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Bandits kidnap 130 in Zamfara state
About 130 people, including women and children were on Sunday abducted when gunmen raided four villages in Zamfara state, worsening the spate of mass abduction of villagers in the Northwestern states of the country. State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara,…
Baltic countries pledge to NATO common defense
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia on Tuesday took aim at Russia for the missile strike in Poland that left two dead in the border town of Przewodow, just a few kilometers from Ukraine, and said that NATO territory must be defended…
Heroic Idun: The fireworks over Akpo oil lift
Sopuruchi Onwuka After months of hunting, catching and detaining the ocean going crude oil carrier, MT Heroic Idun, swings in legal battle has started in Nigeria while diplomatic dispute is brewing in India where lawmakers are coming under pressure to…
Francophone hackers stole $11m , cause $50m damages in Nigeria, others
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Internet fraud syndicate operating from one of Nigeria’s neighbouring francophone countries have successfully launched over 30 successful attacks at financial institutions and stole over $11 million, causing damages worth over $50 million to the institutions….
US man 20 years in jail for stealing $14
David Coulson, 55, was incarcerated from 2002 to 2022 in California under the Three Strikes law, 1990s legislation mandating life sentences following a third felony offense. 20 years into serving a life sentence for stealing $14, a Black man was…
Bandits demand N30 m for abducted Katsina farm girls
Marauding bandits laying siege in the northwestern parts of the country have abducted some 22 children on whom they have slammed N30 million ransom. The number of abducted children who are mainly underage girls remain uncertain but police records showed…
W African in crash path of China’s out-of-control rocket
Sopuruchi Onwuka Incident concerns are very high as the world monitor the uncontrolled re-entry of large debris from a Chinese rocket which is expected to crash along a path that features the West African coasts. Global space agencies are in…
Hunger looms as Russia blocks 218 vessels with Ukraine’s grain exports
Some 218 merchant ships laden with cargoes of grain from Ukraine have been stock at loading quays after Russia pulled safety guarantee from the Black Sea Grain Initiative by withdrawing from the UN brokered agreement to allow food exports from…
Terror Threat: FG tracks terror signals, raises security alertness
With consistent alarms on terrorist threats on the federal Capital Territory (FCT) the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has declared increased measures to forestall possible attacks in the country. The presidency on Friday also called for the public to be…
Terror threat: U.S. authorizes departure of non-emergency staff from Nigeria
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday authorized the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees and their families from Nigeria due to a heightened risk of terrorist attacks in the country. The latest travel update comes after the United States and…
