Israel’s defense minister says the window is closing on an opportunity to reach a temporary cease-fire deal with the Hamas militant group that he believes could also bring calm to the country’s volatile northern border with Lebanon. Speaking to reporters, Yoav Gallant Read more…
The Imo State Police Command says it arrested five kidnap suspects terrorising the Obinze, Avu, and Ihiagwa areas of the state. This is just as the police said it rescued a kidnap victim during an operation in August. The Force Read more…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it would conduct a thorough medical examination on its president, Joe Ajaero, to ensure his health has not been adversely affected by the detention. The union also demanded return of his withheld travel documents. Read more…
The Russian military on Tuesday launched massive naval and air drills spanning across both hemispheres and including China in joint maneuvers. The “Ocean-24” exercise spans the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas and involves over 400 Read more…
The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa, has vowed to capture notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji. Musa made the vow while addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. Lately, Turji has been in the news for allegedly seizing two Read more…
Val Obienyem, the Media Adviser to Peter Obi has refuted reports that the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Anambra. Addressing the rumours in a statement issued on Read more…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the passport of Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The passport was returned on Tuesday through Abubakar Marshall, a lawyer from the Femi Falana chambers. NLC spokesperson Benson Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Tension rose to the crescendo in Nawfia and Enugwu-Ukwu communities of Anambra State as three unidentified persons were murdered at Isionye land. Many people also sustained varying degrees of injuries inflicted on them by assailants. Isionye land Read more…
The hoodlums were said to have targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, at 9:00 am on Monday. However, upon finding the school empty, they stormed the closest health centre. According to Musa Alhassan, a leader of a local vigilante Read more…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero. According to sources within the agency, Ajaero was taken into custody on Monday morning due to his failure to honour an Read more…
An employee of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described how DSS agents broke into their Abuja office and demanded to speak with Kolawole Oluwadare, the deputy director. The staff (name withheld) stated that the officers instructed that Read more…
The people of Moriki town in Zurmi LGA of Zamfara State have managed to convince a bandit leader, Bello Turji, to reduce the ransom he imposed on them from N50 million to N30 million, with a Wednesday deadline for payment. Read more…