Section: Nigeria
Russia Jails Jehovah’s Witness For Extremism
Woman display Jehovah’s Witness literature along a street on February 26, 2020 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP A court in Russia-annexed Crimea sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison for extremism, the group said Thursday as Moscow pursues a crackdown on the US-based...
5 talking points from Super Eagles’ 24-man squad for AFCON 2021 qualifiers against Sierra Leone
Gernot Rohr calls up 24 players for the games against Sierra Leone. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, released Gernot Rohr’s Super Eagles squad list for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) …read more Source:: Pulse...
Trump Campaign Sues New York Times
US President Donald Trump talks to the media on the South Lawn upon his return to the White House by Marine One, in Washington, DC, November 3, 2019, after returning from a trip to New York. Olivier Douliery / AFP US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign on Wednesday filed suit against The New York Times over an OpEd article about...
Top Pentagon Official Resigns At Trump’s Request
A top Pentagon official resigned Wednesday at the request of Donald Trump after becoming indirectly tied to the Ukraine scandal that led to the US president’s impeachment. John Rood, the Pentagon’s top policy official, certified that Ukraine had made sufficient reforms to be eligible to receive $250 million in military aide. That...
Multiple Bomb Hoaxes Flood Moscow
People stand outside the Basmanny Court following an evacuation due to the warning of a planted bomb in Moscow on February 6, 2020. Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP Moscovites are mystified by a flood of bomb hoaxes forcing the evacuation of courts, schools and malls while authorities appear unable to find the culprits even after months of disruption to...
Iran Satellite Launch Fails, Dampening Space Ambitions
An image grab from footage obtained from the state-run Iran Press news agency on February 9, 2020 shows the impact of a launched newly-unveiled Raad-500 missile. IRAN PRESS / AFP Iran said it “successfully” launched a satellite Sunday but failed to put it into orbit, in a blow to its space programme that the US alleges is a cover for missile...
Why I sacked impeachment witness – Trump
President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire an army officer who gave damning evidence against him during the impeachment probe. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was escorted Friday out of the White House, where he worked on the National Security Council as an expert on Ukraine. His lawyer called the move an act …...
Impeachment Witness Reported Contents Of My ‘Perfect’ Calls Incorrectly – Trump
File: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly on September 24, 2019 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire an army officer who gave damning evidence against him during the impeachment probe. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander...
Iran Must Become Strong To End ‘Enemy Threat’, Says Khamenei
A handout picture released by the official website of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him during a meeting in Tehran on September 17, 2019. AFP Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that the Islamic republic must become strong enough to ward off the “enemy’s threats” and prevent a war....
Trump Tells Congress To ‘Expunge’ His Impeachment After Senate Acquittal
US President Donald Trump announces his Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020. Trump says his plan ‘could be the last opportunity’ for Palestinians.MANDEL NGAN / AFP President Donald Trump called Friday on Congress to “expunge” his impeachment for abuse of power following his...
