Somalia Hotel Siege: Security Forces Say al-Shabab Attack Is Over
Somali security forces have said they rescued 106 people who were trapped inside a hotel that had been stormed by militants on Friday night. Twenty-one people died and 117 were injured in the 30-hour ordeal, the health ministry said. Officials say the fight to retake the hotel is now over. The assailants used explosives to […]
Darya Dugina: Daughter Of Putin Ally Killed In Moscow Blast
The daughter of a close ally of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has been killed in a suspected car bomb. Darya Dugina died after an explosion on a road outside Moscow, Russia’s investigative committee said. It is thought her father, the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin who is known as “Putin’s brain,” may have been the intended […]
Obasanjo Issues Warning To Tinubu’s Supporters Over Alleged Endorsement
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has issued a warning to supporters of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the assertion that he has endorsed him. When Tinubu and several of his loyalists paid him a visit in Abeokuta last Wednesday, Obasanjo expressed his displeasure at what he described as an […]
Garba Shehu: Fg Will Soon Unveil Big Men Behind Oil Theft
Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has said that the federal government will soon publish the names of notable individuals responsible for oil theft in the nation. Shehu claimed that security personnel had stormed places where illegal oil bunkering thrives to free the nation’s economy from the […]
River State Govt Orders Arrest Of Filling Station Owner Over Oil Bunkering
Governor Nyesom Wike has asked security agencies in the state to identify and arrest the owner of a filling station that was recently sealed in Port Harcourt for allegedly trading in illegally refined petroleum products. Governor Wike handed the directive while speaking at the flag-off ceremony for the construction of an internal road network in […]
Cuba Bids Farewell To Firefighters Killed In Fuel Depot Blaze
Thousands of Cubans turned out Friday to bid a final farewell to 14 firefighters killed while battling a blaze at a fuel depot this month. A long line of firefighters, soldiers and ordinary citizens solemnly filed past 14 coffins draped in the Cuban flag at a ceremony in Matanzas, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) east […]
Lightning Strike Kills Mom, Injures Child And Dog In Florida
A Florida woman was killed Thursday by lightning that also struck her child and a dog, authorities said. Police said a woman was killed by lightning that also struck her child and a dog near Trotwood Park in Winter Springs, Fla., about 15 miles north of Orlando, on Aug. 18, 2022. WFTV The incident occurred on Thursday […]
Elshafee El Sheikh: Ex-Briton ‘Isis Beatle’ Sentenced To Life In Prison
An Islamic State group militant from the UK has been sentenced to life in prison by a US court for his involvement with a terror cell. El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, was convicted in April of hostage-taking, conspiracy to murder US citizens and supporting a terrorist organisation. Addressing the Sudanese-born Londoner, the judge called his actions […]
Insecurity: Zamfara Farmers Meet Today With Bandits Over Their Safety, Farmland
Farmers in Zamfara State are expected to meet with local bandit leaders to discuss how to protect them (farmers) and get permission to work their farmland. Recall how farmers and residents in several communities in the north of the country said they had been paying levies and taxes to alleged bandits to avoid being attacked […]
NBC Revokes AIT, Silverbird, 50 Other Licences Over N2.6bn Debt
The licences of AIT/Ray Power FM, Silverbird TV Network, and 50 other radio and television stations have been revoked by the National Broadcasting Commission due to N2.6 billion in debt. The impacted stations were ordered to shut down within the next 24 hours by Malam Balarabe Ilelah, Director-General of NBC, who made the announcement during […]
