Libyan Rivals Announce A Truce In The Battle For Tripoli
CAIRO — Libya’s warring parties have agreed to a cease-fire that took effect after midnight on Saturday, stoking fragile hopes for an end to months of escalating foreign-backed fighting around Tripoli, the capital, that has threatened to push the country into a major conflagration. The cease-fire was first raised by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and President […]
How US Gunned Down Iran’s Passenger Plane In 1988
The United States accidentally downed an Iranian passenger jet in 1988, killing all 290 people aboard, amid a battle with Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf. The timing of the jet crash near Tehran on Wednesday — coming just hours after Iran fired missiles at Iraqi military bases housing American troops — immediately led […]
Reactions As Buhari’s Daughter Flies Presidential Jet
The Presidency on Saturday reacted to reports that President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter flew a presidential jet for her private business. In a text to NAN, Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu said the criticism that followed the situation was misplaced. “Criticism is the rights of Nigerians. It is, however, misplaced in this circumstance. We have issued […]
Firms In China Remain Wary Despite US Trade Deal
Washington and Beijing may be ready to sign a preliminary trade agreement, but companies in China are not taking any chances, forging ahead with contingency plans in case the tariff war resumes. As Chinese Vice Premier Liu He travels to Washington from Monday to Wednesday to seal the deal, manufacturers and suppliers told AFP that […]
Malta Gets New PM After Reporter Murder Outcry
Outsider Robert Abela is set to become Malta’s new premier on Sunday after Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s downfall over the murder of an investigative journalist. Abela, who is seen as representing continuity, was elected leader of the Labour Party, meaning he automatically takes the role of prime minister. In the election run-up, Abela did not […]
Trump Warns Iran Against ‘Massacre’ As Protests Erupt
US President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States was monitoring Iranian demonstrations closely, warning against any new “massacre” as protests broke out after Tehran admitted to shooting down a passenger plane. Iran said earlier it unintentionally downed a Ukrainian jetliner outside Tehran, killing all 176 people aboard, in an abrupt about-turn after initially denying […]
Queen, Prince Harry, Royals Set For Crisis Meeting
Queen Elizabeth II will host a showdown meeting with Prince Harry on Monday in an attempt to solve the crisis triggered by his bombshell announcement that he and wife Meghan were stepping back from the royal frontline. Other senior royals including Harry’s father Prince Charles and brother Prince William, with whom he has strained relations, […]
Ukrainian Plane Crash: Britain Reacts To Iran
Britain has reacted to Iran’s admission that its military actually shot down the Ukrainian passenger plane. Iran made the admission on Saturday days after denying having anything to do with the crash. It, however, attributed the incident to human error while apologising to its citizens and families of the victims. The UK, reacting through its Prime Minister, […]
FG Speaks On Earth Tremor In Abuja
The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency on Saturday called on the public to disregard reports that there was an earth tremor in some parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Dr Abdulrazaq Garba, the Director-General of the agency, who made the clarification while speaking with NAN on Saturday in Abuja, urged the author of such […]
Fresh Bomb Attack Kills 2 US Soldiers, Injures Others
A roadside bomb has killed two United States soldiers and two others wounded in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar. The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission revealed in a statement on Saturday. The Taliban claimed the attack that killed the service members who were conducting operations on Saturday when their armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. […]
‘How Buhari Prevented Us From Disbanding Boko Haram’
A video has emerged showing a veteran military officer and military contractor Eeben Barlow who was part of the foreign ECOMOG-South African military team talking about how President Buhari and his military officers deliberately hindered the operations of the foreign team which was to disband the Boko haram sect. THEIR MILITARY MISSION Sgt. Eeben […]
Bio: Sir Louis Mbanefo: The First Biafran Lawyer
There are few personalities who have shaped the course of the Legal profession in Nigeria, as Louis Mbanefo, it is however interesting that there is very little information on his life on the web and my intention is to provide some kind of composite record. Louis Mbanefo was born in Onitsha, Eastern Nigeria on […]