The Benin Bronzes belong to our king and no one else, Benin chiefs have said, in a growing row over who will care for artefacts repatriated from Britain. The universities of Oxford and Cambridge have pledged to return hundreds of Read more…
Category: Security
The withdrawal of Russian forces from Kherson doesn’t effect the legal status of the region, Moscow insisted on Friday, as it was officially incorporated into Russia last month after a public referendum. Speaking to journalists, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated Read more…
Igbo youths under the umbrella of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, (COSEYL) has condemned the recent arrest and alleged torture of a Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) chieftain in Ebonyi State, Chief Abia Onyike. A statement by the President General Read more…
The US military tested an experimental cruise missile launch system above the Arctic Circle on Wednesday. The commander in charge of the test called it a deliberately “provocative” move aimed at deterring Russia. The operation involved dropping a long-range cruise Read more…
Iran has developed a ballistic missile capable of flying at hypersonic speeds, a senior military officer told journalists on Thursday. The weapon system is designed to destroy enemy anti-missile defenses and can maneuver both inside and outside of the atmosphere, Read more…
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stressed that Moscow’s position on negotiations with Ukraine remains unchanged. This follows allegations made by a German official who recently claimed that Moscow was unprepared to hold talks. “We are still open to Read more…
No fewer than 28 persons have been killed in an alleged attack that was launched on the people of Okpobula Community, predominantly Ezza people who are living in Ado local government area of Benue state. The Commissioner of Police in Read more…
Gunmen on Tuesday attacked a police checkpoint around Ihiala – Uli communities in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident reportedly happened at about 10:30 am. Sources said that the gun, upon arrival at the scene, opened fire Read more…
A Catholic priest, identified as Fr. Kunat and eight others have been abducted in separate attacks on Idon, Kajuru Local Government Area and Oil Village, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, located near the Kaduna refinery. Although, details about the abduction Read more…
Are they leaving or not? This is the question that observers of Ukraine’s eight-month war have been asking about what looks to be a gradual Russian withdrawal from the occupied city of Kherson, a strategic regional capital in Ukraine’s south, Read more…
US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden says a 1983 interview with former CIA officer Frank Snepp, detailing how the agency used mainstream newspapers in the US to distribute disinformation, is still the “most important video of the year.” Read more…
More than a dozen countries have expressed an interest in joining the BRICS group, which incorporates some of the world’s major emerging economies, as the bloc gains more global standing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. Speaking at Read more…