Friday, 19 December, 2025

Category: Security


A middle-aged woman has died after setting herself ablaze at the family residence of Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, the late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in Bauchi. Eyewitnesses said the woman, believed to have been mentally unstable, arrived at the house Read more…


Russia does not recognize the return of United Nations sanctions on Iran, Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told reporters on Wednesday when asked if Moscow would enforce the measures. The United Nations reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Read more…


Russia said on Monday that its military was analysing whether or not the United States would supply Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine for strikes deep into Russia, a step that Russian officials say could trigger a steep escalation. U.S. Vice Read more…


President Bola Tinubu has expressed grief over the murder of Ms Somtochukwu “Sommie” Maduagwu, a rising television anchor with Arise News during a robbery incident at her Katampe residence in Abuja. He has accordingly ordered security agencies to track down Read more…


ARISE News Channel has mourned the tragic loss of a young journalist, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who died in the early hours of Monday, September 29, following a violent armed robbery at her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja. In a Read more…


President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday they’ve agreed on a plan to end the war in Gaza, but it’s unclear whether Hamas will accept the terms. Trump on Monday laid out a 20-point plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war and establishing Read more…


Talks on reducing strategic nuclear weapons must first be conducted between Russia and the U.S., but the arsenals of Britain and France will ultimately have to be included in negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Sunday. Read more…


For 92-year-old Festus Arhagba, life has become an endless nightmare of grief and regret after his 50-year-old son, Kingsley, reportedly died in police custody at the Ajeromi Division, Lagos, under what he described as a chilling mix of “deception, cruelty Read more…


The Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government has strongly condemned and categorically refuted recent allegations by certain international platforms and online influencers suggesting that terrorists operating in Nigeria are engaged in a systematic genocide against Christians. In a statement obtained by Naija News on Read more…


The Russian Foreign Minister has held dozens of meetings on the sidelines of the UNGA including one with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday delivered an address to the 80th session of the Read more…


The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman cited media reports claiming Ukraine could be planning attacks on NATO countries in order to accuse Moscow Ukraine is planning a possible false-flag operation in Romania or Poland that could escalate into a third world Read more…


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