Russia has said that Kiev’s idea to put peace deal terms up for a referendum will only hurt the ongoing talks. Moscow launched a military campaign against Ukraine late last month. “We’re convinced that putting [the terms] before the public Read more…
The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video it claims shows Ukrainian rocket artillery for which civilian buildings had been used as cover before it was hidden inside a Kiev shopping mall. The site was destroyed overnight in a missile Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has tracked down the officer who leaked a video of Willie Obiano, the immediate-past governor of Anambra, in its custody. PREMIUM TIMES had reported how the 12-second footage showing Mr Obiano in his shorts Read more…
President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State; the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, and his Chief Economic Adviser, Prof. Doyin Salami, to a meeting at the Presidential Villa on Monday afternoon. According to a statement by Read more…
Nigerian security officials bore the larger brunt of killings by non-state actors last week, accounting for 80 per cent of the 30 people killed. Out of the 30 people killed last week (March 13 to 18), 20 were security personnel Read more…
President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned as “deeply distressing” the destruction in Imo State, of buildings and assets of the Police and the home of Professor George Obiozor, the President General of the Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, a person he described Read more…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), on Sunday, ordered personnel across the States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja to stop demanding customs papers and tinted permits on the highways from drivers. The Acting Force Public Relations Read more…
Gunmen, on Sunday, morning attacked the Omuma Divisional Police Headquarters in the Oru East Local Government Area of Imo state. Omuma is the home town of the governor of the state, Hope Uzodinma. The attack came just 24 hours after Read more…
The Patriot air defence system has started arriving in Slovakia from NATO partner countries and the deployment will continue in the coming days, Slovakia’s defence minister said on Sunday. The system will be operated by German and Dutch troops and Read more…
Russian forces hit a Ukrainian special forces training center early on Sunday, killing more than 100 local troops and foreign mercenaries, the Ministry of Defense has said. A Ukrainian Special Operations Forces training center near the town of Ovruch in Read more…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has condemned the arrest of the former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The party described the arrest of the former governor as a “politically-motivated witch-hunt”, saying that Read more…
Some suspected terrorists have killed five people including a teacher and a 70-year-old man across three villages of Dogo Dawa, Layin Mahuta and Tabanni in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Ibrahim Abubakar Nagwari, Chairman, Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Read more…