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Buhari, Malami dragged to court over failure to publish details of $23m Abacha loot
Francis Iwuchukwu As a result of his “failure to publish copy and details of the agreement the Federal Government recently signed with the United States for the repatriation of $23 million stolen by the late dictator Sani Abacha”, a Lagos-based rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has instituted legal action against President
Teenager Kuol makes debut as Australia win
Teenager Garang Kuol, who is being chased by Newcastle United, made his international debut on Sunday in Australia’s 2-0 away win over New Zealand in their final World Cup warm-up. A Mitchell Duke header and Jason Cummings’ penalty in the second half at Auckland’s Eden Park ensured Australia head to the World Cup
Evacuations in Philippines as major typhoon nears
Authorities in the Philippines have started evacuating people from coastal areas as a major typhoon approaches. Category 3 Typhoon Noru is travelling at speeds of 195 km/h (120 mph) as it heads towards Luzon, the country’s main island, after what forecasters called an “explosive intensification”. The storm could cause landslides, flash flooding and dangerous
Ukraine War: Hundreds arrested as Russian draft protests continue
Hundreds of people have been arrested by authorities as protests against Russia’s new “partial mobilisation” continue across the country, an independent rights group has said. OVD-Info said 724 people were detained across 32 different cities on Saturday. Widespread demonstrations have broken out since President Vladimir Putin announced plans to draft 300,000 men to fight
Iran to ‘deal decisively’ with mounting protests
Iran’s president has vowed to take action against protesters after more than a week of anti-government demonstrations. President Ebrahim Raisi pledged to “deal decisively” with the protests, which have now spread to most of Iran’s 31 provinces, reports the BBC. Officials say some 35 people have been killed since protests broke out over the
‘Terrifying’ storm Fiona lashes Canadian coast
Hundreds of thousands of people have been left without power, after Storm Fiona hit Canada’s coastline. Fiona was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Friday, reports the BBC. But parts of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick still experienced torrential rain and winds of up to 160km/h (99mph), with
Boxing: Fury gives Joshua Monday deadline to sign contract, or…
Tyson Fury has set Anthony Joshua a deadline of Monday to sign a contract for their hugely anticipated all-British showdown or forget about facing him for the world heavyweight title. There have been protracted talks between the two camps of World Boxing Council champion Fury and Joshua, a former holder of the sport’s other
Nations League: Spain defeat to Switzerland sets up Portugal showdown
Spain’s shock 2-1 home defeat to Switzerland on Saturday leaves La Roja needing to beat Portugal away on Tuesday to progress to the semifinals of the Nations League. Portugal went top of Group A2 with a comfortable 4-0 win in the Czech Republic as Diogo Dalot struck twice with Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Jota
Police intercept buses loaded with ammunition, arrest three in Lagos
Taiwo Jimoh Detectives attached to the Ikorodu Division of the Lagos State Police Command have intercepted two commercial buses loaded with a large quantity of live cartridges at Poromope Estate, Ijede Road in the Ikorodu area of the state. Three dismantled motorcycles and some personal effects were also recovered from the suspects. In a
Bolanle Austen-Peters’ Man 0f God, Afolayan’s Swallow, others top AMAA 2022 nominees’ list
South Africa’s feature film, ‘Surviving Gaza,’ and Ghana’s ‘Borga’ lead the 2022 Africa Movie Academy Awards nominations with 14 nominations each. The two films got nominated in 14 different categories out of the 26 categories in the 18th edition of the Pan-African awards. This was revealed by Dr. Shaibu Husseini, a member on behalf of
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