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116How Afghanistan Fell After Obasanjo Attended Peace Meeting In Kabul
Obasanjo (second right) with others at a peace meeting in Afghanistan on July 5, 2021. Photo: @ambmansoorkhan/ Twitter Days ago, on Sunday, the Islamic militant group known as the Taliban retook Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city, but the fall of the landlocked Asian country had been seen by many observers when...
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539Afghan Police Chief – Haji Mullah Achakzai Executed By Taliban (Photos, Video)
TRUE EVIL: A HORRIFYING video has emerged online that appears to show the Taliban brutally executing a police chief. The footage, that was circulating on Twitter on Thursday, appears to show Haji Mullah Achakzai kneeling on the ground blindfolded before being gunned down. The commander, based in the Badghis province...
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Over 300 Nigerians Illegally Arrested, Languishing In Italian Jails – Edo Ex-Commissioner
Osaze Osemwingie-Ero, a former Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, has cried out regarding the plight of over 300 Nigerian youths ‘illegally’ detained in Italian prisons for contrived charges on mafia-related offences. At a meeting with officials of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mr Osemwingie-Ero...
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52Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Seek Partnership On Drug War
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), and Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate Of Narcotics Control (GDNC) have agreed to strengthen their partnership in the fight against trafficking of illicit drugs between the two countries. This is according to a communique issued on Wednesday by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy,...
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UAE Receives Ex-Afghan President Ghani ‘On Humanitarian Grounds’
The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that it is hosting former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani “on humanitarian grounds” after he fled his Ghani’s whereabouts had been unknown after he fled Afghanistan at the weekend in the face of a sweeping advance by the Taliban. “The UAE Ministry of...
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32Buhari Congratulates Zambia’s President-Elect, Hichilema
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated the President-elect of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema for winning the presidential election. Hichilema, Zambia’s opposition leader, was on Monday declared the winner of last week’s bitterly contested presidential election. He defeated the incumbent President Edgar Lungu by a landslide – more than a million votes. Reacting shortly...
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72US Completes Evacuation Of Embassy In Afghanistan As Flag Went Down
(CNN)The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul has been taken down, marking a final step in the evacuation of the embassy, days earlier than US officials initially projected, according to a source familiar with the situation. The US scrambled to evacuate embassy staff and top officials from its...
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Taliban Fighters Have Taken Over Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace (Photos)
Taliban fighters have entered Afghanistan’s presidential palace hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. The group’s leadership, surrounded by dozens of armed fighters, addressed the media from the country’s seat of power.
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UNICEF Condemns ‘Unacceptable’ Deaths Of Children In Borno
UNICEF, the United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, on Saturday condemned the deaths of three children in Borno state. The children were reportedly killed by unexploded remnants of war on Friday. “The avoidable deaths of the children – as young as 12 years...
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31Algeria Fires: 28 Soldiers Dead As Number Of Casualties Increases To 65
At least 65 people, 28 of them soldiers deployed as relief firefighters, have been killed as dozens of wildfires raged for a second day in Algeria Wednesday, state television reported. “The death toll from the forest fires has climbed to 65 dead — 28 soldiers and 37 civilians — most...
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Nigeria Threatens To Review Relationship With Indonesia After Assault On Diplomat
The Federal Government has threatened to review its relationship with Indonesia if it fails to bring the Indonesian immigration officials that assaulted a Nigerian diplomat to book. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffry Onyeama, stated this at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. Nigeria has also summoned its ambassador to...
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Bandits Abduct Swiss National, Nigerian In Ogun
Gunmen have kidnapped a Swiss national, Andred Beita, and his Nigerian driver who is simply identified as Ifeanyi, in Ogun State. Police authorities in Ogun have confirmed the incident, saying it occurred along the Ibese-Itori Road on Saturday. The spokesman for the command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, explained that the victims were...
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Ghanaian Man Allegedly Stabs His Wife To Death After She Threatened To Divorce Him
The suspect allegedly stabbed his wife five times, covered the body with clothes in the room, and absconded. A Ghanian man identified as Emmanuel Okyere Baffour, is currently on the run after stabbing his 26-year-old wife to death. The suspect is said to have committed the act after the deceased,...
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$350,000 Fraud: US Submits 97,000-Page Evidence Against Governor Abiodun’s Aide
A 97,000 page evidence has been submitted by the United States against suspended aide to Ogun Governor Abidemi Rufai. Recall that he was indicted for alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The Nation reports Rufai was arrested at the JFK airport in New York on May 14 over...
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33Whether Abba Kyari Likes It or Not, The Americans Are Going to Get Him to Stand Trial – Falana
Whether Abba Kyari Likes It or Not, The Americans Are Going to Get Him to Stand Trial – Falana. Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has sent a warning to embattled police officer, Abba Kyari. Falana while reacting to Kyari’s case with the FBI, said that...