Subianto’s leadership, the Indonesian government has made raising the ratio of tax revenue to gross domestic product (GDP) a core pillar of its fiscal reform agenda.Continue Reading
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has ordered Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to assume office as acting president following the detention of President Nicolás Maduro by United States forces. The directive was issued on Saturday by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, which said the decision was taken to ensureContinue Reading
