Pakistan

November 3, 2022

Buhari requests international aid for victims of Pakistan floods

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the United Nations and other aid organizations to take immediate action to aid those affected by the catastrophic floods in Pakistan, which has been described as the biggest natural disaster in the country’s history. This was said by the Nigerian president in a statement of condolence sent to the Pakistani... Read More

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September 25, 2017

Air Force to receive fighter jets from Russia, US, Pakistan, UAE

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has revealed that the Nigerian Air Force is expecting new fighter aircrafts from four countries. The Air Force chief disclosed this on Saturday at a lecture delivered to the Senior Course 40 at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State. Why it matters: Earlier this... Read More

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August 30, 2017

Transgenders targeted in Pakistan attack

Pakistani police has said armed men opened fire on a group of transgender people in Karachi, an affluent neighbourhood in Pakistan. Aurangzeb Khattak, a police officer said the attack happened on Wednesday night. He said the attackers first hurled rotten eggs at the victims, before opening fire on them. “We are investigating the murder of victim,... Read More

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August 22, 2017

We will no longer use American military to construct democracies in faraway lands – Trump

President Donald Trump has said the US will change its “approach and how to deal with” Pakistan. In his address to the nation from the Fort Myer military base in Arlington, Virginia, Trump said the US will no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe havens for terrorist organizations. He said, We can no longer be silent... Read More

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Osinbajo unveils five Super Mushshak aircraft for Air Force

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday unveiled five Super Mushshak trainer aircraft to strengthen the fight against terrorism. The aircrafts are among the five acquired from Pakistan. Represented by the Minister of Defence, mansur Dan Ali, Osinbajo said Nigeria will welcome more support from Pakistan. “I will not fail to mention that the decision to… Read More

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Over 140 dead in Pakistan fuel tanker fire

At least 140 people were killed Sunday when they rushed to collect fuel from a crashed fuel tanker in Bahawalpur, eastern Pakistan, before it suddenly exploded. The truck veered off the road when the driver lost control, police official Mohammad Akhtar told said. As the tanker sat on the side of the road, fuel began... Read More

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123 dead, 100 injured in oil tanker fire in Pakistan

Over 100 people have died and 100 injured after an oil tanker reportedly caught fire. The incident happened at the Ahmad Sharqia area of Bahawalpur in Pakistan as a crowd attempted to collect fuel from the tanker, Aljazeera reports. The tanker exploded. The dead bodies and injured are being shifted to Victoria Hospital of Bahawalpur... Read More

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The wall chronicles: Trump’s “wall of Mexico” has nothing on India’s border plans

by Itunuoluwa Adebo India has plans to secure two borders that are in total more than double the length of the US-Mexico boundary. Rajnath Singh, Indian Home Minister reiterated the country’s intent Saturday to completely shut its borders to Pakistan and Bangladesh. The government said around 90% of the border is currently fenced, but they... Read More

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December 4, 2016

Nigerian Air Force to buy aircrafts from Pakistan, Russia

The Nigerian Airforce (NAF) is expecting arrival of war-planes and helicopters from Pakistan and Russia to boost its fleets. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar made the disclosure at a breakfast briefing at the weekend in Abuja. Air Marshal Abubakar said, “I want to say that we have been enjoying support from... Read More

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Pakistan

September 13, 2016

5 products you didn’t know were imported from Pakistan

Last week, the trade between Nigeria and Pakistan hit a $1 billion mark. The High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Nigeria, His Excellency Umer Farooq revealed this at a Defence Day event organised in Abuja last Wednesday. Considering that Pakistan ‘broke away’ from India years ago, imagine our shock when this was revealed to the... Read More

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ISIS claims responsibility for Pakistan hospital blast

The Islamic State group ISIS has claimed responsibility for Monday’s suicide bombing at a Pakistani hospital, killing at least 70 people, the IS-linked Amaq news agency said. “A martyrdom bomber of the Islamic State detonates his explosive belt on a group of personnel belonging to the Ministry of Justice and the Pakistani Police in the... Read More

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45 reportedly killed in Pakistani hospital blast

An explosion on Monday ripped through a Pakistani hospital in the Balochistan provincial capital Quetta, leaving at least 45 people dead, officials said. According to witnesses, tearful staff rushed towards the smoking blast site to help dozens of wounded persons. A video footage also showed bodies of victims on the ground in pools of blood... Read More

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Flood kills wedding guests in Pakistan

At least 14 people were killed on Saturday in one of the seven Pakistani districts bordering Afghanistan when a vehicle carrying wedding guests was washed off a mountainous road by floodwater and flung into a gorge, an official said. “Dead bodies of 14 people had been retrieved, most of those killed and wounded were women... Read More

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‘We’ll achieve Biafra without war’ -IPOB

Secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Wednesday, vowed that it will not go to war to achieve the sovereign state of Biafra. This was contained in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari by the groups legal counsel, Emekaa Emekesri. The letter also stated that the President’s utterances on the Biafra issue was... Read More

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August 20, 2015

FG wants to identify Nigerian ISIS suspects arrested in India

The Federal Government wants to ascertain if Imran Kabeer and Sani Jamiliu, who were recently arrested in Punjab, are truly Nigerians. The pair were arrested on suspicions that they were on their way to join ISIS and that they attempted to enter Pakistan without valid travel documents. The two suspects, who are from Kano, are... Read More

