Adamu Abubakar
11 Oct
Troops from the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army and Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have apprehended three individuals suspected of banditry and a key logistics supplier to a notorious terrorist group operating in Taraba State.
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A Dutch court on Thursday sentenced four men to 25 years for the "honour killing" of a woman stabbed to death in broad daylight in front of her three-year-old daughter. The 28-year-old Roshin was stabbed 28 times by her elder brother as she walked with her daughter in the eastern Dutch city of Apeldoorn in…
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Britain and France are spearheading attempts to create a European "reassurance force" of fewer than 30,000 troops to protect Ukraine after any ceasefire deal with Russia, UK media reported Thursday. The idea comes as European powers fear that US President Donald Trump could end the three-year war on terms favourable to Moscow, without providing security…
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Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has finally admitted that Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola won the June 12, 1993, presidential election. He also expressed regret over the annulment in his newly launched autobiography. The book titled, "A Journey In Service"unveiled today in Abuja, was reviewed by former Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.…
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A soothsayer once foretold that former military head of state, Gen Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.), would administer Nigeria. Former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) stated this at the launch of Babangida's autobiography entitled: "Babangida, a journey in service" held Thursday at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja. Abdulsalami, a classmate of Babangida at the Government College…
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The African Democratic Congress (ADC), in Kebbi, says it will not withdraw its case from Supreme Court against the tenure elongation of its leaders in the country. The Chairman of the party in the state, Alhaji Bala Sufiyanu, stated this at a joint press briefing when he hosted Chairmen of the party from Northern part…
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A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident, police said. The express train was travelling near a wildlife reserve at Habarana, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of the capital Colombo, when it hit…
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A popular hip-hop musician, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, was on Thursday before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Isabo for allegedly assaulting officials of Ogun Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development. The Magistrate, Mr O.L. Oke, however, granted the musician bail in the sum of N2 million, with one surety who must be…
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France returned on Thursday its sole military base in Ivory Coast to the west African nation's authorities, marking an end to decades of French presence at the site. The French and Ivorian defence ministers signed a document to confirm the return, shortly after the Ivorian flag was raised in the base's parade ground. Though the…
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President Bola Tinubu, former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Yakubu Gowon, former military ruler Abdulsalami Abubakar, and former Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo were among many other dignitaries at General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s book launch in Abuja. Babangida, the former head of state, is launching his memoir titled 'A Journey In Service' at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel…
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Seven civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed Thursday when leftover munitions exploded inside a house in northwest Syria, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the deadly blast a day after another organisation said two-thirds of Syrians risked being killed or wounded by unexploded ordnance. "Seven civilians, including…