…Thomas urged Nigerians to use any strategy to protect themselves. He noted that self defense is a fundamental right as stipulated in Section 33 sub-section 2 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, urging them to take advantage of that provision when faced with terror. He also called for state policing, saying that such…

…national security? This question gained currency during the Ibrahim Babangida regime. Defense experts and intellectuals have long submitted that national security is not the security of the president; it is the security of Nigerians. It is not measured by the armaments a government defence procures, but by national foo…

…Airport in Niamey, capital of the Republic of Niger. Niger's Ministry of National Defense confirmed that 11 soldiers, two civilians, and 22 assailants died in the incident, the second assault on the same airport this year. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda affiliate, has claimed responsibility fo…

…to crowded categories like generic AI applications relatively low. By his math, AI and defense together account for something like 15% to 20% of the fund's deployed capital, well below what he estimated is typical elsewhere in venture. Shinkei sits alongside Halter, a New Zealand-founded company making solar-powered, G…

…Nordio said Trump’s latest comments were a “painful injury” to Italy-US ties, while Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said such “jokes do not benefit anyone.”

…according to Lebanon's Ministry of Health. Responding to the accusations, the Israel Defense Forces said Hezbollah had violated the ceasefire by launching more than 50 projectiles at Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah positions in retaliation, adding, "The IDF…

…concern is that we have a former Chief of Defence Staff who is the current Minister of Defense, General Christopher Musa, who does not believe we should give terrorists a second chance and thinks all terrorists, should be neutralized, while the present Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, equates terrorists…

…of industries. The company says it is already in commercial deployment with customers in defense, telco, robotics, and AI. To focus its efforts, Kyber has been prioritizing three segments: robotics, drones of every kind, and remote IT access, where demand has been particularly strong. In that last segment, Kempf says K…

…capability that would act as our demonstrator plant but would have other science and defense applications." In other words, the company was dropping its plans for a power plan in a quest for revenue. Based in Oxfordshire, U.K., First Light has raised $108 million from investors including Invesco, IP Group, and Tencent,…

…comes another YC Demo Day. On Tuesday, the Spring 2026 cohort was unveiled, filled with defense tech, robotics, AI infrastructure and developer tools, and of course, AI agents. TechCrunch spoke to eight investors to determine which ones were the hottest companies in this batch - both the ones they were watching and the…