The Russian military has said it used its state-of-the-art Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to destroy an arms depot near the city of Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine. The strike with the air-launched missile system took place on Friday, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Read more…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Russian forces pushed tanks deeper into the beleaguered southern port city of Mariupol, with heavy street battles shutting down a major steel plant and hampering rescue Read more…
The country home of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, George Obiozor was on Saturday morning set ablaze by gunmen. The incident happened in Awo- Omamma, the hometown of Mr Obiozor, in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. The gunmen, it Read more…
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the police to arrest the wife of ex-Governor Willie Obiano, Ebelechukwu; and a former Ambassador to Spain, Bianca Ojukwu, who is also the widow of Biafra leader, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu. Falana Read more…
Moscow and Kiev have achieved certain progress in the ongoing talks, getting their positions on Ukraine’s potential status “as close as possible,” the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said Friday. “The topic of neutral status and non-accession of Ukraine to Read more…
During a two-hour call Friday morning, President Biden warned Chinese President Xi Jinping that supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would have severe consequences for Beijing, according to White House officials. “The conversation was direct,” a senior administration official subsequently told Read more…
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has argued that Ukraine will have to eventually capitulate before Russia unless it accepts the terms put forward by Moscow today. The fighting has been raging since February. “I’m convinced that, in the nearest future, this Read more…
Russia has largely achieved its objective of neutralizing the Ukrainian military, but Western governments mistakenly believe the deliberate progress designed to avoid civilian casualties reflects weakness and are funneling weapons to prolong the fighting, a former top Pentagon adviser has Read more…
Fears that three British ex-special forces troops have been killed by a Russian attack in Ukraine are being investigated. UK authorities are investigating after dozens were killed in a missile strike close to the Ukrainian border with Nato member Poland on Sunday, amid unconfirmed reports that Read more…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested six persons, including a native doctor and two women, for allegedly involving in parading a widow naked in public. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the woman was accused of causing the death Read more…
Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has made further clarifications on investigations concerning the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Malami fielded questions from State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting Read more…
An operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) was, on Tuesday, killed following an attack by yet-to-be identified gunmen at the Ebonyi State command headquarters Ntezi axis, along the ever-busy Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway in the wee hours of Tuesday. Read more…