Saturday, 21 June, 2025

Category: Security


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Operatives of Anambra State Police Command have arrested a forty two year old Friday Emenike Alias Ekpo from Izzi LGA of Ebonyi State, for allegedly lending guns/weapons to criminals for their operations within Awka and its environs. Read more…


Georgia has prevented an attempted overthrow of the government orchestrated by foreign powers, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said. He compared the scenario allegedly prepared for the nation with the situation in Ukraine in 2014. Speaking on Monday, Kobakhidze referred Read more…


The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has formally assumed office with a promise to adopt an all-inclusive leadership approach to foster a collaborative and effective army, capable of addressing the nation’s security challenges. Oluyede Read more…


The Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has granted a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi a N50 million bail. The court’s decision was disclosed by the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Read more…


Bashar Assad and his family are in Moscow, senior Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov said early on Monday morning, seemingly confirming previous media reports that the former Syrian president has been granted asylum. The government in Damascus fell to militants on Read more…


The Take It Back Movement has vowed to go ahead with its planned protests in Ekiti, Lagos, Abuja, London and Canada following the detention of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over defamation charges. The group insisted this despite a directive Read more…


Russia’s top diplomat said in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson released Friday that Moscow doesn’t want a war with the United States but will use “all means” to defend its interests. Sergey Lavrov argued that while Russia Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Anambra State police command has foiled plans to attack Nibo community in Awka South LGA of the state again. The Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) for the command, Ikechukwu Ikenga (SP) revealed this in a press statement. Ikenga Read more…


“Enough with wars! Enough with violence!”: these poignant words resonated again in the Paul the VI Hall on Saturday where Pope Francis received in audience the delegations that gifted this year’s Nativity Scene and Christmas Tree to be inaugurated on Read more…


From Ijeoma John Nnewi His Grace, Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala, (retired Anglican Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi Diocese), Anambra State has been reported missing since Friday morning.  Archbishop Okpala was said to have departed for Read more…


In their first ever call, Russia’s defense chief cautioned the top US general about a large-scale Russian military exercise in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to a US official, with tensions running high between the two countries over the escalating Read more…


Fresh cybercrime charges have been filed against activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi following his recent arrest and detention. The charges were filed on Friday, December 6, 2024, by the Nigerian Police before a Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti. Farotimi Read more…