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More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped last week in an attack on their school in northwest Nigeria have arrived in the capital of Katsina state amid celebrations of their release.Television pictures on Friday showed the boys, many of them wearing light green uniforms and clutching blankets, arriving on buses, looking weary but otherwise well.   Freed […]

Deb Haaland could become the first Native American to lead a US governmental department after she was nominated for interior secretary on Thursday by President-elect Joe Biden.Haaland, 60, is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna and, as she likes to say, a 35th-generation resident of New Mexico. In this March 5, 2020, file photo […]

Police in Australia killed a young man of Somali origin who “made verbal and physical threats,” while his lawyer says the victim “clearly suffered a serious mental health event,” local media reported on Thursday. Raghe Mohamed Abdi, 22, was “armed with a knife” when he was shot and killed by officers on a busy highway, […]

No fewer than 344 of the students kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, last Friday night, have been released. Abdul Labaran, the Director-General, Media, Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State confirmed the release of the students to Vanguard. Some of the students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State Labaran […]

Sweden has been harder hit by a winter resurgence in coronavirus than it hoped for. Will the sharper tone from authorities and calls for the public to take greater personal sacrifices be enough to turn the tide over Christmas?The capital Stockholm is once again at the epicentre of the epidemic and this week called on […]

Italy is to be effectively placed under a nationwide lockdown over much of the Christmas and New Year period, under new measures expected to be announced on Thursday. After days of drawn-out discussions, Italy’s government has on Thursday reportedly reached an agreement on further coronavirus restrictions to be enforced over the Christmas holidays. A cyclist […]

December 16, 2020 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army accused the Ethiopian army and its militias, of ambushing its forces inside the Sudanese territory, killing 4 elements, including an army officer and wounding 12 others.The attack which is perceived as a new escalation from Sudan against its troops comes a few days after an accusation by […]

Boris Johnson has been warned that riots may erupt if he keeps some areas in tier three. He and other senior government ministers were warned yesterday evening that protests could turn violent in areas where Covid rates are falling such as Manchester, Coventry, Warwickshire, Solihull and Leeds. One political insider in the Midlands told The […]

New U.S. sanctions will leave most of Turkey unaffected, including the National Defense Ministry, Turkish Armed Forces and defense companies, the head of Turkey’s Defense Industries Presidency (SSB) said Thursday.Speaking at Anadolu Agency’s (AA) Editor’s Desk, Ismail Demir said the sanctions only target his government agency but will not affect existing agreements that were already […]

The Nigerian Military has stated that it was not in negotiation with the abductors of over 333 students of the Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) in Kankara, Katsina State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operation, Maj. Gen. John Enenche made this known while addressing newsmen at the Army headquarters in Abuja. He stated that negotiating with kidnappers, bandits […]