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…Stresses ‘the World Is Watching United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres rallied the world today in support of the people of Afghanistan in his remarks to the Security Council meeting on the beleaguered nation. The world, he said, is following events in Afghanistan with a heavy heart and deep disquiet about what lies ahead.  “All of us have seen the images …

The UN Security Council under India’s current presidency is holding an emergency meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on Monday. The council is meeting for the second time in over a week to discuss events in that country. The longstanding war in Afghanistan reached a watershed moment on Sunday when the Taliban retook the capital Kabul after 20 years. The militants entered …

The National Assembly has appealed to National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to embrace every opportunity presented on the way forward towards addressing their grievances so as to return to the hospitals as quickly as possible. The lawmakers said on Monday in Abuja that the striking doctors should embrace all overtures toward industrial harmony as the rollout of phase two …

Taliban fighters stand guard at an entrance of the green zone area in Kabul on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan’s 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city’s airport trying to flee the group’s feared hardline brand of Islamist rule. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) Victorious Taliban fighters patrolled Kabul on Monday after …

Buhari’s Assent To PIB, A Callous Act, Says PANDEF The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) describing it as a “callous act”. PANDEF said it was unfortunate that President Buhari signed the PIB, despite the public outcry associated with the passage of the bill by the National Assembly. It …

* Says it will allow investments, transparency to flourish in oil, gas industry The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), saying that Nigeria’s oil and gas industry will now receive a breath of fresh air and allow investments and transparency to flourish. Gbajabiamila, in …

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, signed the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, 2021 into law. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja. According to the statement, “Working from home in five days quarantine as required by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 after returning from London on Friday, …

…Pledges improved security across Edo communities Edo State Government plans to recruit and train over 10, 000 local security personnel to complement the efforts of the federal security agents in tackling insecurity across the state, Governor Godwin Obaseki has said. Represented by his Chief of Staff, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha, when he received executive members of Esan Okpa Initiative, who were …

Afghanistan’s presidential palace in Kabul has now been “handed over” to the Taliban, according to the Al Jazeera network. It was vacated just hours ago by government officials, including former President Ashraf Ghani who has fled the country. According to the Al Jazeera network, which broadcast scenes of the Taliban live from the palace, one of the Taliban officials said …

President Joe Biden and his administration struggled Sunday to project order amid a race by American and other foreign personnel to evacuate Afghanistan as Taliban fighters entered Kabul, the CNN reported on Sunday. The rapid fall of Afghanistan’s national forces and government has come as a shock to Biden and senior members of his administration, who only last month believed …