The US is to keep its planned sanctions against Russia completely secret, so Moscow doesn’t have the opportunity to mitigate them in advance, a senior American official said on Sunday. Speaking to CBS, US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland Read more…
Prince Ngoma was just about to depart a mining site in Central African Republic’s (CAR) eastern village of Aïgbado when heavily armed Russian mercenaries in a pickup truck drove in, opened fire, and burned down the houses in the area. “They Read more…
Gunmen Kill Soldier, Injure Three In Ambush In Rivers Unknown gunmen early Sunday morning ambushed and killed one soldier while critically wounding three others in Rivers State. Tribune Online reports that the attack happened at the boundary bridge between the Read more…
In an attack that started Saturday up till Sunday morning, 12 people have been confirmed killed by bandits in Galadima Kogo, Shiroro local government area of Niger State. The co-convener, Concerned Shiroro Youths, Sani Abubakar Yusuf Kokki, told LEADERSHIP that Read more…
UK’s PM Boris Johnson has unveiled London’s ‘biggest possible’ offer to the North-Atlantic bloc to help it in the standoff with Russia. Downing Street has announced its “biggest possible offer” to NATO in a statement late on Saturday. The UK’s prime minister Read more…
Yes, Ukraine would like foreign assistance from the United States and its allies in its standoff with Russia; but outside of providing defense weaponry, the country would prefer the U.S. just stay quiet, The New York Times reports Friday, per the head of Ukraine’s security Read more…
Military exercises set to take place in international waters in Ireland’s exclusive economic zone are moved The Russian Embassy in Dublin has confirmed that Moscow has decided to move naval drills, scheduled for next week, following a request from the Read more…
The remains of the Masters student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Timothy Adegoke, who was killed inside Hilton Hotel in Osun State, were on Friday released to the family members for burial. Mr Adegoke died from severe bleeding due Read more…
Suspected armed robbers, on Thursday, reportedly attacked a bullion van belonging to a yet-to-be-disclosed bank in Delta State. The armed-to-teeth robbers were said to have carted away an undisclosed amount of money from the van. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Read more…
•Says he could’ve traveled by road The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for cancelling his planned visit to Zamfara State besieged by bandits. The main opposition party rejected the reason of poor weather given for the Read more…
The U.S. is cranking up the pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stay out of Ukraine by threatening to block the opening of a Russian-owned natural gas pipeline. The State Department put Putin on notice Thursday that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline would not be Read more…
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov slams the bloc’s reply as ideological NATO’s reply to Moscow’s proposals for a European security treaty is entirely ideological and has too much of a focus on the bloc’s so-called “special purpose” and “exceptionalism,” Russian Foreign Minister Read more…