The United States military struck two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran-affiliated groups in response to “continued attacks” against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon said on Sunday. The strikes were conducted against
Israel has demanded that the UN’s secretary general retract comments he made about the Gaza war and apologise. António Guterres said in a speech to the Security Council on Tuesday that he condemned unequivocally Hamas’s deadly attacks in Israel two weeks ago but
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia’s civil aviation authority has said. Earlier, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported that the private plane, which belonged to the 62-year-old, was shot down
No fewer than 500,000 troops have been reportedly killed since the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine in 2022, U.S. officials have revealed. The officials, who spoke to New York Times, estimated Russia’s military casualties at 300,000, consisting of 120,000 fatalities and
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed a terrible incident where 36 military personnel were killed by ambushing terrorists in Niger State. Major General Edward Buba, Director Defence Media Operations, disclosed this while giving a breakdown of casualties in the ambush of troops in
The chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has urged the troops of the Nigerian Army to disregard any rumour peddling around that the Army has been given matching orders to invade the Niger Republic. He further urged them to be
Six Niger soldiers have been killed after suspected jihadists on motorbikes ambushed the troops near the western town of Sanam on Sunday, according to a statement issued by the National Guard High Command. The statement, however, said that 10 “terrorists” were killed during
The fiery Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly the Latter Rain Church, Tunde Bakare, yesterday, declared his support for the removal of the fuel subsidy but but was quick to frown at the growing strength of corruption in the system. Acknowledging
Leader of the military junta in the Republic of Niger, General Abdourahmane Tchiani has said that their reason in overthrowing the government was to save the country and Nigeria from danger. Tchiani who who spoke over the weekend said that the coup in
The Labour Party (LP) on Saturday said President Bola Tinubu lacks the moral right to lead member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in a war against the military junta in Niger Republic. LP in a statement issued by