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Taliban authorities publicly executed two men convicted of murder in a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, according to an AFP journalist at the scene. Both men were executed by multiple gunshots to the back in Ghazni city after Supreme Court official Atiqullah Darwish read aloud a death warrant signed by Taliban Supreme Leader…
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The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has decided to pull out of the planned two-day nationwide protest earlier announced by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The Vice-President of TUC, Tommy Etim, said the TUC withdrew because the NLC’s announcement of a protest regarding the increased cost of living, inflation, insecurity and challenges facing Nigeria was not…
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French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu was to travel to Armenia on Thursday for a two-day visit as tensions mount with Yerevan’s arch-enemy Azerbaijan. In October 2023, France announced the sale of defensive equipment to Armenia, drawing anger from Azerbaijan. That deal was announced weeks after Baku seized the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenian separatists.…
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The national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has been released from police detention, hours after he was arrested in Edo state. Abure’s release was confirmed by Labour Party in a video on their X handle. The video shows Abure addressing his supporters. The part’s presidential candidate in the last general elections, Peter Obi,…
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As funeral activities for the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu kick-started in Ondo State, yesterday, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa declared today and tomorrow as public holidays in the state.