Iraqi security forces have recaptured Mosul airport, a key part of the government’s offensive to drive the so-called Islamic State (IS) from the western half of the city. The operation took four hours. IS continued to fire mortars at the airport from further inside the city after losing the ground to the army. The jihadists […]
Libya’s eastern authority freezes women’s travel ban The authorities in eastern Libya have ordered a temporary freeze on a controversial travel ban on Libyan women under the age of 60. The directive, which came into force last weekend, was widely condemned and ridiculed across the country. Affecting women in eastern Libya, it prohibited those under […]
Nigeria (pictured) and Algeria were the best performing African sides at the 2014 World Cup, reaching the last 16 Africa will be looking to double the number of places it has at an expanded World Cup from 2026. The continent’s football association presidents have told football’s world governing body Fifa they want at least 10 […]
Brown Ideye has signed a three-year deal at Tianjin Teda Brown Ideye has become the latest Nigerian to head to the Chinese Super League after joining Tianjin Teda. The 28-year-old has left Greek club Olympiakos to sign a three-year deal. He will play alongside Super Eagles team-mate John Mikel Obi and Gabon international Malick Evouna. […]
Published February 21, 2017 Samson Folarin A 12-year-old housemaid, identified only as Mary, has disappeared with her boss daughter, Faith Ayeh, in the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that Mary had been employed by the family through an agent about five months ago. The incident happened on Kudirat Abiola Estate, Akute […]
A 500-level part-time Business Administration student of the Lagos State University is battling with a broken arm and injuries allegedly inflicted on her face by operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit. The student, 28-year-old Sewuese Matthew, was reportedly battered for using her foster sister’s mobile phone to […]
Afeez Hanafi A 200-level undergraduate of the University of Abuja escaped a robbery attack around the main campus on Sunday, only to run into an oncoming vehicle near the school gate. The student of History and Diplomatic Studies, identified simply as Simi Love, was reportedly crushed by the car, and died afterwards at the […]
NEW YORK—Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, a veteran diplomat known as a potent, savvy yet personable voice for his country’s interests who could both spar and get along with his Western counterparts, died suddenly Monday after falling ill in his office at Russia’s U.N. mission. Vitaly Churkin was taken to a hospital, where he […]
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says he is on the verge of proposing a law which will restrict poor men in the emirate from marrying many wives. Sanusi said this in Abuja on Sunday at the 50th anniversary of the death of Ambasador Isa Wali, a former Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana who […]
The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora in Europe, Collins Nweke, who is the first non-Belgian to be elected to political office in West Flanders province, Belgium, tells ARUKAINO UMUKORO about his fatherhood experiences What does fatherhood mean to you? Fatherhood is about shaping a life at the early stages, then coaching the child midway about […]
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