•Troops The Nigerian Army has vowed to avenge the killing at the weekend, of two officers and four soldiers in an ambush in Niger State. It confirmed yesterday that the bodies had been found and remains of the Muslims among them buried, reports The Nation. Two injured soldiers in the ambush are receiving treatment at […]
•Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said Israel will increase “military pressure” on Palestinian militant group Hamas in a bid to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza. “In the coming days we will increase the military and political pressure on Hamas because this is the only way to free ...
•Israeli head of military, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi (L), in situational assessment meeting Israel’s army chief yesterday vowed a response to Iran’s unprecedented attack against the country which has prompted appeals for de-escalation by world leaders fearing wider conflict. Six months of war between Israel and the Palestinian militant g...
•Val Ozoigbo The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2021 Anambra State governorship election, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, has vowed to unseat the Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, in the governorship election in the state in 2025. Ozigbo, now a Labour Party aspirant for the Anambra governorship election in 202...
•A law enforcement officer carries out the body of a victim Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to punish those behind a “barbaric terrorist attack” on a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130, saying Russia had arrested four gunmen who were trying to flee to Ukraine. Kyiv has strongly denied any connection, […]...
•Terrorists Despite threat by bandits to kill the 286 students and staff of Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga, Kaduna State kidnapped recently, the Defence Headquarters, yesterday vowed to rescue them unhurt. The terrorists have also demanded a total of N1 billion ($620,432) for their release, reports Daily Independe...
Mohammed Ibrahim, the President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), has threatened that the union alongside the Non-academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU) will shut down the universities in the country if the government refuses to grant their demands in the next seven days. He disclos...
•Stanley Nwabali The Goalkeeper of the national team, Stanley Nwabali, has said he will be returning to his South African club side, Chippa United because he has no reason to fear going back. Speaking to State House Correspondents after President Bola Tinubu hosted the Super Eagles at the end of the CAF’s African Cup of […]
•Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te (L) Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te vowed yesterday to defend the self-ruled island from “intimidation” by China, after voters defied warnings from Beijing and swept him to election victory. Lai — branded by Beijing as a threat to peace in the flashpoint region — secured an unprecedented third conse...
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar lll has vowed to seek justice for victims of the accidental bombing in Tundun Biro Kaduna. The Sultan spoke at the Silver Anniversary of the 11th Emir of Jama’a, Alhaji Muhammad Isa-Muhammad, at the Emir’s Palace in Kafanchan, Kaduna yesterday, reports The Nation. Abubakar noted that the occasio...

