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NEWS
US Consults Gulf Allies on Potential Action Against Houthi Rebels
The United States says it has initiated consultations with Gulf allies to explore the possibility of military intervention against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The move comes in response to the rebels’ escalating attacks on ships in the Red Sea, as revealed by sources familiar with the discussions. At this early stage, the talks are in a preliminary phase, and both…
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Healthcare
WHO Urges Israel to Reverse Order on Gaza Medical Warehouses Amidst Humanitarian Concerns
In a plea for urgent action, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called on Israel to reverse its directive to empty medical warehouses in the southern Gaza Strip. The WHO received an order to remove supplies from its two medical warehouses within 24 hours, citing concerns that ground operations could render them unusable amid…
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Defence
Putin Presents Ukraine War as Existential Battle for Survival of Russia
One year after ordering the invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast the conflict with the West as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and its people. In an interview with Rossiya 1 state television, Putin said he was forced to take into account NATO’s nuclear capabilities in the context of the war. He described the…
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News
IPOB threatens ‘war’ over arrest, detention of Kanu in Nigeria
The Lagos State Coordinator of the proscribed Igbo separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Sam Igwe, has warned the Nigerian government that nothing must happen to their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who was arrested in London on Sunday, and returned to Nigeria at the instance of the Federal Government. According to the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the…
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NYSC refutes reports DG said corp members can be mobilized for war
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has dismissed reports that its Director-General, Brig.Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, said corp members ought to be mobilized for warfare. Media reports has stated that the NYSC DG noted that corps members were part of the national defence policy of Nigeria and could be mobilized for war if need be. The NYSC boss was quoted as…
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Middle East
Yemeni rebels pressed by Saudi coalition
The Saudi-led coalition on Monday said it had intercepted and destroyed four missiles and seven bomb-laden drones launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels toward the kingdom. Coalition spokesman, Turki al-Malki, said that the missiles and drones were launched from Yemen’s capital Sana’a and directed at civilian targets, in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. The Houthis’ military…
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Africa
Yemenis seek refuge in Somalia, Djibouti
DOZENS of Yemenis have crossed the Gulf of Aden in small boats to get to Somalia, Djibouti and Somaliland to escape fighting and Saudi air strikes, the United Nations refugee agency has said. The UNHCR said it was looking for a possible site for the refugees in Djibouti in case the fighting worsens. At the same time, Somali refugees are…
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Europe
Putin says Russia was ready for nuclear confrontation over Crimea
Moscow was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert to ensure Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year, President Vladimir Putin said in a pre-recorded documentary aired on Sunday. Putin also said that Russia had saved the life of Ukraine’s former pro-Moscow president, Viktor Yanukovich, who he said had been in danger after ‘revolutionaries’ seized power following weeks…
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DSS invites Asari Dokubo over threats of war
The Department of State Services said on Thursday it had invited Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, an ex-Niger Delta militant, several times over recent inflammatory statements credited to him. The spokeswoman of the DSS, Marilyn Ogar, said this on Thursday while responding to a question at a news conference organised by the National Information Centre. Ogar said: “First of all, whatever is the…
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NEWS
War threats: Niger Delta ex-militants give Danjuma 7-day ultimatum
Former defence minister, Gen. Yakubu Danjuma, yesterday got a seven-day ultimatum from a group of ex-militants in the Niger Delta to withdraw his statement in which he called for the arrest of some former warlords or face their wrath. Gen. Danjuma had, on Wednesday, condemned last weekend’s meeting of the former warlords in Yenagoa where they threatened to unleash terror…
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