Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has defended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the freezing of the Osun State Government’s account. He said the anti-graft agency acted within the law after obtaining the required court order. Falana stated this on Friday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics…
Thailand’s prime minister has pledged to introduce new gun control legislation after a 14-year-old student killed eight people at his home and school on the outskirts of Bangkok on Friday. An attack authorities described as deliberate, accurate and carefully planned. The teenager killed his 73-year-old grandfather and 74-year-old grandmother at their shared flat at around…
At least three people, including a child, were killed in overnight Russian ballistic missile strikes east of Kyiv on Saturday, according to Timur Tkachenko, the head of the regional military administration. Three others were wounded. Witnesses across the capital reported hearing powerful explosions in the early hours. Tkachenko said falling debris damaged apartment buildings and…
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed a new joint defence agreement aimed at strengthening security cooperation between the three countries. The agreement was announced during a meeting involving Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Mecca. Under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, an…
A 14-year-old student killed seven people and wounded 22 others on Thursday after opening fire at his home and then at a school in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok. Nine of the injured are in critical condition. Also, the shooter took his own life at the scene. Thailand’s health minister said the teenager…
Chad’s health ministry confirmed on Thursday that thirteen people have died and nearly 240 others have been infected since a cholera outbreak was officially declared in the country in July. Eleven of the thirteen deaths occurred in the capital, N’Djamena, during August alone. The outbreak is also affecting the northern province of Hadjer Lamis. The…
Houthi rebels have launched coordinated ballistic missile and drone attacks on multiple military camps in central Yemen, killing at least 30 government troops according to Yemen’s defence ministry, with separate sources suggesting the toll could be significantly higher. The strikes hit camps in the provinces of Marib and Hadramawt on Thursday morning, targeting positions in…
Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday to deny reports that the United States is running low on munitions, calling leaked information about potential shortfalls “treasonous” and vowing to seek long-term jail sentences for those responsible. “The US has massive amounts of munitions, especially of certain types,” Trump posted. “Additionally, large amounts are being…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has quarantined a passenger boat on the Congo River after five people died during its journey, prompting health authorities to screen all 255 passengers for Ebola and cholera. The Yingfeng 2, operated by a Chinese company, was intercepted near Bende Bende port, about 65 km upstream from the capital, Kinshasa….
Ukraine launched a wave of overnight drone strikes deep inside Russian territory, hitting two major oil refineries and targeting vessels in the Black Sea. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the strikes on Thursday, identifying the Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan republic and the Slavneft-Yanos refinery in the Yaroslavl region as the primary targets. Bashneft-Novoil sits approximately…
