The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch (OPWP) has destroyed terrorist logistics base at Yadi Forest in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This is contained in a statement by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, on Monday in Abuja. Ali said…

Come nightfall, gold-diggers, hawkers and prostitutes alike barrel into the bars of Kamituga in the eastern DR Congo, with some blaming the mining town's nightlife for its growing mpox outbreak. "Life in Kamituga drives people to sin," warned Bitama Sebuhuni, a prospector hospitalised after contracting the sometimes deadly viral disease during unprotected sex. Renowned for…

Vietnam will free nearly 3,800 prisoners including foreigners in the country's latest amnesty, the government said on Monday. Vietnam has announced nine special amnesties since 2009, freeing more than 92,000 prisoners ahead of their expected release dates but always excluding political activists. Those convicted for "attempting to overthrow" the communist government or "terrorism" are not…

An officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Yemi Badru, has alleged that the agency denied him a promotion after he took a recent examination.

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said that the subsidy on fuel, if not curbed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would have cost the country N5.4 trillion by the end of 2024.