The Senate on Monday confirmed the appointment of 45 ministerial nominees sent to it by President Bola Tinubu for screening and confirmation. The red chamber screened all the nominees whose names were sent in three batches in six legislative days. Read more…
The former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Dumebi Kachikwu has called for external investigation, adding that Nigerians won’t accept any report emanating from the Navy. On Wednesday, the Tanita Security Services said it intercepted the MT Praisel, a Read more…
Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, have adduced reasons why President Bola Tinubu cannot unilaterally deploy troops to Niger Republic to restore democratic rule in the troubled country. In separate interviews with Vanguard, the learned silks maintained that for the armed Read more…
Russia unleashed a missile and drone barrage Sunday across parts of Ukraine that killed six people, Kyiv officials said, as Moscow followed through on its promise to retaliate for an attack on a Russian tanker. Separately, Moscow’s second-largest airport briefly Read more…
One of two strings of the Russian ‘Druzhba’ oil pipeline passing through Poland to Germany has been closed off following a leak, the Polish operator PERN said on Saturday. “PERN’s automation systems detected a leak” on Saturday evening, leading to Read more…
On July 26, 2023, the presidential guard of the Republic of Niger detained President Mohamed Bazoum. The army did not take the insurgents’ side at first, taking a guarded position instead at the strategically important facilities in Niamey, Niger’s capital Read more…
Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, disputing the involvement of the vessel in oil bunkering, said, “The attention of the naval Headquarters has been drawn to publications and news reports in the media on the arrest of Motor Read more…
The Senate and the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, have asked the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, and other leaders of Read more…
Ukraine has almost no chance of producing nuclear weapons on its own, the head of the country’s National Security and Defense Council has acknowledged, while hinting that Kiev may eventually host a Western-made atomic arsenal. Speaking on national TV on Read more…
Russia is disabling “sophisticated” missiles that Ukraine’s Western allies provided by scrambling their GPS coordinates, according to reports. Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, a US think tank, told BBC News that Russia’s electronic-warfare capability had significantly improved Read more…
Regional mediation efforts to reverse the coup in Niger and restore its democracy collapsed as soon as they started. Tensions have escalated as the Sunday deadline nears for possible military intervention by other West African countries. On Friday, the region’s Read more…
Nigeria has closed its border with Niger Republic following the military coup that ousted the democratically-elected government of President Mohammed Bazoum. Acting Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adeniyi disclosed this on Friday at Illela border, Sokoto state. According to him, Read more…