The President Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled his official residence on Saturday, as thousands of protesters stormed the home in their continued demand for his resignation. The President was hurriedly transported to the Army headquarters hours before the invasion. Sri Lankan military personnel joined the demonstrators who broke police barricades and entered. Dozens, including two police officers, are injured and receiving treatment, the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL) confirmed. The citizens have been complaining about poverty, cost of living and Rajapaksa’s handling of the economic crisis. The people are struggling to get jobs, pay rent, buy food, medicine,…
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By Habibu Harisu As water scarcity bites harder, Sokoto residents chase after moving water tankers to get supplies. The Sokoto Water Board has not been able to pump water through the pipeline network since contractors stopped supplying expensive diesel to pump water. The high cost of diesel has made the water board to resort to distributing water by using tankers that go to households. Residents are seen running after water tankers at Masallacin Shehu, Atiku UbanDoma, Sabon Birni, Aliyu Jodi and Kofar Kade among other residential areas. Other residents troop to the Water Board headquarters and to water treatment plants…
Publisher of Desert Herald and media consultant to Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, Tukur Mamu in Saturday, said he secured the release of seven passengers kidnapped by terrorists from the March 28 Abuja-Kaduna train attack in Kaduna state. Himself a member of the negotiating team, Mamu told ChannelsTV that the kidnap victims were released based on the team’s dialogue and negotiation with the terrorists. Although he did not say if ransom was paid or not before the terrorists released the victims, he gave their names as follows: Sadiq Abdullahi, son of the Chairman of Northern Elders Forum, Professor Ango Abdullahi; Bosede…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday dismissed several of Kyiv’s senior envoys abroad, including the country’s outspoken ambassador to Germany, the presidential website said. Reuters reports that Zelensky announced the sack of the ambassadors in a decree that gave no reason for the move. Those sacked include Ukraine’s ambassadors to Germany, India, the Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary. It was not immediately clear if the envoys would be assigned new positions. Zelenskiy has urged his diplomats to drum up international support and military aid for Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia’s February 24 invasion. Kyiv’s relations with Germany,…
President Muhammadu Buhari says increased disclosure of unusual activities will expose bandits and terrorists, nudging the security apparatus to eliminate threats across the country. The president stated this while speaking to newsmen after the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at his country home, Daura, Katsina State, on Saturday. The President’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement, reported the president as saying that all those that had unleashed mayhem on innocent citizens should reflect on their atrocities, knowing that they soiled own name and their family reputation. “We are praying that the rainy season will be good for production of the food we eat…
The Niger state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called for unity among the people of the state, irrespective of their religions and political ideologies. The call is contained in a statement signed by Mr Daniel Atori, the media aide to the CAN Chairman and Catholic Bishop of Kontagora Diocese, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna on Saturday in Minna. Yohanna while felicitating the Muslim Ummah in the state on the occasion of Eid El-Kabir, said that the measure would bring peace, development and end insecurity. “Charity, fear of God, love for one another should dominate our daily affairs…
Nteje community youths numbering about 200 staged peaceful demonstration on Saturday denouncing allegations that they are members of the proscribed Eastern Security Network (ESN). ESN is the militant arm of the equally proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. The youths converged at the Divisional headquarters of the Nigerian Police Force, Nteje in Oyi local government area of Anambra. From there, they marched through the Onitsha/Enugu Expressway to Awkuzu junction before ending at Amaokpo, Orukabi village square, Ifite Nteje with banners and placards Addressing the youths at Amaokpo Orukabi village square Ifite Nteje, a senior police officer who requested anonymity commended the youths for…
Sultan Saad Abubakar and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has urged Muslim to imbibe the spirit of forgiveness and sacrifices among one another. Abubakar who made the assertion in his Sallah message to Nigerians on Saturday in Sokoto said Muslim should hold on to the lessons of Eid-el-Kabir. “We should continue to thank the Almighty Allah for His blessings and gift of life to celebrate this great moment. “The security challenges we are facing in our country has continue to remain a source of concern and worrisome. “As such we should use this period of worship…
The Kaduna state Police Command say its operatives arrested a suspected bandit, recovered AK-47 rifle in Mariri village, Saminaka, Lere local government area of the state, The spokeperson of the command, DSP Mohammed Jalige confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Jalige said the command received credible intelligence on suspected movement of illicit arms around Mariri Village, Saminaka in Lere LGA. According to him, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Yekini Ayoku, ordered an immediate security cordon of the area which yielded positive result with the arrest of a suspected armed bandit on July 7, at about 1800hrs.…
The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Saturday said it recorded N363 million as total ticket sales in all cinemas across the country for the month of June. The National President of CEAN, Ope Ajayi disclosed this in an interview in Lagos. “However, there was a decline in ticket sales comparing the month of May with June, as May had total ticket sales of N653,229,100.00 as against N363,274,99.00 for June. “Ticket sales dropped by about 44 per cent with June being the least performing month in 2022 so far,” he said. Ajayi said that the decline was due to the increased…