Afghan Taliban
29 Dec
The Taliban's supreme leader has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook areas used by Afghan women and saying that existing ones should be blocked. According to a statement released late Saturday by the Taliban government spokesman, new buildings should not have windows through which it is possible…
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed a claim circulating on social media that a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Kaduna State was arrested for supplying firearms to bandits and kidnappers. A lecturer at Baze University named Adamu Garba Zango alleged that a Deputy Commissioner of Police with the Kaduna State Police Command was detained…
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South Korea's political leadership was in uncharted territory Saturday after the sitting president resisted arrest over a failed martial law decree days before the warrant expires. In scenes of high drama on Friday, Yoon Suk Yeol's presidential guards and military troops shielded the former star prosecutor from investigators, who called off their arrest attempt citing…
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The New York judge presiding over President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case on Friday set sentencing for 10 days before his January 20 inauguration and said he was not inclined to impose jail time. Judge Juan Merchan said Trump, the first former president ever convicted of a crime, can appear either in person or virtually…
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South Korean investigators attempted to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence Friday over a failed martial law bid but were blocked by his security forces. They stood down just days before the arrest warrant expires on Monday. AFP takes a look at what could happen next: - Another arrest - The Corruption…
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For many poultry farmers, year 2024 will not be forgotten in a hurry, considering the series of challenges that almost ran the sector aground.
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At eighty, and with a long list of outstanding achievements as a thorough professional; coupled with an unyielding can-do spirit and character, Biodun Olusina Shobanjo deserves more recognition and applause than he is getting for his birthday.
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Mercy Aigbe’s recently released film ‘Thinline’ has made N100 million in total ticket sales in cinemas. Cinemax, the distribution company for the movie, revealed this on its Instagram page, @cinemaxng, on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Thinline was released into the cinema on Dec. 13. Cinemax, in appreciation of the fans…
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The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) and former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has boasted that 'nobody can be anything' without him. Wike also declared that something will soon happen in Rivers State that will shock many, adding that he does not fight with anyone but emphasised his concern for 'ingrates'. Wike spoke…
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Prof. Francisca Oladipo is the Vice Chancellor of Thomas Adewumi University (TAU), Oko, Kwara State. In a virtual interview with some select journalists, Oladipo shared the institution’s success story, future plans, and coping strategy in these austere times.
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