UK To Welcome 20,000 Afghans Amid Taliban Takeover
Thousands of Afghan refugees will be resettled in the UK after the Taliban seized control of Kabul, the UK government has promised. The new scheme will see up to 20,000 Afghans offered a route to set up home in the UK in the coming years. In the first year, 5,000 refugees will be eligible – […]
Taliban Destroy Statue Of Shiite Militia Leader, Stoking Fear Over Their Rule
The Taliban have blown up the statue of a Shiite militia leader who fought against them during Afghanistan’s civil war in the 1990s, according to photos circulating on Wednesday, sowing further doubt about their claims to have become more moderate. The insurgents’ every action in their sudden sweep to power is being watched closely. They […]
R. Kelly Trial Set To Begin With Opening Statements In Brooklyn
After many delays due to the pandemic, opening statements in R&B star R. Kelly’s criminal case will begin Wednesday. Robert Kelly is facing racketeering charges, accused of running a criminal enterprise where he and his associates recruited victims who were sexually abused. Several female accusers are expected to testify, two of who were featured in […]
Cuomo Files For Retirement Benefits, Grants Clemency To 10 People In Last Days As Governor
In his last days in office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday granted clemency to 10 people, among them a man whose unsuccessful campaign for exoneration in a 1998 killing was championed by actor Martin Sheen. Cuomo also filed an application for retirement benefits for when he leaves office next week, according to the state comptroller. […]
Gov. Makinde: Air Peace Will Boost Oyo Economy
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has portrayed the coming of Air Peace Airline to the state as a big opportunity to the teeming air travelers, saying it would grow the state’s economy. Air Peace yesterday launched its scheduled flight operations to Ibadan Airport with the inaugural flight, operated with the airline’s brand new Embraer 195-E2 […]
Rivers Ponzi Victims Protest At EFCC Office, Demand Operator’s Arrest
Many Rivers residents who invested in a failed foreign exchange trading company stormed the Port Harcourt zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, demanding the arrest and prosecution of the operator. The protesters alleged that the Chief Executive Officer of the company, known as Cafint Resources Limited, Samuel Okonkwo, defrauded […]
Akeredolu Emphasized Independent Judicial System
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has stressed the need for a good and independent judicial system, saying the judiciary should represent hope for all and sundry. Akeredolu who spoke yesterday when he swore in Justice Williams Akintoroye as the acting chief judge of Ondo State, said he won’t seek any favor from any judge as […]
Truth About Nigeria’s New Petroleum Act
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Petroleum Industry Bill into law, which will now to be known as Petroleum Industry Act. With the new act, the entire framework for doing business in Nnigeria’s oil sector changes fundamentally. See some of the highlights of the new Act that will now govern operations in the sector going […]
Ivory Coast Rolls Out Ebola Jabs After First Case In Decades
Ivory Coast is set to roll out vaccinations against Ebola after the country recorded its first known case of the disease since 1994, the health ministry said. “Health workers, close relatives and contacts of the victim” will be vaccinated from Monday afternoon, using 5,000 doses sent from Guinea, spokesman Germain Mahan Sehi told the AFP […]
Taliban Takeover: Military Evacuation Flights Resume In Kabul
Evacuation flights from Afghanistan have resumed a day after the Taliban’s military takeover raised panic in Kabul and thousands mobbed the city’s international airport in a desperate attempt to flee. A Western security official told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday that the Kabul airport’s tarmac and runway – which troops from the United States […]
