A leaked memo from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), yesterday, raised the alarm of coming attacks from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). The fresh threat is targeted at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), worsening the Read more…
Bandits have released the wife of the chairman, Zamfara State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ramatu Yunusa, after collecting N15m ransom. The victim, who was nine-month-old pregnant when she was abducted two weeks ago, was Read more…
An 11-year-old boy abducted on Sunday during a mass service at the Annunciation Catholic Church, Awka, Anambra State capital, has been found. It was gathered that among the kidnappers were an elderly man and another middle-aged man who was described Read more…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed on Sunday that “Russian aggression” in Ukraine may have been partly to blame for the turmoil in Sri Lanka. The island nation has been in a state of unrest for several months, with Read more…
The world’s longest submarine, the K-329 Belgorod, was officially handed over to the Russian military on Friday at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk. Russian Navy commander Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov attended the ceremony and thanked the shipbuilders for delivering the “research” Read more…
The Biden administration and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have pledged to counter Russia’s war in Ukraine and the threat it poses to European security, and the funds so far committed to Kyiv already exceed U.S. costs for Read more…
Anambra State Police Command has reacted to the allegations of extortion by some operatives of the command at Onitsha central police station. A human rights activist and coordinator of Behind Bars Human Rights Foundation, Harrison Gwamnishu, narrated an incident of Read more…
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Friday night ambushed and killed one person in Kwi Village of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The victim who was identified as Amos Pam, 35-year-old was ambushed by gunmen on his Read more…
After actively negotiating and participating in the dialogue that led to the release of 11 passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train kidnapped on March 28, 2022, Kaduna-based publisher and Media Consultant to Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abubakar, Mal Tukur Mamu (Dan-Iyan Fika) Read more…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Mr Mike Ogiasa, has sent a distress message from the den of his abductors, pleading that his family and Bayelsans do everything to secure his release. Ogiasa was kidnapped from his country home in Otuabagi, Read more…
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been pronounced dead after being shot during a public event, NHK has reported, citing the ruling Japanese Liberal Democratic Party. The death was also confirmed by a party source, who spoke to agency Kyodo Read more…
Russian forces have reportedly destroyed two British-supplied missile systems in Ukraine, according to a statement by Russia’s Defense Ministry released on Friday. During its daily briefing, the ministry published a video showing Russian ships firing “high-precision sea-based weapons,” which it Read more…