North Korea has fired what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the sea to its east, South Korea’s military said, in what is Pyongyang’s first missile launch in two months.The missile flew 1,100km before falling into the sea, the military said, adding that it “strongly condemns” this “clear act of provocation”.The launch comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Seoul for talks with some of South Korea’s key leaders.Earlier on Monday, Blinken met with acting president Choi Sang-mok, where he described the alliance between Washington and Seoul as a “cornerstone of peace and stability on the...
Video and Photos: Faces at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes Award
Selena Gomez, Felicity Jones, Justine Lupe, Halina Reijn, Adam Brody, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sebastian Stan, Mark Eydelshteyn, Anthony Ramos, Daniel Blumberg , Ariana Grande, Collin Farrell, Adrien Brody, Angelina Jolie and other Hollywood stars stepped out in their red-carpet best at the 2025 Golden Globes Award.
FCT Police Detains Woman Who Abandoned One-Day-Old Baby
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has detained a woman for allegedly abandoning her one-day-old baby along a bush path in Abuja.Josephine Adeh, FCT Police Public Relations Officer revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.Aseh stated that the one-day-old baby was recovered and rescued along a bush path near Crush Rock, behind an uncompleted Red Bricks Market in Mpape area.She further added that the recovery of the baby by operatives from Mpape Division’s Juvenile and Women Care Section (JWC) on 3 January followed a distress call that a baby was found wrapped in a cloth.According...
Ukraine Launches New Offensive In Russia’s Kursk Region
Ukraine launched a surprise new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region on Sunday, aiming to strike back after months under pressure ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.The assault appeared to be an effort to seize new territory in the area, where Kyiv’s forces first swept across the border with a stunning incursion last August. Since then, the Kremlin has retaken a chunk of its own land but struggled to fully expel the invading troops, even deploying thousands of North Korean soldiers in recent weeks.Reports of the new offensive first emerged from the accounts of Russia’s influential military bloggers early Sunday, before officials in Kyiv and then Moscow’s defense ministry confirmed...
BREAKING: Former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai, has reportedly joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after receiving his membership card at his polling unit in Sarki Kaduna.
This development is bound to send shockwaves throughout the political landscape of Kaduna State.