Jihadist attacks in northern Ivory Coast have ramped up hostility towards the Fulani, a mainly Muslim ethnic group that some accuse of providing the bulk of the raiders. Friction and suspicion are almost palpable in Kafolo, a small town near Read more…
Russia on Tuesday posted footage of drills including soldiers, tanks, and missile launchers near its border with Ukraine. The video from Russia’s Western Military District comes as countries including Ukraine, the US, and Britain increasingly warn of an invasion. Russia has Read more…
Energy supplies to Europe would be threatened if sector hit by financial measures Germany has reportedly demanded that proposed sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine do not include restrictions on energy, insisting that the sector be exempted if Read more…
Fears of a potential Russian attack on Ukraine haven’t let up, helping push oil futures on Wednesday back toward seven-year highs. Traders were also keeping a close eye on the Middle East after recent drone attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels Read more…
Residents said the gunmen invaded their target’s residence after attacking a security formation and went into the town unchallenged. The police in Jigawa State have confirmed the killings of two officers in Taura Local Government Area and the abduction of Read more…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said on Tuesday that it did not breach security protocols at the access gate restricted area within the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos as claimed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Customs Spokesman, Read more…
Soldiers attached to the 144 Battalion of the14 Brigade of Nigeria Army, Ohafia, Abia State have reportedly destroyed six vehicles conveying illegally refined crude oil within the area. It gathered that the vehicles were intercepted at three locations within Owaza Read more…
…Declares Igboho ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ …Says restructuring of Nigeria is achievable before 2023 polls The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called on the Federal Government to ensure the release of the Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Read more…
Armed operatives of the EFCC, on Monday, raided the Federal High Court at about 5:00 p.m. after most of the workers had closed for the day. Armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) raided and held a vigil at Read more…
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Tuesday, swore in Hon. Justice Afojulu Raymond Ozoemena as the substantive Chief Judge of the State after he served as Acting Chief Judge for three months on two consecutive occasions. Hon. Justice Ozoemena’s Read more…
The former Minister of State for Health during President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Engr. Fidelis Nwankwo, Tuesday stated that the emergence of two presidential aspirants from Ebonyi State extraction has given the State the opportunity of producing the next President of Read more…
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG says 91 million Nigerians now live below the poverty line. The Chairman of the Group, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, disclosed this, yesterday, at the launching of the 2022 Macro-Economic Outlook of the Group, in Abuja. Read more…