A devastating fire tore through a residential complex in Hong Kong, killing at least 55 people and injuring many others. The flames spread rapidly via bamboo scaffolding, forcing around 700 residents to evacuate. The blaze engulfed seven apartment blocks in the Tai Po district of the New Territories on Wednesday, with over 200 people still…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has directed the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) to intensify cadet training with a stronger emphasis on discipline, character, courage and strategic thinking to meet the demands of modern warfare. He gave the directive on Wednesday during a courtesy visit by the Commandant of the academy,…
The Senior Special Assistant on Community Engagement To The Governor, Hon. Sulaimon Musa Olalekan, has extended warm congratulations to the Executive Governor of Osun State, His Excellency, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, on the occasion of his third year anniversary in office. ‎ ‎In a congratulatory statement issued on behalf of his office, Hon. Sulaimon…
A vigilante group at Aiyetoro Kiri in Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State yesterday foiled bandits’ invasion of Kiri High School and prevented the students from being abducted. The attack came days after bandits abducted 25 schoolgirls of Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State, who have since been released and over 300…
The Police Command in Ondo State on Wednesday arrested a suspected kidnapper and rescued a couple in Itaogbolu community of Akure North Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, who made this known in a statement, said the breakthrough was recorded in the early hours of Monday at about 5:30…
The White House has been temporarily shut down after two members of the National Guard were shot in Washington on Wednesday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on X, without providing further details. Police in Washington confirmed a shooting occurred just one block from the White House, intensifying security concerns in…
A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced centre-left former president Martin Vizcarra to 14 years’ imprisonment for taking bribes while serving as a regional governor. Vizcarra, who championed the fight against corruption as president from 2018 to 2020, was found guilty of receiving bribes from construction companies while as governor of the southern Moquegua region between…
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday adopted sweeping security resolutions, officially designating kidnapping and banditry as acts of terrorism and approving the maximum death penalty for all kidnapping-related offences. The resolutions followed an intense debate during plenary, presided over by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, after a motion of urgent national importance raised by Senator Ashiru Oyelola…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency in response to the wave of violent attacks across parts of the country, announcing sweeping directives for expanded recruitment into the Armed Forces and Police, the activation of forest guards, and tighter security measures for all vulnerable areas. In a statement personally he issued,…
A Fulani leader who has lived in the Hurti community of Manguna District in Bokkos local government area of Plateau State for 32 years, has confirmed that the attackers who recently invaded the community and killed 46 people were members of his tribe who spoke the Fulani language while carrying out the deadly attack. A…