PSG refuse League order to pay Mbappe disputed €55 million
AFP PARIS – Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) refused Thursday to pay departed striker Kylian Mbappe a disputed 55 million euros ($60.6m) despite a French league (LFP) order to do so earlier…
Russia recaptures part of Kursk region
AFP Russia on Thursday claimed to have recaptured a swath of territory in its western Kursk region, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky conceded Moscow’s troops were mounting a counter-offensive. Kyiv…
Popular Nigerian Islamic singer Labaeka resigns as Kwara governor’s special assistant, laments collecting salaries ‘for doing nothing’
Bella Ifasola ILORIN, Nigeria – A popular Nigerian Islamic cleric and singer Ibraheem Abdulhameed, known by his stage name Labaeka, has officially resigned from his position as Special Assistant, Artiste…
Nigerian government keeps mum over reported escape of inmates – including Boko Haram terrorists’ commanders from prison affected by flood in the northeastern Borno State
Olayomi Koiki Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Hon Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has said that the reported escape of some inmates from the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital…
SpaceX makes history with first spacewalks by private citizens
It was yet another major milestone for SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk in 2002. AFP Washington – A pioneering private crew made history Thursday by performing the first…
New Queen Elizabeth II statue panned in Northern Ireland
AFP ANTRIM, United Kingdom – A new statue of Queen Elizabeth II has met mixed reviews, with one non-plussed critic assessing that it looks more like “an old lady buying…
6 UNRWA staff killed in Israeli attack on UN-run school in Gaza: Guterres
‘What’s happening in Gaza is totally unacceptable. A school turned shelter for around 12,000 people was hit by Israeli airstrikes again today,’ says UN chief Agency Report Six employees from…
Terrorists in Nigeria block highway in Zamfara, kidnap travellers
ZAMFARA, Nigeria – Terrorists on Thursday morning blocked the Gusau-Funtua highway in Zamfara State, North-West Nigeria and abducted an unspecified number of travellers on the road, according to local reports.…
Lagos coroner’s court gives singer Naira Marley, Sam Larry one last chance to appear in Mohbad’s death inquest
Lagos – A Lagos Coroner’s Court, presided over by Magistrate T.A. Sotobi, has threatened to compel absent witnesses to testify in the inquest into the death of a Nigerian singer,…
400 Nigerians deported from UAE
Abuja – No fewer than four hundred Nigerians were deported from the United Arab Emirates, according to the West African country’s state broadcaster. They include 90 females and 310 males.…