Australia’s defences must be ready in two years. Here’s what to do

Beijing deployed a naval task group to the waters around Australia for three related reasons. First, to demonstrate the reach and potency of Chinese sea power and to put Australia on notice that it is vulnerable to the application of that power. Second, to test our political and military responses. Third, to rehearse for wartime […]

FG Announces Partial Closure Of Lagos–Ibadan Expressway

Federal government, through the Federal Ministry of Works, on Thursday, announced a six-week partial closure of the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway to carry out urgent repairs on expansion joints at Kara, Magboro and Arepo–Punch Bridges. The ministry said the closure became necessary to resume critical rehabilitation works that were previously suspended on the Lagos-bound section of Kara […]

Collective defence and Article 5

Actions under Article 5 following the 9/11 attacks On 11 September 2001, the United States was struck by brutal terrorist attacks that killed and injured thousands of people. The Alliance’s response to 9/11 saw NATO engage actively in the fight against terrorism, launch its first operations outside the Euro-Atlantic area and begin a far-reaching transformation of […]