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The lightning advance of the Taliban in retaking the country has led Afghan Americans, former generals and leading statesmen to blame President Joe Biden for a hasty US withdrawal. But he appears to have the public on his side – for now. Hadia Essazada wept as she recounted the horror the Taliban visited on her household, first beating her father, and then killing her brother. The first time “they were beating my father with an iron rod because they were looking for my elder brother”, who had fought to resist their rule in the 1990s, she told BBC Persian. They…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has sent his condolences to the family of former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, who passed on in the early hours of Tuesday. Lawan also commiserated with the friends and political associates of the former Senator, as well as the government and entire people of Plateau State over the huge loss. “Mantu had a brilliant political career which he capped with the quality representation he provided the people of Plateau Central District as their two-term Senator between 1999 and 2007. “As Deputy Senate President, Mantu played the role with great energy and finesse, which earned him…

Due to the spike in the rate of killings and kidnappings across the country,  President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a meeting with service chiefs to proffer solutions to the menace of insecurity in Nigeria. According to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the meeting will take place at the Presidential Villa in the Federal Capital Territory. This is coming six days after the President returned to the country from London, the United Kingdom where he attended an education summit and did health checks. Service chiefs expected in attendance include the Chief of Defence…

England international Tammy Abraham has joined Roma from Chelsea in a permanent transfer believed to be around £34m. Abraham who joined Chelsea academy as a seven-year-old ends his long association with the Blues with mixed feelings. The striker scored 30 goals in 82 appearances for Chelsea over the last two seasons, and was part of the squad which triumphed in the Champions League and UEFA Super Cup this year. Speaking on his transfer, Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia said: “Tammy will always be welcomed back at Stamford Bridge as one of our own,” she said on the Chelsea website. “We have…

A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, Nigeria, has dismissed bankruptcy petition filed against, the former Managing Director of Staco Insurance Plc, Dr. Sakiru Olanipekun Oyefeso, the court also awarded a cost of N50,000 against the insurance company and in favour of Dr Oyefeso. The insurance company had filed petition with application for insurance of bankruptcy notice, notice of bankruptcy and an affidavit of truth of statement in the petition. Attached to the petition are an audit report of the creditor, Staco Insurance Plc by Ernst & young titled “Project Valentine” dated June 2018 and a letter of demand from…

Former deputy senate president, Ibrahim Mantu, is dead some sources close to his family has said. He reportedly died early on Tuesday morning in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. He expected to be buried at 2pm today according to Islamic rites. Mantu, who hailed from Gindiri, in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, was an influential political figure in Nigeria for several years. Confess your sins like Mantu did, APC tells PDP During the aborted third republic, he vied for the Chairmanship of the National Republican Congress, NRC, one of the two registered political parties. Condoling with the Mantu family, Senate…

The Nigerian Police has succeeded in apprehending thirteen more suspects involved in the killings that occurred in Plateau state on Saturday morning. The arrest was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba who revealed the latest development on Monday. So far, 33 persons have been arrested in connections with the attack. Mba disclosed that the Head of the Police Intervention Team (PIT), DIG Sanusi Lemu, was already in Plateau coordinating police investigative, operational, and peace-building response. He added that the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of additional operational assets in the state as…

The House of Representatives has commiserated with the family of Hon. Adedayo Omolafe over the death of their son, who died on Monday morning. Hon Omolafe, popularly know as ‘Expensive’ before his death, was a lawmaker representing Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency of Ondo State. “The news of Rep. Adedayo Omolafe is a devastating one to all members of the House,” the Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, said in a statement on Monday. “Our late colleague was not only committed to his duties, but he was also diligent. We all will miss Rep.…

At least 219 Boko Haram militants and their families have surrendered to the Nigerian Army in Borno state. The latest development was disclosed by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who said that the fighters surrendered over the weekend in the North-Eastern state. “The current trend of apprehension in their (terrorists’) camps was further aggravated by the recent alarming turn out of members of the terrorist group, who came out in droves with their families to lay down their arms and surrender to own troops at Mafa Local Government Area on 14 August 2021,” he…

-APC Youths tell VP: You ‘ve always been our advocate, inspiration The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has urged the youths of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to mobilise other young Nigerians into the ruling party, adding that bringing more youths into the party will build a strong network for the foundation of the next generation of leaders in APC. The Vice President stated this on Monday when he received a delegation of the APC National Youth Lobby Group, who were at the Presidential Villa to present the report of the party’s Youth Conference in June, earlier…