Defense Minister Gen Nakatani on Sunday pledged to strengthen the Self-Defense Forces’ transport capabilities to remote southern islands through a newly launched unit dedicated to maritime logistics amid growing tensions over the Taiwan Strait. “The unit will enable faster and more secure deployment of troops,” Nakatani said at a ceremony in the western city of…
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over what it described as a looming political crisis, accusing the state government of plotting to install council officials elected in the February 21 local government polls, despite a standing court order reinstating previously sacked APC chairmen and councillors. During a…
Photograph Source: Gage Skidmore – CC BY-SA 2.0 Massachuset’s Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira and Secretary of Defense PeteHegsmeth have little in common. Teixeira is serving a 15-year sentence for leaking Pentagon documents on an unclassified web site called 4chan and on Twitter and Telegram. He then posted printouts of the documents at his parent’s…
The gunmen that attacked Hurti community in Plateau State killed over 40 people and destroyed 383 houses, the village head of the community, Maren Aradong, has said.Apart from attacking Hurti, the gunmen, suspected to be armed herders, also attacked other communities like Josho and Daffo in the Manguna District of Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA)…
A measles outbreak has killed a second child in the southwestern United States, authorities said Sunday, with almost 650 people now infected as the highly contagious disease spreads. “We are deeply saddened to report that a school-aged child who was recently diagnosed with measles has passed away,” Aaron Davis, vice president of UMC Health System,…
