NATO
25 Apr
Sweden will next year contribute a reduced battalion to NATO forces in Latvia to help support the Baltic state following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday.
22 Apr
Poland is ready to host nuclear arms if NATO decides to deploy the weapons in the face of Russia reinforcing its armaments in Belarus and Kaliningrad, President Andrzej Duda said in an interview published on Monday.
19 Apr
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that NATO must choose whether it really is an ally of Ukraine by accelerating weapons supplies to help his struggling forces.
18 Apr
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Ukraine had an "urgent, critical need for more air defence", at a G7 foreign ministers' meeting on the Italian island of Capri.
4 Apr
NATO on Thursday marks 75 years since its founding with the Western alliance confronted by the urgent need to do more to help Ukraine win a war currently roiling Europe.
26 Mar
Poland's deputy foreign minister on Tuesday said that NATO was considering the possibility of shooting down Russian missiles that stray too close to the alliance's borders, two days after Poland reported a breach of its airspace.
24 Mar
Twenty-five years ago, on March 24, 1999 NATO launched 11 weeks of air strikes on Yugoslavia to force it to end its bloody crackdown on separatists in Kosovo.
21 Mar
Ahead of a pivotal European Council meeting, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addressed Parliament, outlining Italy's foreign policy priorities. The meeting, set for later this week, will focus on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the crisis in the Middle East. PM Meloni welcomed Sweden and Finland's NATO accession, denouncing Russia's hostility towards these nations…
18 Mar
Russian President, Vladimir Putin has said that a full-scale conflict with NATO cannot be ruled out.
14 Mar
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday alliance members "are not providing Ukraine with enough ammunition" and the shortfall has allowed Russia to push Kyiv's forces back.
11 Mar
Finnish conscript Atte Ohman readied himself aboard a US landing ship to storm a snow-swept Norwegian beach as part of a rapid response unit pushing out an invading enemy.
8 Mar
Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of tortuous diplomacy after Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered new fears. Days after Hungary followed key holdout Turkey and became the last NATO member to sign off, Sweden ceremonially handed over accession documents to…
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Grammy-nominated Nigerian music star, Yemi Alade, has asked popular radio station Cool FM and Clout Africa, to remove her entire music catalogue from their playlists. The Johnny crooner, who earned a Grammy nomination in the Best African Music Performance category for her song, Tomorrow, took to X (formerly Twitter) on November 21, 2024, to express…
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Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein, has advised governments at all levels to adopt appropriate control measures and imbibe the culture of savings and viable investments to guarantee the availability of financial and other resources during the rainy day. The AGF who was speaking at the 2024 National Council on Finance and…
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Bayelsa State Government has restated its commitment to partner investors to make the state a hub for agricultural development. Governor Senator Douye Diri stated this on Thursday when he received Dr. Sonia Darracq of the France Embassy, who is the Regional Agricultural Counsellor for Togo, Benin Republic, Ghana, and Nigeria, in Government House, Yenagoa.…
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The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured that the upper chamber of the National Assembly will play an active role in the burial ceremonies of former Senate President, Dr. Joseph Wayas. Akpabio made this commitment when a delegation of Cross River State leaders, led by former Minister of Justice, Chief Kanu Agabi, paid…
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The Nigerian Defence Headquarters hopes that Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed prime minister of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will be extradited to Nigeria to face charges of terrorism brought against him. Director of Defence Information, Brig Gen Tukur Gusau, disclosed this on Thursday night, adding that the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Chris Musa,…
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Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has handed over the 76 Kano children who were discharged of treason felony by the Federal High Court, Abuja to their parents. Two were promised automatic empowerment with the state government while others were reinstated to schools. The children arrested by the police during the August 1st #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano…