Sunday, 22 December, 2024

Category: Security


Moscow could use its new Oreshnik ballistic missile to strike Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s office in Kiev, senior Russian MP Aleksey Zhuravlyov has said. Russia revealed the Oreshnik to the world on November 21, when it was used to hit Read more…


Investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo has been released by the Nigerian Army. Soyombo’s release was revealed on Friday evening by one of his lawyers, Abimbola Ojenike who said that he was let go shortly after 7 pm. Daily Sun reported that Read more…


Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, has decried the unabated security challenge in the country, noting that mindless waste of human lives and attack on businesses and critical infrastructure can’t be allowed to continue. He stated this on Read more…


Russian forces have launched a series of retaliatory strikes in response to Ukraine using Western-supplied long-range weapons in its cross-border attacks, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The troops have struck the positions of ATACMS launchers and Read more…


Justice Maryann Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has fixed December 10 for ruling in the bail applications by former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and two others. The Judge fixed the date after taking Read more…


Moscow will retaliate against continuing Ukrainian strikes on Russian soil with Western-supplied long-range missiles, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.  His statement came after Kiev fired US-made ATACMS missiles at Russia’s internationally recognized territory, despite an earlier warning Read more…


The joint security patrol team in Bauchi state has killed three suspected bandits, kdnappers during a gun battle at Yankari Forest in Alkaleri LGA. The confirmation was made by the State Police Commissioner, Auwal Musa Mohammed when he conducted the Read more…


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally detained ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. Bello was detained after he presented himself at the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja on Tuesday. The former governor’s detention was disclosed by EFCC’s Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor A deviant security operative has been arrested in the commercial town of Onitsha while attempting to run away with a pump action gun. The news of the arrest was contained in a press release signed by the Read more…


The parties involved in the Ukraine conflict must do everything in their power to prevent the use of nuclear weapons, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned. Russia recently updated its nuclear doctrine and last week used a new medium-range Read more…


Ukraine has been hit by a surge in Russian ballistic missile attacks, about a third of which used North Korean weapons that can only fly because they run on Western circuitry, obtained despite sanctions, according to Ukrainian military officials. Russia Read more…


China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is gearing up for Trump 2.0 with some ground rules for the administration’s China hawks. Last weekend, Xi met US President Joe Biden at the 31st APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Lima, Peru. He told Washington Read more…