In an unprecedented move, a group of twelve army officers has taken control of the national television broadcast in Gabon to declare a seizure of power. The officers have stated that they are annulling the results of the recent presidential election held on Saturday, which saw President Ali Bongo declared as the victor. The election had been marred by controversy, …

Volodymr Zelensky, the executive president of Ukraine has disclosed that prisoners with military experience willing to fight the Russians will be released. Zelensky said this during a speech in the country’s capital Kyiv, as a Ukrainian delegation and Russian representatives meet for peace talks at the Belarusian border. The President claimed that 4,500 Russian soldiers and 16 children have been …

The Nigerian embassy in Russia has announced that the federal government has made a military cooperation pact with Russia. The deal has been described by the embassy as a landmark development in bilateral relations between Abuja and Moscow. “The Agreement on Military-Technical Cooperation between both countries provides a legal framework for the supply of military equipment, provision of after sales …

US Military troops were pictured on Tuesday morning, January 19 rehearsing in full gear ahead of Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration on Wednesday. The inauguration rehearsal comes after a false alarm briefly interrupted the rehearsal after a fire in a homeless encampment roughly a mile away sent a plume of smoke into the air and caused security concerns in an already …

Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, says his home is “under siege” from military. The singer turned-politician, who is hoping to unseat President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, had earlier tweeted about ‘widespread fraud and violence experienced across the country’ during the election. The military has jumped over the fence and …

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Control, Boss Mustapha announced that himself and eighteen other military officers tested positive for Coronavirus. Boss Mustapha also announced that his wife had tested positive for Coronavirus too and has gone into isolation. According to Boss Mustapha the infected military officers – …

South Korea has allowed popular K-Pop Band, BTS postpone their compulsory military service till age thirty. On Tuesday South Korea’s parliament passed a bill to allow globally recognised K-pop artists postpone their service till a time that suits them. All able-bodied South Korean men aged between 18 and 28 must serve in the military for about two years as part …

The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has responded to calls by Nigerians for a travel ban to be placed on some military officers accused of human rights abuses in Nigeria by International bodies. Buratai attacked the international organizations clamouring for a ban on top personnel and soldiers over rights abuses. According to him he doesn’t mind if he has to …

Nigerian multinational Bank, Access Bank, has debunked an alleged news from Arise TV saying it granted military snipers access to the bank tower. According to the official handle of Access bank, a routine maintenance was being carried out at the bank and not a military hijack as reported by Arise TV at the early hours of today. Access Bank went …

A newly married military officer was shot dead by his colleague in Borno state following a misunderstanding. Lieutenant Babakaka Shehu Ngorgi of the 202 Battalion, who got married in December 2019, was talking to his wife Hauwa Alhaji Kolomi when one of his colleagues shot him from the back six times in Bama, Borno. After shooting him, the attacker was …