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2 Nigerians arrested in India… while heading to join ISIS

Two Nigerians youth were reportedly arrested on Friday, while on their way to joining the Islamic State (IS) terrorist sect. The pair were nabbed after scaling a barbed wire fence near the dangerous India-Pakistan border, The Nation reports. Alert Border Security Force (BSF) troopers arrested the duo; Imran Kabeer and Sani Jamiliu, who are both from Kano.... Read More

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February 9, 2015

Jonathan is not interested in free and fair elections – Tinubu blows hot

by Kolapo Olapoju National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has reacted to the postponement of the geenral elections, describing it as ‘the wrong thing done for the wrong reason by the wrong man’. According to Tinubu, the postponement was a smokescreen which became necessary due to the desperation of President Jonathan,... Read More

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December 27, 2014

#illridewithyou was contrived, but it reflects our thoughts on Islam and terrorism

by Adedayo Ademuwagun Taliban gunmen shot dead 141 people at a school in Pakistan last week, and most of the people killed were children. Just hours before that, an armed man had attacked a café in Australia and held the people hostage. Then he made two of the hostages hold up a black flag... Read More

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November 10, 2014

“We have indeed established an Islamic caliphate” – Boko Haram release shocking video

by Kolapo Olapoju Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram has released a new video showing how it controls and operates in the towns and villages it has captured and declared an Islamic caliphate. The video, which was obtained by AFP, shows Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, having ditched his military fatigue in favour of regular civilian garb,... Read More

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October 7, 2014

Nigeria set to dethrone India as leading exporter of students to UK schools

Kolapo Olapoju Based on recent research compiled by the British Council, Nigeria will soon overtake India to become the second biggest source of international postgraduate students in the United Kingdom. The council’s research forecasted that UK will have 241,000 postgraduate international students by 2024, maintaining its position as one of the top two destinations for studying a postgraduate... Read More

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October 6, 2014

@ElMagnificento1: The imperative of building local industrial capacity (Y! PolicyHub)

by Fortune God’sSon Alfred So I hear and read somewhere that the US is stopping Nigeria from acquiring (wrong diction) BUYING certain choice military hardware such as the Chinook, which is said to be a versatile and reliable American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter produced by Boeing. Boohoo! Am I supposed to be mad at the... Read More

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September 23, 2014

Nigerian diplomats owing over $500,000 in parking tickets in New York

by Damilola Jagun According to the United States’ Department of Finance, New York City is being owed over $16 million in unpaid parking tickets issued to foreign diplomatic vehicles. Over 180 countries are in the list, which is topped by Egypt with nearly $2 million in outstanding debt as of this summer. The Wall Street... Read More

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September 23, 2014

Nigerian man vomits 42 pellets of heroin in Kenyan airport

by Kolapo Olapoju On the night of Monday, 22 September, a Nigerian man was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with pellets of drugs suspected to be heroin. The drugs were ingested by the man, who was intercepted while on transit from Pakistan to Benin. The police on the case have disclosed that the... Read More

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The Gates foundation sees a polio free Nigeria in 2018

by Emmanuel Chidiogo Nigeria could be declared a polio-free nation in 2018 even though a national eradication campaign has had to contend with an insurgency in the north, Bill Gates says. Gates also said that the country could cut the number of polio cases to zero next year The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports the global... Read More

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Kidnapped Chibok girls to get FG scholarship – Jonathan

by Kolapo Olapoju President Goodluck Jonathan has made a promise of educational scholarship for all the abducted schoolgirls of Chibok, Borno State once they are rescued and back home. The president reportedly made the promise yesterday in Abuja at the State House during a meeting with 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani advocate of girls’ education rights.... Read More

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‘The bride’s father cut their throats’: Couple killed after getting married for love in Pakistan

by Zara Mustapha A young couple in Pakistan were tied up and had their throats slit with knives as honor killing after they married for love. According to the police, the 17-year-old girl, Muafia Hussein her 31-year-old husband had gotten married on June 18 without the consent of their families in eastern Pakistan’s Punjabi village of Satrah.... Read More

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Incredible: Meet the half-human, half-fox creature that tells the future (LOOK)

Alongside Karachi Zoo’s enclosures for elephants and deer, hidden behind a curtain in an ornate pavilion, there is a creature the likes of which you won’t find in the wild. It is the home of Mumtaz Begum – a mythical half-fox, half-woman chimera – who has been the zoo’s top attraction for generations. From her... Read More

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For the record: Full text of Pres. Goodluck Jonathan’s Democracy Day 2014 broadcast (READ)

Fellow Nigerians, 1. I greet and felicitate with you all, today, as we mark 15 years of uninterrupted democratic governance in our beloved country. 2. Our dear nation, Nigeria, has certainly come a long way and made notable progress since our first Democracy Day on May 29, 1999 when the military finally relinquished power and... Read More

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Tunde Leye: Nigerians must be careful what they wish for (Y! FrontPage)

by Tunde Leye The most disturbing reactions however were from those who believed there might have been a coup and were practically rejoicing about the prospects. We must be careful what we wish for. Yesterday, the rumors were rife on social media after shootings were reported in the SSS Headquarters. No one knows what to... Read More

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