Bandit terrorists on Saturday evening, kidnapped 50 persons along on Sokoto-Gusau road. The victims were reportedly returning from a wedding in Tambuwal, Sokoto state, when the gunmen attacked them in two coaster busses and two other private vehicles, Premium Times has reported. Lawal Ja’o, a passenger who escaped from the assailants’ raid, said the attack occurred around Dogon Hili in Zamfara state. “We started hearing the sounds of gunshots before the first vehicle was hit. “We kept hearing the voices and screams of our colleagues and friends but there was nothing we could do. After we heard the arrival of…
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday, departed Abuja for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire to participate with other global leaders at the annual summit of the Africa CEO Forum taking place from the 13th–14th of June, 2022. The forum (organised by Jeune Afrique Media Group in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank), is Africa’s largest private sector event which features conferences, debates and high-level meetings dedicated to highlighting the role of the private sector in the development of the continent. Prof Osinbajo will join President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, other business and political leaders in the…
Former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Benin Republic, Gen Tukur Buratai, says for the Federal Government to tackle insecurity it must establish its presence in ungoverned spaces. Buratai stated this while speaking on Saturday at a one-day symposium on national security, organised by Arewa House in Kaduna. The former Army Chief, who spoke on the theme, ‘Politics and Insecurity in Nigeria: Way Forward’, said there are different forms of insecurity in the country, including insurgency in the North-East, banditry and kidnapping in the North-West, agitations in south-east and crude oil bunkering in south-south. He also said it…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday reassured Nigerians that he would ensure a free, fair and transparent electoral process in the country. The president stated this in a nationwide broadcast as part of the activities to mark the 2022 Democracy Day in Abuja, “I am also promising you a free, fair and transparent electoral process. And I am pleading with all citizens to come together and work with government to build a peaceful and prosperous nation,” the president said. Buhari also expressed his administration’s commitment to protect Nigeria and Nigerians from all enemies from within and outside. The president revealed that…
Farmers in West Country of Britain are expressing anger against Boris Johnson just before the byelection, saying they will be left poorer and unable to compete with foreign producers. Farmers and environmentalists have condemned Johnson’s government’s post-Brexit food strategy as a disaster for people in the countryside – with less than two weeks to go before a key rural byelection. This is threatening his hopes of surviving as prime minister. In an interview with the Observer, the president of the National Farmers Union, Minette Batters, said ambitious proposals to help farmers increase food production, first put forward last year by…
The 96-year-old overtakes Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej but is behind Louis XIV of France, who reigned from 1643 until 1715. The Duchess of Cornwall, the Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George, the Duke of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, and the Duchess of Cambridge appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace at the end of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, on day four of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Picture date: Sunday June 5, 2022. The Queen has become the world’s second-longest reigning modern monarch. She has overtaken Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who reigned for 70 years and 126 days…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday expressed full support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country’s state media reported, despite international condemnation for his invasion of Ukraine. The Russian people have “achieved great successes in accomplishing the just cause of defending the dignity and security of their country … while braving all sorts of challenges and hardships,” Kim said in a message to Putin on the occasion of the Russia Day holiday, according to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. “The Korean people extend full support and encouragement to them.” Kim’s apparent reference to the unprovoked attack against…
Tukur Mamu, the spokesperson of the Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has secured the release of 11 of the 61 victims of Abuja-Kaduna train attack. Recall that the train attack at Dutse forest in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state on March 28, 2022 left eight people dead, 26 injured, many others kidnapped while scores of passengers were missing. Mamu, who said had been involved in the negotiation for the release of the victims, disclosed this ChannelsTV on Saturday. According to him, the six females and five males who were freed on health grounds in order to enable…
Anambra state government has demolished a building allegedly used as a hideout for kidnappers in Okpuno-Ifite village, Oba, Idemili South local government area of Anambra. The demolition was executed during a raid by a joint operation team of vigilance groups, Police, Army, Navy and operatives of the Department of State Services on Friday. The building, an old 4-rooms bungalow, was located in the heart of the community with surrounding houses. Some of the items recovered were locally made pistol, shrine, charms, concoctions, indian hemp, among other incriminating materials. Commenting on the demolition, Gov. Chukwuma Soludo said previous swoop on the…
Canada and Denmark have reached a settlement in decades-old border dispute over Hans Island, a 1.3-square-kilometre rock in the Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Ellesmere Island, sources have revealed. The Inuit name for the island is Tartupaluk – describing its kidney-like shape – and under the agreement, a border will be drawn across the island, dividing it between the Canadian territory of Nunavut and the semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland. The Canadians and Danes plan to unveil the settlement June 14 and celebrate it as an example of how countries can resolve border disputes peacefully even as Russia ignored…