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President Vladimir Putin of Russia has confirmed the death of the founder of Wagner private military group, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Yevgeny Prigozhin died alongside other Wagner Commanders on Wednesday in a plane crash suspected to be caused by bombing. Putin described Prigozhin as a man of complex fate, but talented, noting, he made great contributions in ... Read More "Putin Confirms Wagner Boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Death, Condoles Families" »
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has confirmed the death of the founder of Wagner private military group, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Yevgeny Prigozhin died alongside other Wagner Commanders on Wednesday in a plane crash suspected to be caused by bombing. Putin described Prigozhin as a man of complex fate, but talented, noting, he made great contributions in ... Read More "Putin Confirms Wagner Boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Death, Condoles Families" »
Hours after a plane crashed in Russia wherein the founder of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin and other top commanders of the private military group were suspected onboard, no authority or official both from Wagner or Kremlin has confirmed that the Wagner boss died in the crash. Aviation observers said shortly after the two aircrafts ... 
Thirteen years after, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led government has reopened the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC programmes in Borno, State, with a claim that the state is now peaceful following the successes recorded by security operatives against Boko Haram and other terrorists. It would be recalled that the mandatory one year NYSC programme for ... 
By Valentine Oronsaye Electorates in Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State on Monday troop out in solidarity with the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the forthcoming Local Government Elections, Honourable Edosa Enowoghemwenma to welcome the Executive Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki who led a team of party hierarchy ... 
Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF has received more members of Boko Haram terrorists and their families who surrendered to the inter countries joint military task force just as other members of the Boko Haram fighters who had earlier surrendered to the Nigerian Army protested over non-payment of ₦30000 allowances said to have promised them by ... 
Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja has ordered Yahoo boys to clear Community Lands and other community services in Abuja. The Court sentenced the Yahoo boys to community services after they were arraigned before it by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday. The court also ordered that the phones belonging to the ... 
By Femi Babafemi NDLEA operatives on Friday 18th August intercepted Twenty Million US Dollar notes ($20 million) suspected to be counterfeit during a stop and search operation along Abaji – Lokoja road, within the Federal Capital Territory. The suspected fake money was recovered from a bus coming from Lagos to Abuja, while the 53-year-old driver ... 
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked everyone in the world that sympathized with the country following the Saturday Russia missile attack on civilian population at the Chernihiv Drama Theatre. Over seven civilians including six years old baby were killed during the attack while estimated 156 other people sustained injuries. Unverified reports indicated that military drones ... 
Reno Omokri, a political and social rights analyst, and a former presidential Spokesperson on new media to Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that countries that have military juntas as heads of governments experienced more terrorist attacks when compared to countries under civilian rules. Reno Omokri made the statement on Thursday while reacting to a tweet ... 
Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS member countries Chief of Defence Staff will today, Friday complete its two days meeting in Accra, Ghana to take decision on how to activate the ECOWAS standby force approved the community heads of governments for the restoration of democratic rules in Niger Republic. The ECOWAS troops had said ... 
By Abubakar Abdullahi Force Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Ibrahim Sallau Ali has paid a courtesy visit to the Chadian Minister of Defence, General Yaya Brahim Daoud at the Ministry of Defence, N’djamena- Chad. Major General Ali expressed his appreciation for the Chadian government’s support to the MNJTF. He lauded ... 
Nigeria Aircraft on evacuation mission to rescue wounded Nigeria soldiers have crashed in Niger State. A yet to be ascertained information indicated that Bandits may have shot down the Nigeria aircraft at Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State on Monday afternoon. Nigerian Air Force authority has confirmed the crash of the ... 
By Femi Babafemi Three major illicit drug syndicates were taken down by operatives of a special unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in intelligence-led operations across parts of Lagos state, leading to the arrest of a baroness and four other kingpins with multi-billion naira worth of Cocaine, Opioids and Loud recovered from ... 
Leader of the rivalry Rapid Support Forces, RSF, General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo has approved the establishment of Sudan Relief and Humanitarian operations agency in the RSF controlled areas in the war torn Sudan. General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo in a statement on Sunday, said the establishment of the agency also included arrangements to grant permit to ... 
Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS has sent a warning message to the Russia President, Vladimir Putin over the influx of the Moscow formed criminal private military group, Wagner into some of the West African countries most especially in Niger where the ECOWAS has approved a standby force to be deployed into Niger to ... 
Armed Forces of Nigeria, AFN has called on those instigating the military to takeover the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to have a rethink, stressing that the military is better under democracy. The Defence headquarters issued statement on Saturday amid protests by sections of Nigerians against the President perceived plan to go into war ... 
One of the major spokespersons during the 2023 Presidential Election campaign for Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidency, and former Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has warned and given reasons why military action or war shouldn’t be declared against Niger by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. Femi Fani-Kayode in a statement on Saturday ... 
Efforts by the Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF, to recapture the Sudan capital city of Khartoum between Monday and Tuesday have led to the killing of more than 180 persons including the fighters in the Africa country. Residents said there was intensified fighting in Omdurman since Tuesday early morning leading to several artillery fired from Khartoum ... 
Not less than 30 persons including children and women killed on Sunday when nearly 10 bogies of Hazara Express train went off track in the southern Pakistan city of Sindh. Local authorities said at least 30 people were killed and over 100 persons injured in the train crash raising new questions about train safety in ... 
By Femi Babafemi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a fake couple: Mr. Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Mrs. Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum purportedly going for medical treatment in India for ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322 kilograms with 100 grams of the drug also concealed in the woman’s private part. ... 
Information from Oba Community, one of the seven communities that made up Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State indicated that more motorists plying the ever busy Onitsha-Owerri Federal road are falling into the expanding deep gully erosion pit in the community. It would be recalled that in less than a month ago, erosion ... 
Upper Chamber of the Nigeria Lawmaking body, the Senate of the National Assembly has dismissed insinuations that the President and Commander-in-Chief of the West Africa country armed forces, Bola Ahmed Tinubu requested the Senate approval for deployment of military action to resolve political situation in Niger Republic. The Senate dismissed the insinuations after the lawmakers ... 
By Onyema Nwachukwu Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Nigerian Army, NA, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has declared that ‘the only thing better than democracy for Nigeria in this modern era, is more democracy’. The Army Chief made the declaration today Saturday 5 August 2023, while addressing Officer Cadets at the Passing Out Parade and Commissioning ... 
Nigeria Senators from the Northern geopolitical zones in the West Africa country has kicked against offensive military action as a way to settle the political situation in Niger Republic. The Nigeria Northern Senators kick against the perceived military intervention in a statement made available few hours ago in reaction to the ECOWAS Chairman and President ... 
Nigeria President and Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written officially to the Nigeria Senate, seeking the upper chamber approval to support the ECOWAS resolution against Niger military coup plotters. Details of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu requests before the senate is still sketchy but many believed that ...