Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has acknowledged that desertions in the army surged in 2024 amid growing war fatigue and a shortage of reserve forces. Reports of soldiers deserting their positions without leave have appeared increasingly in the media in recent months Read more…
The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, have expressed disappointment over the failure of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to honour an alleged agreement between his son Seyi , and the family Read more…
Germany’s New Year’s Eve celebrations were overshadowed by violence and tragic incidents involving fireworks, resulting in five fatalities, dozens of injuries, and hundreds of arrests. The unrest also included attacks on police officers and firefighters. In Berlin, emergency services reported Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor A front line Labour Party (LP) governorship aspirant in the November 8 governorship election, Chief George Moghalu has assured the people of Anambra State of adequate security. Chief Moghalu who was speaking with journalists in his Nnewi Read more…
Russian air defenses have repelled a series of Ukrainian drone raids across the country, shooting down 68 UAVs on New Year’s Eve, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow. One of the strikes damaged an oil depot in Smolensk Region, Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Gunmen whose number could not be specified at the moment have struck at Ihiala in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State killing seven people in the process. Many other people were said to have sustained varying degrees of Read more…
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Russia will not agree to a mere postponement of Kiev’s NATO membership, or to the deployment of European peacekeepers to Ukraine – two ideas reportedly proposed by advisers of US President-elect Donald Trump, as Read more…
Six foreigners were arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency after it intercepted two boats loaded with 1,960 kilogrammes of cannabis, popularly known as “Ghanaian Loud,” at Eleko Beach in Lekki, Lagos, on Christmas Eve. The Read more…
A community leader and Vice Chairman of Obunagu Achalla village in Enugu Agidi community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, Ozo Ozoemena Okeke, has alleged a plot by some of his kinsmen to kill him saying he was Read more…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has condoled with the government and people of Sokoto State over the killing of 10 civilians in airstrike targeted at the Lakurawa terrorist group at Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in Silame Local Government Area. The villagers Read more…
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have assassinated an Anambra-based Reverend father, Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo. Okonkwo was reportedly assassinated on Thursday, 26th December, 2024, by the unidentified assailants at Ihiala, along Onitsha-Owerri Expressway between 7pm and 8pm. Rev. Fr. Raphael Ezeogu, Chancellor, Nnewi Read more…
President of the Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa, Frank Onyewekelu, speaks with BIODN BUSARI on the recent killing of his compatriot among other issues facing Nigerian nationals in the country A Nigerian, Mr Julius Chukwunta, was recently killed in Read more…