The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, says telecom tariffs will soon increase but not by 100 per cent. Rising from a stakeholders’ meeting with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on Wednesday in Abuja, Tijani said that Read more…
Ukrainian forces have carried out a new long-range attack on Belgorod Region using eight US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, all of which were shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday. The incoming munitions were repelled by Russia’s S-400 and Read more…
Russian air defenses have repelled a series of Ukrainian drone raids across the country, shooting down 68 UAVs on New Year’s Eve, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow. One of the strikes damaged an oil depot in Smolensk Region, Read more…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday vowed to bring more “destruction” to Ukraine in retaliation for a drone attack on the central Russian city of Kazan a day earlier. Russia accused Ukraine of a “massive” drone attack that hit a Read more…
The official website of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has been compromised by hackers. This was disclosed by the Bureau in a post on its X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday night. It, however, said efforts were ongoing to Read more…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said going forward, computer-generated slips issued to the voter or even downloaded from its website will suffice for voter accreditation. According to the electoral umpire, this will not only save cost but also Read more…
Ukrainian forces fired a barrage of six US-made ATACMS missiles at a military airfield near the southern Russian city of Taganrog on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said, vowing retaliation for the attack. Two of the missiles were Read more…
In their first ever call, Russia’s defense chief cautioned the top US general about a large-scale Russian military exercise in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to a US official, with tensions running high between the two countries over the escalating Read more…
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…
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…
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 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…