A Week Packed with Nuclear Chaos

Water storage tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site. (IAEA inspection photo.) Remember that 1963 comedic caper movie, “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”? Okay, maybe not. It was director Stanley Kramer’s escape from his more traditionally dark subject matter — Judgment at Nuremberg, The Defiant Ones, Inherit the Wind. The bridge from those more sober productions…

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Trump Calls for ‘Radical Transparency’ as DOGE Reveals Government’s ‘Wasteful Spending’

President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on Tuesday to federal agencies directing the leaders of executive departments to display “radical transparency” regarding “wasteful spending” by the federal government. The White House released Trump’s “Radical Transparency About Wasteful Spending” memorandum on Tuesday with a warning that the U.S. government is currently spending “too much money on…

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Senate Calls Security Chiefs to Address Allegations of USAID Terrorism Funding

The Nigerian Senate has called on top intelligence and security chiefs to investigate claims made by U.S. Congressman Perry Scott, alleging that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been funding terrorist groups, including Boko Haram. This decision came after Senator Mohammed Ndume (Borno South) raised the issue under Order 41, citing the…

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Cross River PDP Unites with Governors Forum, Rejects Calabar Zonal Congresses Ahead of 2027 Elections

CALABAR – In a decisive move to rebuild and reposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2027 elections, the Cross River State chapter of the PDP has unanimously resolved to collaborate with the South South Governors Forum. The decision was reached during a meeting held at the party secretariat in Calabar on Tuesday. Presided…

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