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Three Syrian soldiers were killed on Thursday morning in an Israeli air strike near the capital Damascus, according to Syria’s state media. It was the fourth reported time this month Israel has launched strikes inside Syria, keeping up a campaign against pro-Iranian forces supporting the Damascus government in the more than decade-old civil war. […]
Veteran Nollywood actor Obinna Nwafor popularly known as Saint Obi is in a divorce scandal with his estranged wife Lynda Saint-Nwafor now known as Lynda Amobi over an attempt to his life by the latter. According to court documents made available online by E-Nigeria, Saint Obi initiated the divorce procedure, while his wife, […]
Super Falcons of Nigeria on Wednesday evening defeated Lady Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire 1-0 in Abidjan. The scoreline meant an aggregate 3-0 win for Nigeria to reach this year’s Women Africa Cup of Nations. In the 34th minute, Nigerien referee Zouwaira Souley awarded a penalty to the homers after judging that Ashleigh Plumptre had […]
Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has justified the adjustment in air fare. There has been outcry from members of the flying public over the increment in air fare with a one-way economy ticket costing over N50,000. The Vice President of AON, Mr Allen Onyema, while justifying the increment at a media briefing in Lagos, […]
United Nations has called on President Vladimir Putin of Russia to withdraw his troops in Ukraine. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, made the appeal in the early hours of Thursday. In some tweets, the UN leader asked Putin to be humane. “Under the present circumstances, I must change my appeal: President Putin, in the name […]
Ukraine military has shot down five fighter jets and a helicopter belonging to Russia. This follows an earlier attack on Ukraine based on the order of President Valdimir Putin of Russia. A Defence spokesman of Ukraine said hundreds of Russian troops are likely to have been killed in the incident.
Russian forces fired missiles at several cities in Ukraine and landed troops on its coast on Thursday, officials and media said, after President Vladimir Putin authorised what he called a special military operation in the east. Shortly after Putin spoke in a televised address on Russian state TV, explosions could be heard in the […]
Following the impeachment of former Deputy Governor Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau on Wednesday, the Governor of Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has appointed Senator Hassan Mohammed Nasiha Gusau as Deputy Governor. Senator Hassan Nasiha until his appointment was the Senator representing the Zamfara Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly. Meanwhile, the state […]
The Zamfara state House of Assembly has impeached the state Deputy Governor, Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. At plenary on Wednesday, 20 out 24 members voted for the impeachment of the Deputy Governor after the report submitted by the judicial panel of investigation found him guilty of the allegations levelled against him. The report […]
This season’s champions League might be stripped off Russia after president Vladimir Putin order troops into two rebel-held region in eastern Ukraine after recognizing them as independent states. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and London Mayor Sadiq have both called for Russia to be denied the right to host a major final. UEFA says they […]
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