Explosion rocks Kabul Airport Several US troops were killed in the bomb attack at Kabul airport Thursday, and more were wounded, the Pentagon said in a statement. “We can confirm that a number of US service members were killed in today’s complex attack on Kabul airport,” said spokesman John Kirby. “A number of others are […]
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Britain will continue the operation to evacuate nationals and Afghans from Kabul despite Thursday’s “barbaric” bomb attack, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. “We’ve been ready for it,” he said of the attack. “We’re going to continue with that operation, we’re now coming towards the very end of it in any event. “We’re going to work […]
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Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review, says it is considering the return of the conduct of local government elections to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The green chamber said it was a way of ensuring a secured tenure for elected local government leaders. Chairman of the Committee […]
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Former Chadian president Hissene Habre was buried Thursday in Senegal’s capital Dakar, AFP journalists saw, where he had been serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. The former leader was jailed in Dakar in 2016 after an African Union-backed trial over abuses committed during years of iron-fisted rule in Chad. On Tuesday, he succumbed […]
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The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday approved the party’s Deputy National Chairman (South), Yemi Akinwonmi as the Acting National Chairman of the party in line with the party’s constitution. The BoT Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin announced this decision after an emergency meeting of the Board, in Abuja. His words: “Since […]
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Police Inspector-General Usman Baba on Thursday received the report of the Special Investigation Panel (SIP) on the alleged indictment of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It was submitted by the SIP Chairman, DIG Joseph Egbunike, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja on Thursday. Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, in a […]
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A 400-level student of the University of Ilorin Elijah Jude Anuoluwapo has committed suicide. He was said to have allegedly consumed poisonous substances. It was gathered the deceased, popularly known as Jude, died in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) where he was rushed to by his colleagues for medical attention. It also was […]
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A former Aviation Minister, Senator Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja. She was received by the Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Governor Mai Mala Buni at a brief ceremony in Abuja on Thursday. A statement by the APC Director […]
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By Abdu Rafiu I have taken more than passing interest in the political career of Bello Masari since he emerged on the national scene as Speaker of the House of Representatives in succession to no-nonsense Ghali Umar Na’Abba who guarded the independence of the legislature fiercely. Bungling Buhari must thank his stars that he was […]
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Forty-three Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters were killed in a gun duel in Baroua on Wednesday while seven soldiers were lost as well. The Multi-national Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating at the fringes of Lake Chad Region confirmed this incident in a statement by the Chief of Military Public Information of the MNJTF, Ndjamena, Colonel […]
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