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...
A suspected cannabis trafficker, Mr. Sylvester Gbenga has been arrested by the Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. Gbenga was arrested at Gbaji Customs checkpoint along Lagos-Badagry expressway on Wednesday and handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday. In a statement by the Customs Public Relations Officer, PRO of the Command, Taupyen Selchang, the suspect was arrested with about 106 parcels of hemp. The statement said, “The arrest of the suspect was possible through intelligence gathering by the seizing officers, led by A/C Abubakar Hamza, who trailed the suspect from neighboring Benin Republic.
At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken face and trembling voice,she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group.
A middle-aged man, identified as Kula Adasu, was on Tuesday found hanging from a tree in Tse Agabaragba, headquarters of the Konsisha Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident was said to have thrown his family into mourning. The deceased, who was married and had children, was said to have left no suicide note that would have revealed the reason for his action. Sources close to the family told our correspondent that the extended family members had accused the deceased of being responsible for the death of one Master Terseer Adasu. Gyuver was said to have died in Makurdi early this month and he was to be buried next week Monday. A source said, “The matter became dicey when the family held a meeting and insisted that they would consult a soothsayer today (Tuesday) to identify the person responsible for the young man’s death. “Perhaps, out of fear of being exposed, the deceased might have decided to commit suicide.” The spokesperson for the Benue...
A caved section of a road on 7th Avenue in Festac Town Lagos. PHOTO: TONYE BAKARE By Tonye Bakare When Nigeria hosted the second Festival of Arts and Culture in 1977, a new settlement was birthed in Lagos, with the primary aim of housing the participants that came for the festival. Festac Town consists of seven avenues and numerous arterials that facilitate ease of movement. The over 5,000-unit housing estate has evolved into a city-within-a-city and now serves as the headquarters of Amuwo Odofin Local Government. In the early days of Nigeria’s movie industry, Festac Town provided ready-made locations for filmmakers. Its beautiful layout, clean environment, low crime rate and well-paved roads made the town an ultimate choice for producers. But today, Festac Town is losing most of its allure that made it one of the best places to live in Lagos then. Games of roads and ditches… The avenues and the arterial roads are still where they were, but not as they...
Dele Ogunyemi The Nigerian Navy Logistics Command, Oghara in Delta State has commenced the construction of the Naval Officers’ Wives Association Skills Acquisition Centre. The Command’s Coordinator of NOWA, Mrs Loveleen Lassa disclosed this during the commissioning of the NOWA’s Secretariat and the foundation laying ceremony of the association’s proposed Shopping Complex at the Logistics Command in Oghara. Mrs Lassa said that the skill acquisition project when completed would serve as part of the NOWA’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative to the host communities. She said, “The skill acquisition centre will be opened to members of the host communities as part of the NOWA’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative. “The structure will have offices and a conference room on the lower floor, while the upper floor will accommodate the Skills Acquisition Centre that will comprised tailoring and bakery sections.” Lassa, in her address on the occasion also thanked the leadership of th...
By John Chikezie According to her, while being led in evidence by a State Prosecuting Counsel, A.O. Alagbe: “I was 11 years old when Baba Aliyah raped me inside our toilet. Baba Aliyah is a former neighbour in my compound at Olodi Apapa. “The house we lived in was a bungalow. And we had about 18 to 19 rooms in the compound. “On the 9th of March, 2018 at 8pm, I went to the toilet to poo (defecate) when Baba approached me. He was wearing a black shorts and a white singlet. “He came to the toilet, pushed me to the wall and put his penis into my anus (referring to vagina). Immediately blood started coming out from my anus and it stained my night gown. “When he left me, I felt severe pain in my anus and from the little bruises on my arm. I later washed off the blood on my bum-bum and the bloodstain on my gown. “The next morning, he gave me N200, and my mum questioned me about the money and I told her it was Baba Aliyah who gave it to me. “I was so afraid she ...
The Controller General of Prisons, Dr Peter Ekpendu, (mni) has promised to strengthen capacity development of his workforce to enable the Prisons address some of the perennial problems facing the Service. He said this during a national retreat on Development of the Nigerian Prisons Service Training and Capacity Building Strategic plan for 2015 – 2020 held in Rockview Hotel Abuja.
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