Kurdish fighters leave northern city in Syria as part of deal with central government

Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters left two neighborhoods in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo Friday as part of a deal with the central government in Damascus, which is expanding its authority in the country. The fighters left the predominantly Kurdish northern neighborhoods of Sheikh Maksoud and Achrafieh, which had been under the control of Kurdish…

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Ojulari takes over from Kyari, as NNPCL names new senior management appointments

Newly appointed Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) Bayo Ojulari has officially taken over the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, succeeding Mele Kyari. It would be recalled that on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 President Bola Tinubu rang some changes at the state oil company appointing Ojulari to replace Kyari, while Ahmadu Musa…

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People here use their period blood to cook for those they want to cast a spell on – US-based Nigerian woman dispels notion that voodoo isn’t practised in America

A US-based Nigerian woman, Blessing Nwachukwu Frank, has dispelled the notion that voodoo is not practised in America.      According to her, it was in America that she got to know that people use their ‘’period blood to cook for someone they want to cast a spell.”   “Whoever says there’s no vo~odoo in…

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