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Taliban has declared the war in Afghanistan over after taking control of the presidential palace in Kabul as Western countries scrambled to evacuate their citizens. The Taliban has declared the war in Afghanistan over after taking control of the presidential palace in Kabul as Western countries scrambled on Monday to evacuate their citizens amid chaos at the airport as frantic Afghans searched for a way out. President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday as the Islamist militants entered the capital virtually unopposed. He said he wanted to avoid bloodshed while hundreds of desperate Afghans flooded Kabul airport. “Today is a great day for the Afghan people and the mujahideen. They have witnessed the fruits of their efforts and their sacrifices for 20 years,” Mohammad Naeem, the spokesman for the Taliban’s political office, told Al Jazeera TV. “Thanks to God, the war is over in the country.” It took the Taliban just over a week to seize control of the country after a lightning sweep...

Written by U.D. Okechukwu ….continued from last week… He picked up the nylon bag and kept it by the side of the road as they continued to pick up the remaining part of the broken bike. They immediately headed for the market after they were done.

The Federal Government has issued directives targeted at phasing out the sale and consumption of alcohol in sachets and polyethylene terephthalate, PET, bottles. The goal is to reduce availability and curb abuse. Effective January 31 2021, producers of alcohol in sachets and small bottles are to reduce production by 50 per cent of capacity prior to January 2020. Mojisola Adeyeye, director-general of the National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, disclosed this in a statement. Adeyeye said uncontrolled access and availability of high concentration alcohol in sachet and small volume PET or glass bottles contribute to substance and alcohol abuse in Nigeria. She added that NAFDAC and the ministry of health have engaged major shareholders and have reached certain agreements. She said the food agency will no longer register new products in sachet and small volume PET or glass bottles with contents above 30 percent alcohol by volume (ABV). “These concerns relate t...

Norway has donated $11.5m approximately N3.6bn to improve basic education, support girls and women who have been victims of sexual violence by Boko Haram in conflict-affected northeast states.

Borussia Dortmund's German forward of Nigerian descent made a stunning revelation after his man of the match performance against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League. 🍲 The 20 year old credited Nigeria's popular dish "FUFU" as the secret to his speed. 📍 Recall last year Karim Adeyemi was spotted in Ibadan (Nigeria) with his father attending a football match, he might have come back home to restock 😅 We just hope the price of fufu won't go up after this interview 😂 #A2ZisHere | #A2ZFootballHub | #KarimAdeyemi Thank you for reading. Kindly share also.

A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Precious Oluwasanya Foundation, on Monday flagged off the construction of two blocks of 500-capacity accommodation for inmates of Kirikiri Medium Prisons, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria quoted the NGO as saying that the twin two-storey building, which will also have a library for use by inmates determined to further their education in prison, will be completed within three months. Speaking at the foundation laying ceremony, Bunmi Alabi, representative of the foundation, said the project was embarked upon to encourage inmates who had given up on life while in the prison. Alabi said: “One of the places we have been visiting is the prisons. “We have met needs in the time past and we won’t stop meeting needs of people, not only inmates. “We are doing this to encourage inmates. “We are starting the project today and we are believing God for speed and provision.” The Deputy Controller in charge of the Medium Prison, ...

153 inmates of Kirikiri prison have been released under an amnesty program by the Lagos State Chief Judge, Olufunmilayo Atilade as part of an exercise to decongest the prisons. The freed 153 persons included 129 inmates of the Medium Prison and 24 inmates of the Maximum Prisons in Kirikiri. Three of the inmates who gained their freedom in the exercise had been standing trial for more than fifteen years.

By Segun Showunmi, Ibadan The Oyo State Police command has denied that Ikolaba Divisional Police Headquarters, Ibadan, was attacked by gunmen Friday evening. It said in a statement yesterday that two policemen attached to the divisional police headquarters were at the opposite side of the road to the station when they were attacked by hoodlums in an unidentified moving vehicle. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, denied the said attack. The statement read in part: “Two of our officers were at the opposite side of the road to the police station and were attacked by hoodlums in an unidentified moving vehicle, who opened fire on them. “Consequent upon this, one Corporal Dada Christopher was hit by the pellets at the right side of the rib and he died on the spot, while Inspector Busuyi Ayodele was also hit at his back and he sustained injury, and was subsequently rushed to the hospital for immediate medical attention.” Fadeyi, a ...

An Indian woman cut off a man’s penis after he allegedly tried to rape her at her house in the southern state of Kerala, police said on Saturday. The 23-year-old law student was at her residence in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram late Friday when she says she was attacked by the 54-year-old man, who had claimed to her family to be a religious guru. “She used a knife in her defense and cut off his penis,” district police chief G Sparjan Kumar told AFP by phone. “The man, Hari Swami, was rushed to the nearby government hospital in a serious state,” he added. The local media reported that Swami was in a stable condition after undergoing emergency medical procedures at the local hospital. The woman claimed the man had been assaulting her for several years, according to Kumar, who said police had registered a case against Swami for sexual offences against a minor and rape. Police said the girl’s parents, who live at the same house, were unaware of the ...