The White House was briefly placed on lockdown Saturday evening after a gunman opened fire at a security checkpoint near the presidential complex, prompting an exchange of gunfire with U.S. Secret Service officers. The incident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. at the Read more…
As the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) yesterday intensified preparations for the 2027 general election, a former governor of Anambra State and presidential aspirant on the party’s platform, Mr. Peter Obi, has met with South African ministers in a move to Read more…
Multiple videos circulating on social media purport to show a Russian Oreshnik missile strike on targets in Belaya Tserkov Ukrainian media and Telegram channels have circulated videos showing clusters of bright objects rapidly descending from the sky. They claimed the Read more…
The Holy See highlights the urgent need to uphold international humanitarian law and protect civilians, noting increased attacks on religious sites and healthcare workers. Addressing the UN Security Council, it also raises ethical concerns over emerging wartime technologies and calls Read more…
US forces reportedly engaged twice as many Iranian missiles as the IDF Israel conserved its air defense interceptors during the Iran war while the US expended significant portions of its stockpiles, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing anonymous US Read more…
What to know about the Iran war:President Trump said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will do “whatever I want him to do” on Iran. Mr. Trump also said he’s “in no hurry” to make a deal to end Read more…
The burden of the memoir is that Gowon remembered selectively, contends PAT ONUKWULI On Tuesday, May 19, 2026, Nigeria’s political, military and ecclesiastical establishment gathered in Abuja for the public presentation of General Yakubu Gowon’s long-awaited memoir, My Life of Read more…
Russian military planners will respond to France’s new forward nuclear deterrence strategy, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said Russia will respond to efforts by European NATO members to build up their nuclear war capacity, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov Read more…
The Russian president usually writes articles for local media ahead of major foreign trips Russian President Vladimir Putin has recorded a video address to the people of China ahead of his official visit to Beijing, replacing the article or interview Read more…
Michael Oyedokun, one of the abducted teachers of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, has been beheaded by bandits. Oyedokun’s beheading was captured in a video shared on social media. The clip has gone Read more…
President Donald Trump met with top members of his national security team on Saturday to discuss the path forward on the Iran war, a source familiar with the meeting told CNN, a day before he said Tehran “better get moving, Read more…
Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has raised the alarm over what it described as a coordinated wave of terror attacks across the South West geopolitical zone, declaring that Yorubaland is now effectively under siege. The apex body’s declaration followed a recent Read more…