Manning checkpoints and patrolling towns and cities: the reservists of Ukraine’s territorial defence force are the last line standing between ordinary civilians and Russian troops. Standing 2.07 metres (six feet 9.5 inches) and dressed in camouflage fatigues that reveal only his eyes under a hood, “Buffalo” quit his job in construction and signed up for the force when the Russians …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has granted state pardon to Enitan Ransome-Kuti, the former military Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force, who was convicted by a Special Court Martial in January 2015. Mr Ransome-Kuti is a son of the late human rights activist, Beko Ransome-Kuti, and a nephew of the late Afrobeat maestro, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. The former military commander was among …
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By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – Acting Force Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adejobi Olumuyiwa has said that the police is planning to punish and hold DPOs and Commanders responsible for the misdeeds of their men. CSP Adejobi said that the move is to stop rampant cases of extortion, harassment and brutality in the Nigeria Police Force, NPF. “In …
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Following Joint efforts by the Air Components of Operation Hadin Kai and Nigerien Air Force under the Multinational Joint Task Force, several key leaders of ISWAP in the Tunbuns including notorious Amir, Ibn Usman have been neutralized. Competent intelligence recently received has revealed that the joint air strikes undertaken on Friday 14 April 2022 at Tumbun Rego and a training …
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Tragedy struck at Claratian University of Nigeria, Nekede, in Owerri, Imo State, on Friday, as a seminarian, Suel Ambrose, slumped and died while acting in a drama on campus. Our correspondent who visited the campus on Saturday morning was told by students that the deceased who hailed from Benue State was dramatising the role of the biblical Peter in the …
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has told presidential aspirants in the ruling All Progressives Congress to go to the field and sell their candidatures to the electorate, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. A Presidency source told one of PUNCH correspondents that Buhari did not ask any of those who consulted him to either run or drop their ambitions. Rather, the President …
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The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has enjoined Christians across the country to emulate the virtues of tolerance, love and selflessness as espoused by Jesus Christ in commemoration of Good Friday. Obaseki gave the charge in a message to mark Good Friday, a Christian holiday in preparation for the Easter celebration. The governor noted, “As the Christian faithful celebrate the sacrifice of …
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Today is Good Friday. It is the day when Christians the world over commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, following a gruesome passion. The day would ordinarily have been one for great mourning and lamentation, or a day never to recall, because of the grave injustice that was done to the innocent Son of God on Mount Calvary. For believers …
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The National Council of State has granted state pardon to former Governors Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame of Plateau and Taraba States respectively, who are serving terms in jail for corruption. The governors were among 159 prisoners pardoned by the Council at a meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday. Among the …
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One of the Russian Navy’s most important warships has sunk in the Black Sea, a massive blow to a military struggling against Ukrainian resistance 50 days into Vladimir Putin’s invasion of his neighbor. Russian state news agency TASS reported Thursday evening that the guided-missile cruiser Moskva had sunk, citing a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense. “During the towing …
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