Nigerian Air Force fired upon and killed dozens of civilians at a village in the northeast, a victim and a resident said on Tuesday, as the country wages a 12-year war against Islamist insurgencies. The air force did not respond to repeated requests for comment by phone and message. The deaths come two months after the U.S. government transferred six A-29 Super Tucano fighter planes to Nigeria to assist in its war against Islamist militants. The sale of the aircraft was condemned by critics, citing the Nigerian military’s record of killing civilians. Two planes bombed a fish market in the…

Some members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) were forcefully dispersed by security operatives in Abuja on Tuesday. Members of the group which has been proscribed by the Federal Government converged on the nation’s capital for a procession which was disrupted by security operatives. Soldiers and policemen manned strategic locations along the ever-busy Abuja-Kaduna expressway, Maraba-Nyanya axis, looking for IMN members. As earlier reported, some women heading to the city centre from Kubwa were beaten by soldiers on the suspicion that they were among the protesters. The protesters had blocked a lane on the Abuja-Kaduna expressway but security operatives…

Samuel Chukwudumebi Oseji, a Justice of the Supreme Court, is dead. Oseji, who has been less than one year on the apex court bench, died at 67 on Tuesday. Sources at the Supreme Court confirmed that he died in Abuja after a protracted illness, details of which could not be immediately ascertained. An official of the court said the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, had to visit him at an unnamed hospital about two weeks ago. His death brings down the number of Justices of the Supreme Court to 17. Born on June 2, 1954, Oseji hails from…

North Korea said Wednesday it successfully tested a new hypersonic missile it implied was being developed as nuclear capable, as it continues to expand its military capabilities and pressure Washington and Seoul over long-stalled negotiations over its nuclear weapons. The missile test early Tuesday was North Korea’s third round of launches this month and took place shortly before North Korea’s U.N. envoy accused the United States of hostility and demanded the Biden administration permanently end joint military exercises with South Korea and the deployment of strategic assets in the region. A photo published in North Korea’s state media showed a…