Thursday, 22 January, 2026

Category: Security


The bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland heralds a “deep crisis” for NATO and raises questions about the alliance’s preservation as a single military-political bloc, Russia’s top diplomat said Tuesday. “It was hard to imagine before that such a thing Read more…


Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has called on the federal government to ensure the safe release of victims abducted by bandits in the Kurmin Wali community of Kajuru Local Government Read more…


Bandits who abducted 177 worshippers from Kurmin Wali community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have demanded the return of 17 motorcycles allegedly lost during recent military operations as a condition for the victims’ release. The worshippers were Read more…


Envoys for U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that their meeting in Davos on a possible future peace deal to end the ​Ukraine war had been “very positive” and “constructive”. The United States has Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Hoodlums have again invaded Lilu community in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State and made away with food stuffs including dogs, yam, fowls and goats. The community has been under constant attack from the unknown gunmen for the Read more…


President Donald Trump’s feud with NATO over his plans to take over Greenland has precipitated an existential crisis for the alliance that Russia is celebrating. On Saturday, Trump announced tariffs targeting NATO countries that deployed troops to the semi-autonomous Danish territory, until Read more…


Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have uncovered an underground Boko Haram logistics storage facility stocked with medical supplies, fuel and other critical materials after overrunning several terrorist enclaves in the Timbuktu Triangle area of Borno State. The discovery followed a Read more…


A Ukrainian delegation arrived in the United States for talks Saturday on a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war as Russian attacks again took aim at Ukraine’s power grid, cutting electricity and heating in freezing temperatures. Kyrylo Budanov, Read more…


President Vladimir Putin is mediating in the Iran situation to try to quickly de-escalate tensions, the Kremlin said on Friday, after the Russian leader spoke to Israeli Prime Minister ​Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Moscow, an ally of Read more…


Some yet to be identified gunmen have reportedly killed a police officer and abducted a Chinese expatriate principal at Aqua Triton Company in Ogunmakin Area of Ibadan in Oyo State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, confirmed this Read more…


At least three people have been reportedly killed in separate attacks by militia herdsmen across communities in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, leaving residents fearful and raising concerns about escalating violence. It was gathered from local sources that in Iordye Read more…


Residents of communities in the eastern part of Sokoto State, especially Tidibale, a small agrarian community in Isa Local Government Area, have started fleeing in large numbers, following fresh threats and warnings issued by bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji. Turji’s threats Read more…