News as it breaks
Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed plans to allow volunteers, including from abroad, to fight in Ukraine, where he has sent thousands of Russian troops in what he calls a “special military operation”. “If you see that there are people who want on a voluntary basis (to help east Ukraine’s…
The Nigeria Governors Forum in collaboration with Centre for Democracy and Development have commence deliberations on how to end insurgency in the country. At the event in Abuja, the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Ekiti State Dr Kayode Fayemi expressed concern about the alarming rate of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked a federal high court sitting in Abuja to transfer the fresh trial of a former governor of Abia state, Chief Orji-Uzor Kalu and two others to its Lagos division. Chief Kalu and his co-defendants are accused of involvement in an alleged…
The Nigerian Prison Service Kirikiri has explained the reason it permitted a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG Chidinma Ojukwu, and other inmates at its facilities to participate in a beauty pageant. Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo…
A large number of terrorists have attacked Fumigi street in Ungwan Galadima, Gonin Gora, Chikun Local Government area of Kaduna state. They killed 3 locals and abducted two women Rev.Joseph John Hayab, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN), in Kaduna State said the terrorists raided the community…
Chidinma Ojukwu the alleged murder suspect of Michael Usifo Ataga, Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, has been crowned Miss Cell 2022. She won a beauty pageant at the Kirikiri female prison, as they marked the International Women’s Day, with this year’s theme: “BreakingTheBias”. Ojukwu, a 300-level, Mass Communication student…
Sweden’s government announced plans for a major boost in military spending to two percent of GDP “as soon as possible”, citing the security threat from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Sweden, which ended decades of defence cuts after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, said it hoped to reach its goal within…
Russia has accused the United States of funding research into the development of biological weapons in Ukraine, as Moscow stepped up its campaign to gain control of key Ukrainian cities. Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a televised briefing that “the purpose of this — and other Pentagon-funded…
The Kebbi State Government has confirmed the killing of over Sixty Five vigilante and unspecified number of soldiers in Zurich by bandits. The State Governor, Senator Atiku Bagudu, who made the confirmation through Secretary to the government of the state, Alhaji Babale Umar Yauri, when he received on a courtesy…
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) has arrested five suspects over alleged Impersonation as Civil Defence officials from Abuja and extorting money from unsuspecting petrol stations in Ilorin metropolis. In a statement, the Command’s spokesman, Babawale Afolabi said investigations had commenced on the matter.…
