Few hours after resumption of work by the new Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gusau (rtd), there are strong signals that discreet moves are on to conscript what a top security source called “dark forces within Western intelligence agencies” to tame insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria. Citing top intelligence briefings, the source hinted that the Boko […]
Several hours after a Malaysia Airlines’ Boeing 777 disappeared somewhere over the waters between Malaysia and Vietnam early Saturday morning, the United States’ Navy has dispatched the USS Pinckney and a P-3C Orion aircraft to assist in the search. The Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, carrying 239 passengers and crew members, was on its way to […]
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that he and his cabinet will take a pay cut to help bring down the government’s wage bill. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta President Kenyatta said that he and his deputy William Ruto would take a 20% cut while other ministers would have their pay reduced by 10%. Foreign trips, […]
(Reuters) – A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew went missing over the South China Sea on Saturday, presumed crashed, as ships and planes from countries closest to its flight path scoured a large search area for any wreckage. Vietnamese state media, quoting a senior naval official, had reported that the Boeing […]
Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board. The airline that flight MH370 disappeared at 02:40 local time on Saturday (18:40 GMT on Friday). It was expected to land in Beijing at 06:30 (22:30 GMT). “Malaysia Airlines is currently working with the […]
Vladimir Putin has warned the U.S. and the EU of “consequences’’ if they impose sanctions on Russia over its military intervention in Ukraine. “What could trigger the possible use of force? It’s only in an extreme case,’’ he said in Moscow on Tuesday, hours after ordering that military exercises near the border with Ukraine end […]
Amb. Frank Isoh, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Ukraine has advised students studying in that country to remain calm, and be confined to their campuses. Isoh, who spoke against the backdrop of recent development in Ukraine, stated this in a telephone interview with the Europe Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. “As a […]
US President Barack Obama has told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Russia has flouted international law by sending troops to Ukraine.In a 90-minute telephone conversation, Obama urged the Russian leader to pull forces back to bases in Crimea. Putin responded by saying that Moscow reserves the right to protect its interests and those of […]
kraine has put its armed forces on full combat alert and warned Moscow that military intervention will lead to war after the upper house of Russia’s parliament gave President Vladimir Putin the authority to invade. After a more than three-hour meeting with security and defence chiefs, Oleksander Turchinov, Ukraine’s interim president, said there was no justification […]
From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE and AIDOGHIE PAULINUS, Abuja The European Union yesterday announced a programme of 15 million euro aimed at reinforcing the security capabilities of the Nigerian police forces. EU President, Jose Manuel Barroso, who met with President Goodluck Jonathan on the sideline of the one day summit on “Human Security, Peace and Development: Agenda […]
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