A former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen Pat Akem-Vingir (retd), has stated that the military requires at least 500,000 personnel to effectively combat terror groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). “Our army is small. We need to have an army of at least 500,000 personnel,”…
An airplane crash in the Philippines left one U.S. military service member and three defense contractors dead on Thursday. In a Thursday press release, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command announced, “On February 6, 2025, an aircraft contracted by the U.S. Department of Defense crashed in the Philippine Province of Maguindanao del Sur.” Indo-Pacific Command noted that the…
Police on Friday arraigned a 55-year-old Togolese, Jimoh Yusuf, for alleged N5.3 million fraud at the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State. Yusuf, a commercial bus driver, was arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud, and stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Cpl. Akeem Akinloye, told the…
Alabama Barker has escalated her feud with Bhad Bhabie by releasing a fiery diss track titled Cry Bhabie, airing personal grievances and making bold accusations against her rival. The 17-year-old daughter of Travis Barker dropped the track on Thursday evening, following nearly two weeks of tension sparked by Bhad Bhabie’s song Over Cooked, where…
Former Super Eagles and Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi has named Didier Drogba as the greatest African footballer of all time, overlooking football icons like Mohamed Salah, Samuel Eto’o, Riyad Mahrez, and George Weah. The 2013 AFCON winner, now a football pundit on the Obi One Podcast, made his selection during an elimination-style interview with GOAL,…
Californian Artificial Intelligence start-up OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced on Thursday that it would open its first office in Germany, located in Munich. Germany is one of the world’s leading countries in terms of AI usage, according to OpenAI.Munich already hosts the German headquarters of US tech giants such as Apple, Microsoft and Intel….
