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22 Nov
Ukraine's parliament has cancelled Friday's session, lawmakers said, citing the risk of a Russian missile attack on the district of Kyiv where government buildings are located. The move comes after several foreign embassies, including the US representative office, shuttered temporarily over the threat of a strike on Kyiv. "The hour of questions to the government…
22 Nov
Thousands of Shiite Muslims took to the streets in various cities of Pakistan on Friday, AFP correspondents said, a day after sectarian attacks in the northwest killed 43 people, including women and children. Gunmen opened fire Thursday on two separate convoys of Shiite Muslims travelling with police escorts in Kurram, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
18 Nov
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced the arrest of Anas Said who was alleged to have carried out a terrorist attack on Nigerian soldiers at a checkpoint in Borno State in 2023. The FBI in a statement issued last Thursday said Said was arrested while attempting to carry out a possible terrorist attack…
10 Oct
The Nigerian Army in Enugu has dismissed as false reports of an attack on its troops in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. Online media reports had claimed that the attack led to the loss of many lives as gunmen who laid an ambush shot sporadically at the soldiers. Reacting to the development…
5 Oct
Israel was preparing a military response to Iran's missile attack this week that heightened fears of a wider regional war, an Israeli official said Saturday, as fighting raged in Lebanon and in Gaza. In its second-ever direct attack on its regional foe, the Islamic republic which backs armed groups across the Middle East on Tuesday…
12 Sep
More than 100 Pakistan police who provide security for polio vaccination teams in restive border areas went on strike Thursday after a string of deadly militant attacks this week. Police officers who are routinely deployed to protect polio workers going door-to-door frequently come under attack by militants waging a war against security forces. Hundreds of…
7 Jun
Daredevil terrorists have killed at least 41 persons and injured scores of others in a barrage of attacks on several communities in Safana Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State. The attacks were reported to have first occurred on Tuesday night and continued the next day and on Thursday night in more than 15 communities…
3 Jan
Former director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Temisan Omatseye, has alleged that the indigenous fishing trawlers are being attacked at sea by International offshore shipping vessels.
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The Nigerian Police have rejected Amnesty International's report alleging that three people were killed by police during the #EndBadGovernance protests at A.A. Kime Filling Station in Borno. In a statement on Sunday, Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, countered the claims, asserting that the three young men were not killed by the police. Amnesty…
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Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has vowed to complete the Kafanchan Township Roads within three months, fulfilling his pledge to run
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The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested one Taiwo Yemitan, a suspected ritualist found with a fresh human head and dismembered body parts of a female victim in Lafenwa area of Abeokuta. SP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday. Odutola explained that the 45-year-old suspect…
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The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has stated that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is being constructed with safety and economic benefits in mind for the people. He also disclosed that the first 20 kilometers will be inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu in May 2025. Umahi made this disclosure over the weekend during the inspection of…
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In the past week, stampedes have tragically claimed the lives of at least 50 people in three different parts of the country. These incidents have raised urgent concerns about safety at crowded events and how such disasters can be avoided. Ibadan funfair turns fatal On Wednesday, a funfair meant for celebration in Ibadan, the Oyo…
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The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has criticized the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajuddeen Abbas, over plans to locate four new
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To address the growing army of unemployed youths in Nigeria, the Senior Special Adviser to the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on industrialisation, Professor Banji Oyeleran-Oyeyinka, has made critical suggestions on what Nigeria needs to do to transform unemployed youths into job creators. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), youth unemployment…
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A 35-year-old man has allegedly been tortured to death by policemen in Kwara State. The deceased, Tunji Jimoh, reportedly died under questionable circumstances while in detention at the state police command in Ilorin. According to information gathered, Tunji, of the Erubu/Asunnara community, died last Friday. A dependable police source (names withheld) hinted that Tunji owed…