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Titus Eleweke, South East Editor AWKA, Anambra – The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) primary elections for the State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, and Senate has reportedly been overshadowed by allegations of violence, intimidation, and political interference involving powerful figures in the state. Two operatives of the Agunachemba security outfit are currently receiving treatment at Amaku Teaching Hospital following injuries allegedly sustained during an attack by security personnel attached to the Deputy Governor of Anambra State. Family members of the victims are said to be praying for their recovery as their condition…
By SCM Foreign Desk ISRAEL’S President has issued a chilling warning that the country is becoming “desensitized” to extreme violence as a bitter political civil war erupted at the heart of the Jewish state. In an extraordinary and deeply personal intervention, President Isaac Herzog sounded the alarm over “ugly behavior” being targeted at Israel’s Christian and Muslim minorities by far-right extremists. The head of state warned that raw hatred is fast “creeping into the mainstream” of Israeli society, threatening to rot the country from the inside out. But his blockbuster comments immediately sparked a furious backlash from Israel’s…
By SCM Reporter A DEVASTATING waves-of-drones blitz by Kyiv forces on a student dormitory has left 21 teenagers dead and dozens more horribly maimed, sparking international outrage and furious vows of revenge from Moscow. The middle-of-the-night onslaught flattened the upper floors of a vocational college dormitory block in the town of Starobelsk, located in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. Emergency services confirmed that 86 children, all aged between 14 and 18, were asleep inside the five-storey building when the precision attack commenced. Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner, Yana Lantratova, launched a scathing broadside against the Ukrainian…
By SCM Foreign Desk QUETTA, Pakistan — A massive suicide bombing targeted a train carrying military personnel in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 24 people, wounding dozens of others, and gutting railway carriages in an explosion so powerful it damaged surrounding homes. The attack occurred near the Chaman Phatak railway station in Quetta, the provincial capital of the volatile Balochistan province. According to regional security and hospital officials, a vehicle packed with heavy explosives was detonated near the tracks just as a train departing from the Quetta Cantonment area—reportedly carrying army servicemen and their families toward…
By SCM Staff Writer MOSCOW — The Russian military unleashed a sweeping overnight aerial assault across Ukraine on Sunday, deploying its state-of-the-art “Oreshnik” hypersonic ballistic missile alongside a massive wave of drones and cruise missiles. The Russian Ministry of Defense framed the extensive bombardment as direct retaliation for a devastating Ukrainian drone strike on a student dormitory in Russian-controlled territory two days prior, which Moscow has labeled an act of terrorism. According to statements released by Russian military officials, the retaliatory operation successfully hit all designated targets across Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense claimed the strikes were strictly confined…
By SCM Foreign Desk STAROBELSK, Luhansk Region — In the dusty, debris-strewn courtyard of what used to be a student dormitory in Starobelsk, a crowd of foreign journalists gathered this week under tight security. They were invited by Russian authorities to survey the aftermath of a devastating aerial bombardment—a site that Moscow is framing as a clear, undeniable war crime, and which local officials describe as a targeted slaughter of the region’s youth. According to Russian state officials, the delegation includes reporters from 19 different nations, brought to the frontline region to see the physical evidence of a…
By SCM Staff Writer BERLIN is drawing up plans for a jaw-dropping €8,000 (£6,700) “golden goodbye” payout to encourage Syrian refugees to pack their bags and head home, The SCM can reveal. The dramatic proposed cash injection marks a staggering eight-fold increase from the standard €1,000 (£840) exit package currently handed out by German immigration authorities. According to high-level government sources leaked to Germany’s Focus magazine, Berlin is desperately trying to kickstart a wave of voluntary repatriations. Officials face a mounting migration headache, with a whopping 900,000 Syrians currently living in the country without German citizenship. The radical proposal…
Admin I Thursday, May 24. 26 LAGOS, Nigeria – As part of efforts to boost its creative economy, Lagos State government said it has empowered over 1000 creatives through the skill Up Lagos initiative to build sustainable livelihood for the upcoming artists and accelerate economic growth in the state. The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture Mr. Idris Aregbe who disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists during the 2026 Ministerial Press Briefing in Alausa, Lagos said over the last 24 months his office has empowered more than 1,000 creatives through the Skill Up Lagos…
Admin I Sunday, May 24. 26 LAGOS, Nigeria – Leading provider of digital and connectivity services, Globacom is celebrating the legacy of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, at this year’s Ojude Oba festival. This marks the 21st consecutive edition of the cultural event supported by the company. Themed “Ojude Oba 2026: Celebrating the Legacy of Oba Sikiru Adetona”, the event is taking place at the Festival Arena opposite the royal palace in Ijebu Ode. The celebration honours the remarkable achievements of the revered monarch, who joined his ancestors on July 13, 2025, after an illustrious 65-year…
By SCM ONLINE REPORTER WASHINGTON D.C. – THE WHITE House was plunged into a terrifying armed lockdown after a gunman opened fire just yards from the President’s front lawn. Trigger-happy suspect Michael Marx, 45, unleashed a volley of bullets near the iconic Washington Monument before heroic Secret Service agents returned fire and “took him down.” Al Jazeera reported that reporters who had left the Press Gallery where not allowed to return, neither were the Al Jazeera crew allowed to gain access into their office just few metres away from the White House. The high-stakes shootout sent panicked tourists diving…