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Syrian government forces managed to evacuate some 80 percent of Palmyra population, the fate of the rest is cause for concerns, Homs Governor Talal Barazi announced. “Some 80 percent of Palmyra residents have been evacuated, we are concerned with the fate of those ...

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The Syrian Army has moved to the suburbs of Palmyra and is fighting Daesh, the governor of the Homs Province said on Sunday.   “The Syrian Army is maintaining stiff resistance and is inflicting losses on Daesh gangs,” Governor Talal ...

Two female suicide bombers had, on Sunday, struck Maiduguri Monday market in Maiduguri, Borno State. However, only both suicide bombers died though some were injured. Some students were also victim of the attack. The attack was considered an unsuccessful mission ...

The Russian Aerospace Forces delivered 64 airstrikes on militants and thwarted their attempt to break into Palmyra during the night. The Syrian Army, supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, repelled all attempts by militants to break into Palmyra during the night, the Russian Defense Ministry ...

Some animals within the Yoruba traditional corpus are revered as sacred figures of religious worship. Some of these animals include the yellow palm bird (popularly called eye oga), vulture (igun) and royal python. Any attempt to fell a tree where ...

*Ignore Olugbo’s anti-Moremi comment, Soyinka tells Ooni     Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has urged the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, to ignore anybody, who called Moremi Ajasoro  a traitor.  He explained such view didn’t eliminate anything from ...