Uganda Offers To Take In Refugees From Afghanistan
A file photo of Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni. Uganda said on Tuesday it was considering a US request to take in refugees from Afghanistan, where tens of thousands of people…
NNPC Limited To Kick Off In Six Months – Sylva
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will become a commercial company within six months, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva said on Tuesday. This follows the…
Ex-Deputy Senate President Mantu Buried In Abuja
Former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, being buried in Abuja on August 17, 2021. Credit: Sodiq Adelakun/Channels Television. The former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, who died in the early…
Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham Completes $47 Million Move To Roma
Chelsea’s English striker Tammy Abraham celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the English Premier League football match between Watford and Chelsea at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford, north of…
COVID-19: Nigeria Records 584 New Cases, Four Deaths
A file photo of a healthcare worker holding a COVID-19 test kit. TARSO SARRAF / AFP Nigeria has recorded 584 new cases of COVID-19 with four deaths reported. The Nigeria…
Defiant Afghan Ex-VP Vows To Fight Taliban
Afghanistan’s vice president Amrullah Saleh, a former spy chief who has survived more than one assassination attempt by the Taliban, is a trenchant critic of Pakistan.(AFP) Afghanistan’s defiant vice president…
National Security: Buhari To Meet With Security Chiefs On Thursday
President Muhammadu Buhari meets with service chiefs upon his return to the country on August 13, 2021. Credit: State House. President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday meet with the security…
Taliban Announce ‘General Amnesty’ For Government Officials
An image grab taken from Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television on August 16, 2021, shows Members of Taliban taking control of the presidential palace in Kabul after Afghanistan’s president flew out of…
Bob Dylan Sued For Allegedly Sexually Abusing Girl In 1965
Bob Dylan performs live in 2019. (CREDIT: Dave J Hogan) Bob Dylan has been sued in a New York court by a woman who says the US rock and folk…
Taliban Move To Restart Kabul, Biden Defends Exit
A newspaper vendor sells and arranges newspapers displaying front page news about Afghanistan at roadside stall in Siliguri on August 17, 2021.(Photo by Diptendu DUTTA / AFP) The Taliban moved…