Two rockets hit near the US embassy in Iraq’s capital Sunday, witnesses told AFP, shortly after the deadline from a hardline pro-Iran faction for local troops to get away from US forces.
The vehemently anti-American group, Kataeb Hezbollah, had warned Iraqi security forces to “get away” from US troops at joint bases across Iraq by 5:00 pm (1400 GMT).
Sunday’s attack marks the 14th time rockets have been fired towards US installations in Iraq over the last two months.
The Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly, Alhaji Aminu Shagali, has resigned. The resignation came amid alleged plans by some members of the assembly to impeach him. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Mr Tanimu Musa, told NAN that the speaker “honourably tendered his resignation” on Tuesday. (NAN)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed all the bye-elections in 11 states. In a statement on Thursday, Festus Okoye, INEC spokesman, said the 15 bye-elections have been put on hold as a result of the current security situation. The elections, for six senatorial districts and nine state constituencies, were scheduled to hold on […]
The federal government on Saturday commissioned two TETfund hostels at the Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State. The male and female hostels, valued at N550,000,000.00 is sponsored by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) of its 2020 Special Intervention. Inuguarating the facilities, Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum, Downstream and member, Senate Committee on Education and TETFund, […]
