Nasarawa government has ordered the immediate closure of primary and secondary schools in the state over “security threats”. Fatu Sabo, Nasarawa commissioner for education, announced the development on Wednesday after a meeting of the state executive council. According to Sabo, Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, gave the order. In a statement issued after the meeting, the Nasarawa commissioner, however, said those currently undertaking the National Examinations Council (NECO) senior school certificate examination (SSCE) would be allowed to remain in school, while measures would be taken to ensure their safety. “Following recurring incidences of security breaches and threats in parts of…

Russian forces took over Ukraine's second-biggest power plant and are conducting a "massive redeployment" of troops to three southern regions, a Ukrainian presidential adviser said, amid expectations of a Ukrainian counter-offensive. Russian-backed forces said on Wednesday they had captured the Soviet-era coal-fired Vuhlehirsk power plant intact, in what was Moscow's first significant gain in more than three weeks. Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, confirmed the capture of the plant in the eastern Donetsk region, but said it was only a "tiny tactical advantage" for Russia. The Russian redeployment to the south appeared to be a switch…