Russia is boosting efforts to produce sophisticated weaponry for its military to deter Western countries that are supporting Kiev in its fight with Moscow, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday. His comments were apparently a response to Aleksey Read more…
Berlin and Paris should pay reparations to the civilians of Donbass who have been suffering Ukrainian attacks since 2014, according to Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the State Duma – Russia’s lower house of parliament. His comments came after former Read more…
The Kremlin is not ruling out further prisoner swaps with the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalists on Friday. Contacts between the security services of the two nations are “ongoing,” Putin said, adding that any further such initiatives would be Read more…
Violent attacks targeting Nigeria’s election commission offices are raising concerns about the security of the West African country’s upcoming elections in February. In the latest attack, assailants in southeastern Imo state set fire on Sunday to an office of Nigeria’s Read more…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has given the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and oil marketers a 48-hour ultimatum to make Premium Motor Spirit known as petrol available for Nigerians. He said failure to comply, the DSS will Read more…
Nigeria is expecting to take delivery of 54 new air assets, including attack aircraft and helicopters as well as aerial drones, to boost its capabilities to fight insecurity in the country, Chief of Air Staff Marshal Amao said on Thursday. Read more…
Russia has claimed that its military has destroyed a number of high-value targets with “high-precision” strikes in Ukraine, including killing 90 “Polish mercenaries” in just one day. On Thursday, the Defence Ministry’s telegram channel published a tally of the latest estimates. Read more…
A confession by former German chancellor Angela Merkel about the Minsk peace agreements could be used as evidence in a tribunal involving Western politicians responsible for provoking the Ukraine conflict between Moscow and Kiev, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned on Read more…
The military operation in Ukraine may go on for a while, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, in a meeting with the Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. Addressing a question about the duration of hostilities that escalated Read more…
Community Leaders of Ejama-Ebubu, in Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers State have appealed to the Inspector General (IG) Police, Usman Baba, the state commission of Police Okon Effiong, to restrain their men from incessant harassment and arrest of its indigenes Read more…
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 8,000 troops and a significant number of military equipment over the course of November, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu insisted on Tuesday. Shoigu declared that, in November, Kiev’s losses amounted to more than 8,300 Read more…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has assured the United Nations (UN) that the commission will not disappoint or fail Nigerians and the international community in conducting credible, transparent, inclusive elections next year. The assurance was Read more…