Brazil Win To Become First South American Qualifiers For Qatar World Cup
Lucas Paqueta’s instinctive strike gave Brazil a 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Colombia on Thursday to book their place at Qatar 2022. The five-time world champions join the hosts and Europeans Germany and Denmark as early qualifiers for next year’s finals. They have produced a near-perfect qualifying campaign, winning 11 of 12 matches — their only blemish a goalless draw...
Paris Peace Forum: President Buhari Calls For Objective Distribution Of COVID-19 Vaccines
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Paris, France, urged world leaders and global health institutions to follow a regime of enabling access to the COVID-19 vaccines. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari, who stated this while delivering a keynote statement at the Paris Peace Forum (PPF), admonished that sidelining countries in terms of reach would...
ECOWAS Imposes Fresh Sanctions On Mali, Guinea
The Economic Community of West African States has resolved to sanction all those implicated in the delay in organizing elections set for February 27 in Mali. This was made known by ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou after a summit of the 15-nation group in the Ghanaian capital Accra. He said Mali had “officially written” to Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who...
Abia Multimillionaire Businessman, Chief Bourdex’s Daughter Enlisted In US Army (Photos, Video)
Aliji Ure Onuoha, daughter of Chief David Ogba Onuoha Bourdex, the 2019 APGA Senatorial candidate in Abia North has been enlisted in the service United States of American Army as a cadet. She was among the 168 officers who made it to graduation on Friday out of 250 persons shortlisted for the course, ABN TV learnt. Chief Onuoha Bourdex took to...
Taliban Says It Didn’t Kill Guests Who Played Music At Wedding Reception In Afghanistan
Three Guests were reportedly shot dead at a wedding reception were music was played in Eastern Afghanistan on Friday night. The Taliban Spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, disclosed this at a press conference on Sunday. He said the attack was carried out by three assailants who claimed to be members of the Taliban. According to Mujahid, the gunmen attacked a reception taking place in...
Taliban Supreme Leader Makes Finally First Public Appearance, Commends Ouster Of ‘Infidels’
Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada addressed supporters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials announced Sunday, his first public appearance since taking control of the group in 2016. Akhundzada has been the spiritual chief of the Islamist movement since 2016 but has remained a reclusive figure, even after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. His low profile has fed speculation about...
Okonjo-Iweala Meets US President, Joe Biden In Rome, Talks COVID-19 Vaccination (Photos)
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation and Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has met with US President Joe Biden at the G20 Meeting in Rome. Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigeria's Finance Minister who shared pictures from their meeting, said she used the opportunity to appreciate the support rendered by the US on vaccine equity and pandemic preparedness. She tweeted, “Great...
Former South Korean President Dies At 88
Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo has died, aged 88. His death occurred on Tuesday, ABN TV reports. The late Asian leader was best known for participating in a 1979 coup before going on to win the presidency in a landmark democratic election. However, he ended his tumultuous politics career in prison. According to the Seoul National University Hospital, Roh passed...
First Black US Secretary Of State, Colin Powell Dies Of COVID-19
Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84. "General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman...
Former US Secretary Of State, Colin Powell Dies Of Covid-19 Complications
Former US Secretary of State, Colin Powell has died aged 84 of Covid-19 complications, his family has announced. "General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19," the Powell family wrote on Facebook on Monday afternoon, October 18 said. "We have lost a...
