A preliminary report by a commission probing the deaths of Nigerian protesters last year has found the army shot and “killed unarmed” demonstrators in a crackdown that could be considered a “massacre”. Nigeria’s army denies troops opened fire with live Read more…
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to unravel the real motive behind the recent invasion of the residence of Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili. The governor said Read more…
Gunmen have killed at least 15 people in Nigeria’s northwest, the Sokoto state governor said, the latest incident in a spiral of violence in Africa’s most populous country. The gunmen stormed communities in Sokoto state and raided houses from Sunday Read more…
A large settlement of migrants in the suburbs of Dunkirk in northern France has been dismantled, in the wake of yet another wave of tensions with the UK over the growing number of illegal crossings. “At my instruction, the security Read more…
The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that it conducted a missile test that hit and destroyed an old, inoperable satellite one day after the US State Department accused Moscow of being “irresponsible” and “reckless.” According to the ministry, the test Read more…
Russia’s state development corporation has announced it is working on an advanced new unmanned military jet that can soar above the clouds and cloak itself from enemy defenses, while being controlled from the safety of the ground. In a flashy Read more…
The U.S. military said on Monday that it was aware of a “debris-generating” event in outer space and one official said it appeared that Russia had carried out an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons test. Experts say anti-satellite weapons that shatter their Read more…
Says bandits ready to drop arms Kaduna based Islamic Scholar Sheikh (Dr) Ahmad Gumi has built schools for herdsmen in the Kaduna forests as part of measures to curb banditry and general insecurity. Gumi said that the insecurity situation in Read more…
Leaders of sociocultural organizations and local government chairmen in Benue have claimed that 1,773 people have been killed in the state by armed herdsmen between January 2018 and now. The leaders who spoke to newsmen at a press conference in Read more…
The Nigerian Army has distanced itself from a report by an online platform titled: “Defence Headquarters warns soldiers against overthrowing Buhari’s regime.” In a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday, by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Onyema Read more…
Troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces have killed a top ranking Commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and scores of its fighters in a revenge attack on Saturday at Askira-Uba in Borno State. LEADERSHIP reports that the Read more…
London should look at its own crimes in destroying Iraq before lecturing other nations on the issue of refugees, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said, on Sunday, responding to comments by the UK foreign secretary. The Daily Telegraph Read more…