Ecuador firefighters battle blazes choking capital
AFP QUITO – Firefighters and helicopters battled five blazes on the outskirts of Quito on Wednesday, as wildfires continue to rip through South American nations that have been turned into…
Haiti PM says nation far from winning gang war as UN deadline looms
Reuters Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille said on Wednesday that the Caribbean country was a long way from winning its war against armed gangs that control most of the capital,…
Honoring our fallen heroes in the Yoruba Nation struggle
It is very painful and sad to realize that we’ve lost at least 18 comrades and one other female civilian (not a comrade), in the Yoruba Nation struggle. 1. Alhaji…
‘Turning my life into something people can watch, pains me’: Wole Soyinka on having his memoir made into a movie
CNN Wole Soyinka became the first Black African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, and is now one of the continent’s most revered authors. But two decades…
Airtel Nigeria eyes solar power as diesel spend hits ₦28 billion
Matthew Onocheta Lagos – Airtel Nigeria is turning to solar energy as a cost-effective solution to power its telecom infrastructure, as rising diesel prices have pushed the company’s fuel costs…
One Nigerian soldier reportedly killed as terrorists – locally dubbed as bandits ambush troops in Zamfara
Olayomi Koiki One Nigerian soldier was reportedly killed while four others escaped an ambush by terrorists in the Dansadau axis of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The troops…
North Korea leader’s sister says US is increasing threats with nuclear submarine
Reuters PYONGYANG – Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, criticised the presence of a U.S. nuclear submarine in the South Korean port of…
Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon as death toll passes 500
Monday’s bombardment of Lebanon was by far the largest and deadliest, not just in the past year, but since the Israel-Hezbollah war in the summer of 2006. AFP Israel announced…
Nigerian judge hands off Nnamdi Kanu’s trial, remits case file back to Chief Judge as the self-determination activist scolds her for disobeying Supreme Court order
Morakinyo Akinosun Abuja – A Nigerian jurist, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, handed off from presiding over the trial of Mazi Nnmadi…
Professor Emeritus Adebanji Akintoye renews call for Yoruba Nation, says Fulani terrorists have killed at least 29,000 Yoruba people
Morakinyo Akinosun Ilé-Ifẹ̀ – No fewer than 29,000 Yoruba people have been killed by Fulani terrorists in South-West Nigeria, the National Leader of the Yoruba Self-Determination Movement, Professor Emeritus Adebanji…