Category: News

America’s Longest War Ends After 20 Years As Last US Troops Depart Afghanistan

The United States on Monday completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost the lives of more than 180 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members, some barely older than the war. […]

Brazilian Wife Of Greek Ambassador Jailed 31 Years Over His Murder

A Brazilian woman has been sentenced to 31 years in prison for conspiring the murder of her husband, the former Greek ambassador to Brazil. In 2016, Kyriakos Amiridis’ charred remains were found in the boot of a burnt-out car in Rio de Janeiro. His wife Françoise de Souza Oliveira had been having an affair with […]

US Anti-missile System Fired To Intercept Rockets At Kabul Airport

Rocket fire apparently targeting Kabul’s international airport struck a nearby neighborhood Monday, the eve of the deadline for American troops to withdraw from the country’s longest war after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt. A U.S. official told ABC News that five rockets were fired toward Hamid Karzai […]

System Weakens To Tropical Storm 16 Hours After Louisiana Landfall

Ida spent 16 hours over land as a hurricane battering Louisiana before finally being downgraded to a tropical storm Monday morning. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Ida had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. It hit coastal Louisiana on Sunday afternoon as a Category 4 hurricane with top winds of 150 mph (230 kph); […]

ADSUBEB Enrolls 36,000 Almajiri Back To School 

Adamawa State government, through the State Universal Basic Education Board (ADSUBEB), has enrolled 36,000 Almajiri back to school, in line with the free education policy of the present administration. Chairman of ADSUBEB, Dr. Salihi Ibrahim Ateequ, said that the enrollment is believed to reach 50,000 by next year. “At the end of Best Education Service […]

Investigation Into The Death Of Senator’s Son Begins- Police 

The police have began investigations into the death of Abdulkarim Na Allah even as the Kaduna State Government described the incident as “appearing to be a case of culpable homicide”. The victim is the son of Nigerian senator, Bala Na’Allah. The Commissioner of Police in Kaduna State, Mudasiru Abdullahi, ordered the probe of the incident. […]

COVID-19: Nigeria Records 362 New Cases, 93 Deaths

53 deaths were recorded in the country 24 hours earlier, an indication that the third wave of the disease is ravaging the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 93 additional deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, thereby increasing the country’s death toll to 2,454 new cases for Sunday. Fifty-three deaths were recorded […]

Zulum Warns Clerics Against Being Arrested By DSS For Preaching In Public

The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has ordered the DSS to arrest any cleric preaching in public spaces and inciting the public against each other. The governor, disclosed this while addressing stakeholders at the interactive meeting on the security situation of the state arising from the sudden surrender of hundreds of Boko Haram insurgents […]

Ida Now Category 4 Hurricane, Still Intensifying As It Approaches Louisiana

Hurricane Ida was rapidly intensifying early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane on track for a potentially devastating landfall on the Louisiana coast while emergency officials in the region grappled with opening shelters for displaced evacuees despite the risks of spreading the coronavirus. Ida quickly gained strength as it moved into the northern Gulf, […]