Author: Alade Adisa

European leaders on Thursday said they would stand by Ukraine and spend more on defence in a world upended by President Donald Trump’s reversal of U.S. policies. “Europe must take up this challenge, this arms race. And it must win it,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said as he arrived at the summit in Brussels. “Europe as a whole is truly capable of winning any military, financial, economic confrontation with Russia – we are simply stronger,” Tusk said. Many EU leaders hailed the European Commission’s proposals this week to give them fiscal flexibility on defence spending, and to jointly borrow…

….As US steps up deportations U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation. The move, expected as soon as April, would be a stunning reversal of the welcome Ukrainians received under President Joe Biden’s administration. The department oversees some 100,000 public and 34,000. The planned rollback of protections for Ukrainians was underway before Trump publicly feuded with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week. It is part…

Top chieftains and leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by National Secretary, Mr Ude Okoye, has paid a visit to the party’s 2023 Lagos State governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, to appeal to him to return to the party. Adediran’s spokesman, Mr Gbenga Ogunleye disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. NEW DAILY PRIME reported that Adediran announced his resignation from the PDP on Monday, citing betrayal and lack of discipline. Two days after leaving the party, PDP leaders visited Adediran at his Abuja office, urging him to reconsider his decision and return…

Piling more woes on Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, the Supreme Court has ruled that he had already undermined the state House of Assembly before the defection of Speaker Martin Amaewhule and 26 other lawmakers. The foremost court, in the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim, found that the concurrent findings of the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal proved Governor Fubara engaged in several illegal and unconstitutional activities to subvert the state Assembly, the Nigerian Constitution, and to avert his assumed impeachment plans by opposition lawmakers. This was contained in the apex court’s judgment on…

…Gives gov 48 hours to submit fresh nominees’ list The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has given Governor Siminalayi Fubara a 48-hour ultimatum to submit a fresh list of commissioner-nominees for screening and confirmation. The development comes as the lawmakers accused the governor of unlawfully swearing in the 19 commissioners without their approval, thereby violating the Constitution. The Assembly, in a letter dated March 5, accused Fubara of unlawfully swearing in 19 commissioners without legislative screening and confirmation. Furthermore, the legislators alleged that other appointments were made without due process, describing the action as a violation of the…

The premier bank in West Africa and a leading financial inclusion service provider, FirstBank has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new green-certified iconic Head Office building in Eko Atlantic City, Lagos. The flag-off of the 40-storey building project, set to be the tallest building in Nigeria, was held on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. The event had in attendance VIPs led by President Bola Tinubu, represented by his Vice, Kashim Shettima; Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun; Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa; Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote; Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Olufemi Otedola, Chairman –…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, arrived Milan, Italy on Wednesday ahead of series of official engagements, particularly meeting with the President of Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana. The Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement in Milan, on Wednesday that Wike departed Abuja on Tuesday night, and arrived in Milan at about 4:30am on Wednesday, and was received by the Charge d’Affairs of the Embassy of Nigeria in Italy, Ambassador Mustapha Mohammed. He said “while in Milan, the FCT Minister will hold a meeting with the President of Lombardy…

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions has dismissed a sexual harassment petition filed by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the Senate President, Dr. Godswill Akpabio. Senator Neda Imasuen, the Chairman of the Committee, stated this on Wednesday during a probe hearing against Akpoti-Uduaghan at the National Assembly. The Edo South Senator stated that the petition was “dead on arrival,” citing a breach of Order 40 of the Senate Standing Order. According to Imasuen, the Senator representing Kogi Central, Akpoti-Uduaghan signed the petition herself instead of having it endorsed by another individual, rendering it procedurally invalid. The…

Proposal focuses on emergency relief and long-term economic development under Palestinian Authority administration Arab leaders have endorsed a $53bn (£42bn) plan to rebuild Gaza under the future administration of the Palestinian Authority (PA), in a rushed attempt to present an alternative to US President Donald Trump’s idea for a property development-style plan. Trump’s suggestion involved a relocation of the Palestinian population that has been widely criticised as effectively endorsing ethnic cleansing. The prospect of the PA governing Gaza remains far from certain, however, with Israel having ruled out any future role for the body, and Trump having closed the Palestine…

The director of an agency of the US government, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe said Wednesday that the US has paused intelligence support and weapons shipments to Ukraine following the clash in the Oval Office between President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Donald Trump last Friday. ”President Trump had a real question about whether President Zelensky was committed to the peace process, and he said ‘let’s pause’,” Ratcliffe told Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo in an interview on Wednesday. “I want to give a chance to think about that and you saw the response that President Zelensky put out,” Ratcliffe…