Pakistan police strike after attacks on polio vaccination teams
Most attacks are claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, a separate group from the Afghan Taliban but with a similar ideology. AFP PESHAWAR Pakistan – More than 100 Pakistan police who…
Gunmen kidnap clinic owner in Nigeria’s Kwara State
For more than a decade, civilians in Nigeria have faced multiple security threats and risk of atrocities as result of attacks, kidnappings and extortion by various non-state armed groups. Bella…
Nigerian farmer says: “Governor Abiodun fraudulently parading my rice farm as World Bank-assisted project belonging to Ogun State”
The farmer admitted that the Ogun State government supported the project by paying 50 per cent of the cost of clearing the ground and supplying fertilisers. Morakinyo Akinosun A Nigerian…
Peru mourns divisive former strongman Fujimori
Police deployed a security cordon around the house where he died in Lima, as dozens of supporters waited for his coffin to be carried out to a waiting hearse. AFP…
WHO evacuates nearly 100 patients from Gaza in biggest operation yet
The patients included people suffering from cancer, blood and kidney diseases and trauma Reuters The World Health Organisation said on Thursday it had carried out a rare evacuation of 97…
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…