A group of women have staged a protest in Kabul against the continued closure of schools for girls above the sixth grade as a senior UN official has warned the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s rights are aimed at making women…
*Baby’s disappearance from church: Appeal Court frees convicted church founder (Sun)*It’s illegal to review Lagos #EndSARS panel’s findings – Falana (Punch)
Baby’s disappearance from church: Appeal Court frees convicted church founder (Sun) The Akure Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday discharged and acquitted the founder of Sotitobire Prayer Centre, Akure, Prophet Alfa Babatunde who had earlier been sentenced to…
*Veteran Nigerian comic actor Baba Suwe is dead (ThisDay)*Tribunal awaits results of tests on Ikoyi building materials (Channels)
Veteran Nigerian comic actor Baba Suwe is dead (ThisDay) The dark-skinned Nigerian comic actor Babatunde Omidina, better known as Baba Suwe has passed on. One of his children, Adesola, posted the news of his death on her Instagram page. “This…
Canadian Afghanistan war veteran finds music helps soothe battle with PTSD
Despite dabbling in music since he was a teenager, it was only recently that Afghanistan war veteran Dennis MacKenzie came to appreciate its power to ease the mental turmoil he has struggled with since returning to Canada. Dennis MacKenzie was…
Taliban announce new government for Afghanistan
The Taliban have announced an interim government in Afghanistan, to be led by one of their founders and with an FBI-wanted militant as interior minister. The government will be led by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, with Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul…
Nothing for you! IMF excludes Nigeria, as it extends debt relief to 28 low-income countries
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has excluded Nigeria from the third tranche of grants for debt service relief for 28 member countries under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT). This is according to a statement…
CIA-backed paramilitary ‘death squads’ guilty of war crimes in Afghanistan – HRW (RT)
With aid and training from the CIA, Afghan paramilitary forces have carried out a spree of war crimes and other “grave” abuses against civilians – including torture and executions – an investigation by Human Rights Watch found. Interviewing eyewitnesses, US…
Afghanistan war: Deadly Taliban attack ‘destroys’ hospital (BBC)
At least 15 people have died after a truck packed with explosives was detonated by Taliban militants outside a hospital in southern Afghanistan. Many of the victims in the attack on Qalat city were doctors and patients, according to local…
Afghanistan war: Deadly bomb attack hits election rally (BBC)
A suicide bomb attack at an election rally in Afghanistan has killed at least 24 people, officials say. The meeting was about to be addressed by President Ashraf Ghani in Parwan province, north of the capital, Kabul. Another blast in…
Child suicide bomber kills six people after blowing himself up at Afghan wedding (Metro)
A wedding in Afghanistan ended in tragedy after a suicide bomber, 13, blew himself up. The teenager killed at least six people and injured a further 14 when he detonated an explosive at the celebration in the Pachirwa Agham district…