Author: Prima News

The crisis is extending beyond traditional centres of insecurity. Families across both urban and rural communities continue to flee attacks, often multiple times and with increasingly limited options for safety.“Haiti’s displacement crisis is entering an even more alarming phase,” said Gregoire Goodstein, IOM Chief of Mission in Haiti.In May alone, renewed attacks in the densely populated Cité Soleil district – the capital’s largest slum – displaced more than 18,000 people within days. The surge pushed the number of internally displaced people in Port-au-Prince above 300,000 for the first time on record.Mr. Goodstein described the experience of one woman who fled Port-au-Prince after…

When citizens exasperatedly say ‘Nigeria is a plane on autopilot’ or when they dismissively say ‘Nigeria na cruise’, they are disclosing much more than the words reveal. They are lamenting a nation whose humanity has shattered, leaving a truckload of iciness in its wake. Both expressions often stem from a place of discontent, subtly bemoaning a country’s slipping from the realm of Human Intelligence into a domain submerged by the mechanicality of Artificial Intelligence. With these two sentences, Nigerians are mourning the absence of empathy, that precious virtue Shakespeare christened “the milk of human kindness”, which is lacking in today’s…

For Toy Story 2, Pixar wanted to animate 50 Buzz Lightyears at a time. In Toy Story 5, it finally succeeded.In the opening scene of the new movie, due for release on June 19, a gang of Buzzes patrols a dense desert-island jungle, each moving individually, while remaining roughly in sync. It’s a complex feat of animation — the kind Pixar has dreamed of achieving for years, said Thomas Jordan, the company’s VFX supervisor, while speaking at SXSW London.To ensure that every Buzz looked the same but different, the animation team created a library of Buzz Lightyear short animation loops…

The Chief of the Naval Staff, Idi Abbas, has revealed that the real architects of crude oil theft remain largely out of reach of security agencies, while those arrested are often low-level operatives with limited knowledge of the wider criminal network. The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi AbbasPhoto: Nigerian Army Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, Vice Admiral Abbas said the structure of oil theft syndicates is deliberately complex, making prosecution and intelligence tracking particularly difficult. “Most of the faces behind these thefts are not really known or are not the ones we always catch.…

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The Peoples Democratic Party has taken a swipe at former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, over his allegation that the recent bandit attack in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State might have been orchestrated by Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, to blackmail President Bola Tinubu. The South West PDP, while condemning the statement, described it as “reckless, insensitive and politically dangerous,” adding that “such a statement is not only irresponsible and provocative, but also exposes Fayose’s glaring double standards on insecurity, political morality and public accountability. The PDP Southwest Publicity Secretary, Chief Sanya Atofarati, said in a statement…

Children under the age of five remain the most affected group in Nigeria’s worsening cholera outbreak, which has infected 5,260 people and claimed 67 lives across 128 local government areas in 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory. This was according to the latest data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, exclusively made available to our correspondent in Abuja. The NCDC data, covering the period up to May 31, 2026, showed that “suspected cholera cases have risen by 73 per cent compared to the same period in 2025, highlighting a significant escalation of the outbreak despite improvements…

The Democratic Leadership Alliance has refunded N10 million nomination fee paid by its former presidential aspirant, Mrs Abisayo Busari-Akinnadeju, following her withdrawal from the party’s 2027 presidential race. Busari-Akinnadeju disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Friday in Akure. She said the party refunded N10.8 million, adding that an outstanding N1.2 million was yet to be paid. The politician resigned from the party on May 28 after accusing its leadership of imposing a consensus presidential candidate in violation of the Electoral Act. She said, “I want to say that the Democratic Leadership Alliance has refunded the presidential…

British actor Anthony Head, known for his roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso, Merlin and Little Britain, has died at the age of 72. BBC reports on Friday that his family confirmed that he died of complications from pneumonia, surrounded by relatives. Head rose to international fame for his role as Rupert Giles in the supernatural teen drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the late 1990s. He later appeared in several popular productions, including the sketch comedy Little Britain, where he had a recurring role, and the BBC fantasy series Merlin, where he played King Uther Pendragon. He…

His appeal came in remarks to the first-ever European Forum on Environmental Human Rights Defenders held in Strasbourg, France, where he warned that the continent is warming twice as fast as the global average, with increasing floods, shrinking glaciers and heatwaves. “Extreme weather kills thousands of Europeans every summer,” he said.  “Across the continent, 95 per cent of urban residents breathe unsafe air, and more than 80 per cent of habitats are in poor or bad condition.” Activists under threat Mr. Türk praised defenders of the environment who speak up, mobilise and take concrete action to protect the planet, communities and democracy.  “The environmental justice movement is a powerful human rights alliance uniting science, law, ethics, philosophy, and art…