Rivers State Police Command said it has arrested five kidnap suspects and dismantled the camp of a notorious kidnap kingpin, Princewill Orlu, in Emohua Local Government Area of the state, on Monday. Briefing newsmen at the Command’s Headquarters, Moscow Road, Read more…
The Nigerian Navy on Sunday said it deactivated a boat laden with suspected stolen crude in Bayelsa. It also said the Navy Ship SOROH (NNS SOROH) troops recovered two AK-47 rifles, six AK-47 magazines, and 133 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. Read more…
The much-touted Ukrainian counteroffensive has seen no success more than a month after it was launched, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired on Sunday. Putin praised Russia’s “heroic” troops and insisted that the direction of Moscow’s military Read more…
Azerbaijan said on Saturday that Russia and Armenia are not fulfilling the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave ceasefire deal, hours after the European Union urged Azerbaijan and Armenia to refrain from “violence and harsh rhetoric”. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan Read more…
The Federal Government has filed a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition against suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, before the Federal High Court in Lagos. According to Channel Television report, FG accused Emefiele Read more…
The cost of invading Crimea would be too high for Kiev, a former adviser to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Aleksey Arestovich, said this week. The operation would likely lead to hundreds of thousands of casualties, he said, speaking to Russian Read more…
Nearly a third of the Bradley armored vehicles that the United States has provided to Ukraine may have already been lost or damaged, according to open source data, demonstrating the extent to which Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Russia is proving to Read more…
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Valery Zaluzhny told the Washington Post in an interview published on Friday that US has restricted his country’s use of long-range missiles and forced his army to improvise in order to attack Russia. Read more…
A Nigerian Air Force plane – FT-7NI trainer aircraft – has crashed in Makurdi, the capital of Benue state. According to reports, the incident happened on Friday evening, while on a routine training exercise. The NAF Director of Public Relations Read more…
Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party in Nigeria, has condemned the insecurity in the country’s South-east, saying the frequent sit-at-home order in the region is criminal. “What is going on in the South-east is essentially a Read more…
The lawmaker representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Ifeanyi Ubah said the South-East leaders are set to meet with President Bola Tinubu to discuss possibility of releasing Nnamdi Kanu. Ubah disclosed this while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Read more…
Barely six hours after a Federal High Court ordered the Department of State Services, DSS, to either arraign or release suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, from its custody, the DSS said last night it had charged the top banker Read more…