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The United States government has removed Nigeria from its list of religious freedom violators, while blacklisting Russia, China and eight others “as Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated ‘systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken made this known on …

The President of Turkey, Recep Erdogan, says the terrorists who tried to remove him through a coup in 2016 are still active in Nigeria.   Terrorists who tried to overthrow me are in Nigeria – Turkey President Erdogan said this on Wednesday at a joint press conference with the President …

Queen Elizabeth will not step down as monarch despite concerns over her health after she was recently pictured using a walking stick for the first time in 20 years. The Queen turned 95 on April 2021. Her husband Prince Philip died at the age of 99 in April, days before …

Emerging reports suggests that the Director General at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is growing frustrated with the workings of the organization and is considering the idea of resigning if no headway can be found on critical issues, just seven months into her four-year tenure.   Bloomberg …

Former US President Donald Trump has disclosed that he’d like to beat up his predecessor Joe Biden in a boxing match. Trump made the disclosure about who he’d like to face in the ring during a promotional event for a boxing match between Evander Holyfield , 58, and Vitor Belfort, …

Soldiers who staged an uprising in Guinea’s capital on Sunday have stated in a short broadcast on the West African nation’s state television that they have dissolved the constitution and the government in an apparent coup. But the Defence Ministry said it had repelled their attack on the presidency. An …

US President, Joe Biden has vowed to hunt down those responsible for twin explosions at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan and said he had asked the Pentagon to develop plans to strike back at them. He made the promise as he joined UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson in vowing to …

Reports of Taliban special forces unit patrolling Kabul have begun to emerge from Afghanistan.When the Taliban first released images of the Badri 313, experts believed that they were sending a signal that showed they were no longer a rag-tag group of farmers, but now had modern military capabilities.

…the men standing around were making fun of girls and women, laughing at our terror. “Go and put on your chadari [burqa],” one called out. “It is your last days of being out on the streets,” said another. “I will marry four of you in one day,” said a third.An …

Emerging reports on Sunday indicates that Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has left the country, according to local TV channel, Tolo News. Sources who informed on condition of anonymity, told the TV channel on Sunday evening that Mr Ghani has left Afghanistan, amidst earlier reports of the Taliban making a grand entrance …