An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has crashed in Kaduna, PRNigeria has reported. The media house, which has links to Nigeria’s security institutions, said the aircraft is a training aircraft. “While details of the incident are still sketchy, sources Read more…
Russia launched its long-feared, full-scale ground offensive to take control of Ukraine’s east on Monday, attacking along a broad front over 300 miles (480 kilometers) long, Ukrainian officials said in what marked the opening of a new and potentially climactic Read more…
The mother of 10-year-old student of Chrisland Schools, who was in a sex tape made during a school trip to Dubai, UAE, has said her daughter was dying in silence due to threats, and that the boys were on drugs. Read more…
Troops of 34 Artillery Brigade Nigerian Army (NA) on Sunday 17 April 2022 neutralized a member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network(ESN) at Ihioma Community in Orlu Local Government Area of Read more…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, on Sunday said President Buhari has destroyed every aspect of life in Nigeria but has allowed corruption to thrive and grow. “With everything literally broken down, our country has become one big emergency Read more…
About 21 days after the attack on a Kaduna-bound train by terrorists, dozens of passengers abducted by the gunmen have not been freed. The exact number of passengers kidnapped has not been ascertained. However, over a hundred people on the Read more…
The Anglican Bishop of Kaduna Diocese, Timothy Yahaya, and his Catholic counterpart, Mathew Manoso Ndagoso, on Sunday, backed the Northern Elders Forum in their call for the resignation of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) over the spate of insecurity Read more…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday said Mariupol, which has been under siege since the start of the invasion, said the city “doesn’t exist anymore.” “The situation in Mariupol is both dire militarily and heartbreaking. The city doesn’t exist Read more…
The Russian military has used “high-precision air-launched missiles” to destroy a munitions factory in Brovary, a town outside the Ukrainian capital, Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov told a daily press briefing on Sunday. He also claimed that 68 targets were Read more…
In our series of letters from African journalists, to mark eight years since the Chibok school abductions, Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani speaks to a rescued girl who has been treated very differently to her former classmates who Read more…
Nigeria’s electoral commission on Friday suspended voter registration in most parts of oil-producing Imo state after an election official was shot dead by unknown gunmen, as the country prepares for a series of votes early next year. Armed groups have Read more…
Presidential hopeful and Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to end the massacre of citizens of Plateau and other States if elected president in 2023. This is as he described as regrettable the failure of the All Progressives Read more…