Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have abducted a businessman, Ifesinachi Onyekere, at the Okpuno community in the Awka area of Anambra State. A security expert, Zagazola Makama, made this known via his X handle on Monday. According to him, the attackers invaded Read more…
Residents of Tsakuwa, Yarmarka, and Doma villages of Bakori local government area of Katsina State protested the reported killing of 20 villagers by suspected bandits in their communities. An impeccable source said the villages were invaded by armed attackers who Read more…
Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday its forces had captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, including one in Dnipropetrovsk region where Moscow says its troops have begun to make advances. Ukrainian forces made no acknowledgement that the villages had Read more…
Mbulu-Owo and Owo autonomous communities in Nkanu East Local government area, Enugu State have asked the Nigeria Army to obey court order asking it to vacate and remove truckloads of soldiers from a disputed land in the area. The disputed Read more…
The Kremlin said on Friday that a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy could only happen as a final step to seal a peace deal. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that it was unlikely that Read more…
Ukraine on Wednesday proposed direct talks within weeks between its President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, but Moscow tempered prospects for progress at a fresh round of talks in Istanbul on Wednesday. A Russian negotiator said his country agreed Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Police Command has embarked on training and orientation programme for vigilante operatives across the State is progressing steadily. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, Tochukwu Ikenga (SP) revealed this in a Read more…
The leaders should meet only after a peace deal is finalized, Vladimir Medinsky says The leaders of Russia and Ukraine should meet only after a peace treaty is ready to be signed, top Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky told journalists after Read more…
Turkey will directly intervene to stop any attempt to fragment Syria and will prevent any attempts by militants to obtain autonomy after clashes in southern Syria, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday. His warning against fragmentation, in comments to Read more…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that any threat against fellow opposition leader Peter Obi is a threat against every Nigerian. Atiku made the declaration in an X post on Tuesday in apparent reaction to the face-off between the Read more…
The Zelensky government was previously accused in the Western press of minimizing casualty figures to safeguard aid Ukraine’s official military casualty figures in the conflict with Russia may be vastly understated, according to a report published by the French newspaper Read more…
The Inspector-General of Police(IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has met with aggrieved retired personnel of the Nigeria Police Force with a promise to address their plight under the Contributory Pension Scheme(CPS). The IGP, while addressing the retired officers who took their protest Read more…