Nigeria’s national power grid collapsed on Friday, marking the first system failure recorded in 2026 and causing a nationwide blackout. Data obtained from the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) showed that electricity generation dropped to zero megawatts (MW) during the Read more…
Pope Leo tells Rome’s young people not to be content with superficial relationships, but to seek the truth, goodness and communion that arise from encountering God and one’s neighbour. Upon arriving in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, Pope Leo XIV Read more…
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has officially commissioned the first batch of 20 electric buses purchased by the Abia State Government for its green shuttle services across the state. Commissioning the buses, in Umuahia, Read more…
The UK should focus on more “cost-effective” systems like drones, retired Rear Admiral Philip Mathias has said The UK is no longer capable of running a nuclear submarine program after years of mismanagement, retired Rear Admiral Philip Mathias has said. Read more…
Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a “substantive phone call” with American officials engaged in talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida, aimed at ending Read more…
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major General Waidi Shaibu has commissioned a state-of-the-art wargaming centre located at the Department of Land Warfare, Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Kaduna State. The centre, a brainchild of the COAS, is Read more…
A Chinese study has outlined how the nation could jam Starlink access across the entirety of the island of Taiwan. It would require around 1,000 to 2,000 specially adapted electronic warfare drones for this hostile act to pay off, reports the South Read more…
Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, declaring that the new weapon can’t be intercepted. Putin’s statement, which comes three days after he praised a successful test of Read more…
President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 29 that the United States will “immediately” resume nuclear weapons tests. In a Truth Social post, Trump touted progress made on nuclear weapons modernization during his first term. But he warned that China’s nuclear weapons buildup will Read more…
Supplying Kiev with the long-range missiles would be an “escalation attempt,” the Russian president has said Russia would deliver a “very serious, if not downright staggering” response to any Ukrainian strike using US-made Tomahawk missiles, President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday, calling Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has deported the remaining 51 foreign nationals convicted and sentenced for cyber-terrorism, internet fraud, and related financial crimes in Read more…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused the west of “zero real reaction” to Russia’s escalating bombing campaign against Ukraine, after a massive attack on Sunday killed six people and injured 18. The western city of Lviv, normally considered one of the safest Read more…