Man Impersonating Presidential Aide Femi Adesina Sentenced To 28-year Jail
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced one Jamiu Isiaka to 28 years in the Mandala Correctional Centre in Ilorin for impersonating presidential spokesman Femi Adesina to conduct fraud against a South Korean national. The defendant was arraigned on four charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Ilorin Zonal Command on […]
Minister Cautions Aviation Unions Against Making Threats Regarding Working Conditions
Sen. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, has warned aviation unions against threatening strikes over the Conditions of Service. The minister expressed his thoughts in a statement released on Saturday in Lagos. According to the News Agency of Nigeria,The minister was addressing the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association’s third national delegates’ conference in Ijebu […]
Taliban Hold Victory Rally Outside Kabul As They Consolidate Rule
More than 1,500 Taliban supporters attended a rally on Sunday in a vast field to the north of Kabul, in a show of strength as they consolidate their rule of Afghanistan. The crowd, exclusively men and boys, heard speeches by leading Taliban officials and commanders at Kohdaman township in the hilly outskirts of the capital. […]
Police Arrest Bandits’ Commander, Ban Unauthorised Use Of Tinted Glass In Zamfara
The Zamfara State Police Command says it has arrested one of the notorious commanders of bandits, Bello Ruga. Commissioner of Police in Zamfara, Ayuba Elkana, who disclosed this to reporters said Bello, also known as Bello Dan Malankara, was apprehended at a bandits’ camp in Gummi Local Government Area of the state. “On 1st October […]
Probe Uncovers At Least 3,000 Paedophiles In French Catholic Church Since 1950
Some 3,000 paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP days ahead of the release of its report. The commission’s research uncovered between 2,900 and 3,200 paedophile priests or other members of the church, said Jean-Marc Sauve, adding that it was “a […]
Algeria Recalls Ambassador To France
Algeria has recalled its ambassador to France for consultations after what it called “irresponsible” comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron, Algeria’s presidency said on Saturday. “Following comments that several sources attributed to Macron, Algeria expresses its categorical rejection of inadmissible interference in its internal affairs,” the presidency said in a statement. “Faced with the […]
Texas Law Sparks Hundreds Of US Protests Against Abortion Restrictions
Women marched by the thousands on Saturday on the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest increasing state restrictions on abortion and advocate for maintaining a constitutional right to the procedure. The 660 demonstrations around the United States were largely sparked by a Texas law that bans abortions after […]
Taiwan Angered After Largest Ever Incursion By Chinese Air Force
Taiwan sharply criticised China on Saturday after Beijing marked the founding of the People’s Republic of China with the largest ever incursion by the Chinese air force into the island’s air defence zone. Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained for a year or more of repeated missions by China’s air force near the democratically governed island, often […]
Trump Asks US Judge To Force Twitter To Restart His Account
Former US President Donald Trump asked a federal judge in Florida on Friday to ask Twitter to restore his account, which the company removed in January citing a risk of incitement of violence. Trump filed a request for preliminary injunction against Twitter in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, arguing the […]
US Hits 700,000 COVID Deaths Just As Cases Begin To Fall
The United States reached its latest heartbreaking pandemic milestone Friday, eclipsing 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 just as the surge from the delta variant is starting to slow down and give overwhelmed hospitals some relief. It took three and a half months for the U.S. to go from 600,000 to 700,000 deaths, driven by the variant’s […]
