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A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations partners has revealed that 840 million women worldwide have experienced partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, underscoring the persistence of one of the world’s most entrenched human rights crises. The study, published ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence […]
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed optimism that the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency is nearing its end, saying the state’s security situation has improved significantly despite recent incidents. Speaking during a meeting with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shuaibu, in Maiduguri on Wednesday, Zulum said the state had […]
The Nigerian Army has dismissed a viral message circulating across social media that claims residents of the South-East must observe a “sit-at-home” order, warning that the threat was fabricated to incite fear and disrupt daily life in the region. The Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Lt. Col. Olabisi Ayeni, said in […]
The European Union (EU), in partnership with the international peacebuilding organisation Search for Common Ground, has launched a new initiative aimed at reducing youth vulnerability to violent extremism in Northwest Nigeria through economic empowerment and conflict-resolution training. The programme, unveiled at an event in Abuja, introduces a reality-show-style innovation designed to equip young people […]
A Russian missile and drone attack on the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil has killed 26 people, including three children, marking one of the deadliest assaults on the region since the 2022 invasion, Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday. The strike occurred as reports emerged of a US peace proposal that would see Kyiv cede territory […]
Super Falcons star, Chiamaka Nnadozie has cemented her place among Africa’s football greats after winning the CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award for the third consecutive year. Nnadozie was crowned at the 2025 CAF Awards held in Rabat, Morocco, on Wednesday, adding yet another milestone to her growing legacy. The Brighton shot-stopper had […]
The Federal Government has raised Nigeria’s security architecture to its highest state of alert in response to recent terror attacks across the country, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directing a nationwide escalation of military and intelligence operations aimed at dismantling terrorist and criminal networks. At a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, Minister of […]
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday engaged in a heated exchange with Justice Mobolaji Omotosho during proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja, questioning the legal basis for waiving his right to a final address. The courtroom moment unfolded as the judge attempted to proceed without allowing […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja will today deliver judgment in the terrorism case against Nnamdi Kanu, with the proceedings to be aired live nationwide. A registrar of the court confirmed the arrangement on Thursday morning as crews from several television stations, including NTA, Channels Television, AIT and TVC, set up their equipment inside the […]
Robert Preston Morris, a former megachurch pastor and former spiritual adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of child sexual abuse, stemming from incidents that occurred in the early 1980s. Morris, 65, was indicted in Oklahoma on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, relating to […]
