The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has lamented the state of affairs in Onitsha, a notable commercial city in the state, saying that it is “dead”. Soludo made this known after his visit to the commercial hub of the Read more…
Category: Security
The US has assisted Kiev’s forces in killing Russian generals by sharing intelligence on their location inside Ukraine, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing senior American officials. Washington reportedly provided Kiev with information on Russia’s mobile military headquarters, Read more…
Many people were, Friday night, feared killed when an explosion rocked an illegal crude oil refinery in Abaezi forest, Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. PREMIUM TIMES learnt that several persons were also seriously injured and six vehicles razed in Read more…
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Wednesday, declared a state of emergency on insecurity and infrastructure in the state. Soludo assured the people that he would make the state an industrialisation hub. The governor stated this in Awka, Read more…
The outlawed separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has reacted to the beheading of a military couple in Imo State, denying involvement in the murder. IPOB in a statement on Wednesday signed by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, disclosed that Read more…
Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis has floated the idea that he wants to take a trip to Kyiv to try to broker a ceasefire. But now he says he would prefer to go to Moscow to try to talk Read more…
The Nigerian Army says the recent killing of two soldiers by suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has shown that the secessionist group does not work for the interest of the Igbo. Army spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, stated this in a Read more…
Russian supersonic Oniks missiles have struck a logistics hub at a military airfield used to supply troops with foreign weapons near the Black Sea port of Odessa, Moscow said on Tuesday. Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said at Read more…
The U.S. has learned a great deal about Russian military shortfalls and capabilities in the first two months of the war in Ukraine, top Pentagon leaders told Congress Tuesday. But they warned that Moscow is learning from its mistakes as the Read more…
On Sunday, several hundred civilians were evacuated from bunkers in Azovstal in a humanitarian effort facilitated by the United Nations and the International Red Cross. It came after Moscow’s agreement to a ceasefire. Russian forces say they have the entire Read more…
The outskirts of Kharkiv have the feel of an open-air morgue, where the dead lie unclaimed and unexplained, sometimes for weeks on end, as Ukrainian and Russian forces fight for control of slivers of land. There is the charred body Read more…
Benue State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel attached to Agro Rangers Unit by heavily armed herdsmen at Iniongun, a suburb of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Read more…