They have been crossing to Bardarach inside neighbouring Iraqi Kurdistan to a tent camp previously used to shelter Iraqis fleeing the Islamic State group.
The US-led coalition which backed the Syrian Kurds in defeating IS “has betrayed us and
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Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has few strong cards left to play as he seeks to roll back a jihadist insurgency and mounting public discontent.
Thousands of civilians and soldiers have died since armed Islamists began their revolt in northern Mali in 2012 — a campaign that has spread to the country’s volatile centre and to neighbouring Burkina Faso.
The failure of Mali’s poorly-equipped and the demoralised military is now sparking an outcry, shaking confidence in Keita’s government.
Relatives of dozens of troops killed in twin attacks in central Mali took to the streets on October 2 to accuse the …
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on his election victory, noting with delight that Canada remains Nigeria’s major trading partner, with Nigeria-Canada trade totaling $948.4 million in 2018.
The President also felicitated with the Liberal Party of Canada and Canadians generally on the outcome of the federal election in the country.
“I look forward to continued relationship with Prime Minister Trudeau across a wide range of shared values and interests,’’ he said.
President Buhari recalled that the visit of Right Honourable Julie Payette, Gov. Gen. of Canada, to Nigeria in Oct. 2018, provided an opportunity for …
A High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday halted the proclamation made by the state government to relocate the headquarters of Ilejemeje Local Government from Iye Ekiti to Eda-Oniyo Ekiti.
Addressing journalists on Monday, the Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, announced the relocation of the headquarters to Eda-Oniyo predicating this on the December 14, 2018 judgment of the Supreme Court.
Ruling on the application by the claimant (Iye Ekiti) on Wednesday, the presiding judge, Justice Abiodun Adesodun, said: “The first and second respondents should have waited for determination of the suit before the court …
Nigerian regulators warned they may have to take action to boost competition in the telecommunications industry, a move that could affect international operators including market leader MTN Group Ltd.
While a formal inquiry isn’t underway, authorities are focusing on ownership of data services and infrastructure in Africa’s most populous nation, Babatunde Irukera, executive vice chairman of the Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission, said in an interview.
“We are slicing it a little slimmer than who has the most subscribers. We are looking more at data capability and data infrastructure,” he said in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. “Early indications show …
Atletico Madrid substitute Alvaro Morata scored a late second-half header to give his team a 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday.
The win sent them top of their UEFA Champions League Group D.
In a game of few chances and many mistakes, neither team came close to breaking the deadlock before Morata scored.
He did this with a powerful downward header from a Renan Lodi cross in the 78th minute.
The goal gave the hosts a major boost for a top-two finish and a spot in the knockout stages.
The Spaniards, unbeaten now in three group games, are on …
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could pivot towards a general election as the EU mulls granting a Brexit deadline extension on Wednesday, after a fresh twist to the divorce saga cast doubt over his hopes of leaving on October 31.
Intense parliamentary votes on Tuesday, Johnson won initial backing for the divorce deal he agreed with the EU — but MPs then rejected his timetable to rush it through parliament in a matter of days.
Following that setback, Johnson said he would halt the ratification process while European Union leaders consult on a delay — which MPs had forced him …
Always Sanitary Product will remove the Venus symbol, a symbolism for feminity, from their products so they can include transgender and nonbinary customers.
This decision will materialise from next year 2020. However, the specific date has not been ascertained.
As reported by CNN,
transgender activists and allies had publicly urged Procter & Gamble to redesign its pad wrapper without the gender symbol, a circle atop a cross. Among their arguments were that not all people who menstruate are women and that not all women menstruate.
There have been different moves to ensure transgender equality as the debates take shape in …
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, since President Muhammadu Buhari is out of the country.
Buhari is in Sochi, Russia, attending a three-day Russia-Africa Summit holding from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25.
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Osinbajo had on Sept. 25, presided over FEC meeting when Buhari attended the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. (NAN)…
South Africa’s headline consumer inflation slowed to 4.1 percent year-on-year in September, from 4.3 percent in August, data from Statistics South Africa showed on Wednesday.
On a month-on-month basis, price-growth was flat, at 0.3 percent, the same rate of increase as in the previous month.
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Core inflation – which excludes the prices of food, non-alcoholic beverages, petrol and energy – slowed to 4 percent year-on-year in September versus 4.3 percent in August, while on a month-on-month basis prices rose 0.2 percent, compared with a 0.1 percent increase in the …
A Federal High Court judge serving in Akure, Ondo State, Justice Abdul Dogo, was on Tuesday abducted by gunmen.
Dogo was said to have been abducted along with his driver at Ibilo/Isua Akoko axis, a border area between Ondo and Edo states while on their way from Abuja to Akure.
A source close to the federal judiciary in Akure confirmed the incident that was corroborated by two of the lawyers who were in his court for hearing of their cases.
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One of the lawyers also told journalists that the kidnappers had …
