An air strike by the Nigerian army targeting ‘bandits’ has left seven children dead and five others wounded “by mistake” in the Maradi region of southern Niger, a local governor told AFP on Sunday. “There was a mistake with the Read more…
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President Putin has unilaterally declared that two chunks of Eastern Ukraine should be considered independent states in a dramatic escalation that many fear could lead to all-out war. In an address to his nation on Monday, the Russian president formally announced “the Read more…
By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo We ran into what seemed to be an impromptu roadblock prohibiting vehicular movement between Nkpor and Nnobi. We were returning from Onitsha, and it was getting late (6.20 pm) in the day. The road is so Read more…
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said Sunday that he’s recently seen changes in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s behavior, saying that he now sounds more “decisive” than in the past. Niinistö, who has been in close contact with Putin, recalled an exchange Read more…
Russia and France will organize a meeting in the coming hours with the aim of reaching a ceasefire, Paris has revealed © Chesnot / Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have agreed to take Read more…
At least, 18 people have been confirmed dead and several others injured after an attack by bandits in Kadaddaba in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The attack, which lasted from 10 p.m. on Friday to 4 a.m., was Read more…
Germany’s Lufthansa has announced that it will cease all flights to and from the Ukrainian capital for a week FILE PHOTO. © AP / Martin Meissner Lufthansa will suspend all flights to and from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev for one week, Read more…
Visiting Kyiv in early 2008, then-President George W. Bush told Ukrainian leader Viktor Yushchenko that it was time that the Eastern European nation join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, a military alliance between the United States and European Read more…
Five persons, including a father and his son, have been reportedly killed by armed herdsmen in an attack on Tse Udeghe community, Mbakpa Council Ward and Ahumen community in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. The attack is Read more…
A newly discovered document from March 1991 shows US, UK, French, and German officials discussing a pledge made to Russia that NATO will not expand to Poland and beyond. Its publication by the German magazine Der Spiegel on Friday proves Moscow right Read more…
Russia announced plans to hold missile test launches the day after threatening a military response in the escalating standoff with Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that the drills would be held on Saturday to test the combat readiness and Read more…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has condemned the killing of cattle traders and slaughtering of their cows in Abia State. In a statement signed by its secretary-general, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and made available to journalists in Kaduna Read more…