•United Nations logo The United Nations political mission in Somalia ended on Saturday after a two-year transition, closing a chapter of more than three decades of UN peacebuilding operations in the East African nation. UNSOM was established by the UN Security Council in 2013 to support Somali authorities in the transition to democracy and the...
Men are the strongest allies when protecting their philandering interests. Alex, an industrialist in his 60s recognized his first son’s potential as a businessman when he made brilliant success of his secondary school exams. Getting him a place in one of the universities abroad was a doddle. As soon as he finished his masters degree […]...
•Gbenga Hashim Presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Dr. Gbenga Hashim, has revealed the extraordinary family secret behind why his Hausa and royal identity remained concealed from him for almost three decades. Hashim, grandson of the 40th Seriki of Yauri, said his late father, Alhaji Hashim Abdullahi Yauri, deliberately kept his royal h...
•Late rap legend Tupac Shakur A former gang leader goes on trial today in Las Vegas over the decades-old murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, one of America’s most high-profile unresolved murders. The proceedings, expected to last a month, will likely not make clear who fired the shots that killed the hip-hop legend on the night […]
•Cedric Jubillar A Frenchman whose wife disappeared during the Covid-19 pandemic and whose body was never found was sentenced to 30 years in prison today for murdering her, in a case that has gripped France. Cedric Jubillar, a 38-year-old painter and plasterer, had said he had done “absolutely nothing” to his wife, Delphine, whose body [&helli...

