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He says in a post on X: “The president offered multiple off ramps, but was very clear throughout this process: the drug trafficking must stop, and the stolen oil must be returned to the United States. “Maduro is the newest person to find out that President Trump means what he says. Kudos to our brave special operators who pulled off …

Expressions of unbridled power don’t come blunter than abducting a sitting president from his capital in the dead of night. President Donald Trump has shown in a 74-word social media post that he can act decisively, suddenly and perhaps recklessly, in pursuit of his varied and varying foreign policy goals, with little regard for precedent, consequence or it seems, international …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has alerted the newly sworn in Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa that soldiers did not respect his order withdrawing them from mounting roadblocks so as to be deployed purely for counterinsurgency and other internal security operations. In a statement, HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, regretted that whilst the enthusiastic minister …

Canada deported 366 Nigerians between January and October 2025, as it intensified its immigration enforcement drive at the fastest pace in over a decade, official data obtained by Saturday PUNCH has shown. The figure, obtained from the Canada Border Services Agency removals programme statistics, also revealed that 974 Nigerians are currently in the “removal in progress” inventory, awaiting deportation from …

Donald Trump’s warning that the US will intervene if peaceful protesters are killed was “reckless and dangerous”, Iran’s foreign minister has said. Abbas Araghchi’s comments came after the US president said Washington “will come to their rescue” of demonstrators taking part in protests over Iran’s economy, writing in a brief social media post: “We are locked and loaded and ready …

Armed groups have intensified attacks across parts of northern Nigeria following United States air strikes targeting Islamic State-linked militants in Sokoto State. Findings by Saturday PUNCH revealed that no fewer than 47 people have been killed and 35 kidnapped between December 25, 2025, and January 2, 2026. Some of the attacks were carried out on communities in Adamawa, Zamfara, Kwara, …

Supplied Three pictures side by side of teenagers, from left to right: A young man with blonde hair, a young woman with brown hair and a young man with brown hair. Supplied The families of teenagers missing after a fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort are facing an agonising wait for news and appealing for information about …

· Yusuf, assembly members decamp to APC Monday · Mutfwang defects to ruling party · PDP: We are rebuilding, alliance with other parties not ruled out · Obi joining ADC is political blockbuster, says party chieftain As preparations for the 2027 elections gradually gather momentum and following the defection of his Governor, Abba Yusuf, along with most members of the …

Mr Wike and his allies in the Rivers House of Assembly have accused Governor Fubara of breaching the peace deal brokered by President Tinubu, amid fresh political tension in the oil-rich state. Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, on Thursday, urged residents of the state not to be troubled in the face of rising political tension. Speaking during the New …

Mr Mutfwang received his APC membership card on Friday at a stakeholders’ meeting in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) after resigning from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Mr Mutfwang received his APC membership card on Friday at a stakeholders’ meeting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, …