• Over 100 kidnapped in two new attacks in Nigeria

    Violence in the area has displaced around a million people.

  • Nigerian army rescues students kidnapped two weeks ago

    Seventeen students and a woman freed after operation in north-west of countryNigeria’s army has rescued 17 students and a woman who were kidnapped in a dawn raid by armed men two weeks ago in north-west Sokoto state, the state governor said.The attack at Tsangaya school on 9 March came two days after the mass abduction of schoolchildren in Kaduna, also in the north. Those students are still missing. Continue reading

  • Death toll in Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143, while 80 others remain hospitalized

    The death toll from last week's Moscow concert hall attack rose to 143, Russian authorities said Wednesday. Around 80 other people wounded in the siege by gunmen remain hospitalized. The Friday night massacre in Crocus City Hall, a sprawling shopping and entertainment venue on the northwestern outskirts of Moscow, was

  • More Than 130 Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolchildren Released

    More than 130 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria earlier this month were released unharmed on Sunday, officials and the army said.The mass abduction in Kuriga, Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest attacks on a school in years and sparked a national outcry over insecurity.The army said the hostages were freed in the early hours during a rescue operation but did not provide details.Spokesman Major General Edward Buba shared photos of children wearing dust-covered...

  • Northern senators seek end to kidnappings, others

    The Northern Senators’ Forum has called on the Federal Government to come up with resolute actions to tackle cases of kidnappings in the country. The group said it would ‘‘not rest until the security situation is significantly improved and the perpetrators of these heinous crimes are brought to justice.’’ The forum’s chairman, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua Read More

  • Dowden blames Chinese groups for two cyber-attacks

    The deputy PM says the UK and international partners will expose China for "ongoing patterns of hostile activity".

  • Russia repels two drone attacks heading to Moscow

    Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin announced in a Telegram post that his country's air defense forces repelled two drone attacks in the urban districts of Domodedovo and Ramensky in the Moscow Region.

  • Kaduna hosts freed pupils, 28 kidnapped in fresh attack

    The Kaduna State Government, on Monday, received the 137 rescued abducted students of the Government Secondary School, Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The schoolchildren, who were rescued in Zamfara State on Sunday, arrived in Kaduna on Monday. At exactly, 2:08 pm, the rescued schoolchildren arrived at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House amidst Read More

  • Kuriga kidnap: Nigerian pupils taken in mass abduction freed

    Gunmen rode through the school in Kuriga in north-western Nigeria seizing children as young as eight.

  • Two arrested as woman in serious condition following attack in Dorchester

    Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following an alleged assault in Dorchester. At around 10.50am on Sunday 24 March 2024, officers received a report that a woman had been assaulted earlier in the morning at an address in Damers Road. The victim – aged in her 40s from the […]

  • Mountain lion attacks two brothers, killing one and injuring the other

    A mountain lion has killed one man and left another with "traumatic injuries" to his face, authorities in the US state of California have said. The two brothers were hunting for shed antlers when they were attacked by the mountain lion in Georgetown, a remote part of El Dorado County. The younger brother, 18, called the county sheriff's office on Saturday afternoon to report he and his 21-year-old brother were attacked by the lion. Deputies arrived around 1.30pm to find the younger man with...

  • Hardship: Palliatives not reaching Nigerians, Catholic Church tells FG

    THE Catholic Church, yesterday, tasked the Federal Government to subsidise food items and stop giving palliatives to a few individuals for selfish ends.