The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has killed several terrorists and bandits in coordinated airstrikes across Borno, Kwara, Katsina, Zamfara, and Kaduna States. NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, said in a Monday statement that the precision strikes, conducted on November 9, targeted Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and bandit enclaves under Operations HADIN…
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Education to take decisive steps to prevent further industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and ensure that students remain in school. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents after meeting with the…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the union is prepared for “mother of all strikes” until their demands regarding the 2009 agreements with the Federal Government are implemented. The University of Calabar (Unical) chapter stated this at a news conference on Tuesday in Calabar. The chapter’s chairman, Dr Peter Ubi, said it was…
Rafael Grossi, the secretary general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, UN’s atomic energy watchdog, has warned of major risks following recent U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. Mr Grossi told UN ambassadors on Sunday that the recent military strikes by Israel and the U.S. on Iran had badly compromised safety. The IAEA chief warned…
Pakistan has shut down schools and declared a state of emergency in Punjab, the country’s most populous province, after Indian airstrikes targeted multiple locations inside Pakistani territory. The strikes followed a deadly militant attack in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. Authorities in Punjab, home to nearly 130 million people, said emergency services have been…
Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s western city of Lviv overnight killed at least seven people, including children, and injured at least 38 people, regional officials said on Wednesday. Lviv Mayor, Andriy Sadovyi, said that the three of the dead were children. In some areas in northern Ukraine, the air alert was still sounding at 8:30 a.m….
Five people, including a child, were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, state-run media said. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said an Israeli drone struck a house in the town of Aita al-Jabal with two guided missiles, killing two people, including a 7-year-old child. An earlier Israeli strike on the town of…
