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Agents of Doom suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, late Sunday evening, attacked Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State. They reportedly attacked those mourning their loved ones, claimed some lives, and left many others critically injured. According to a video on the internet, a voice said the invaders took the villagers by surprise and shot sporadically at the mourners. Okeh Simon Ugwu Oruku, Okeh Chukwuebuka, Julius Ogbonna Odiegwu and Gabriel Ugwor Ezea were some of those who met their gruesome end. Join our WhatsApp community via https://rb.gy/7jahti for instant and latest news updates.

French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne joined U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Saudi Arabia to further seek a diplomatic way to ease the war between Israel and Hamas that seem to have no end in sight. Sejourne is billed to also hold talks in Riyadh with ministers of Arab and other Western countries as well as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. “Things are moving forward but you always have to be careful in these discussions and negotiations. The situation in Gaza is catastrophic and we need a ceasefire,” Sejourne told Reuters. “We will discuss the hostages, humanitarian situation and…

Heading into the legislative election, Togolese citizens are divided over a controversial constitutional amendment that critics claim prolongs President Faure Gnassingbe’s family’s long-standing hold on power. The legislation that creates a new role akin to that of prime minister, which opponents believe is designed to allow Gnassingbe to evade term limits and remain in government, was adopted by MPs this month, prompting the ballot. Faure Gnassingbe, who has been in power for nearly 20 years, succeeded his father Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled for almost four decades himself following a coup in the small coastal West African state between Benin and…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) revealed it has finalized plans to make available the results of the 2024 UTME. This was contained in a notice made available by the Board’s Head of Public Relations, Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday, in which it was announced that Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar would hold a press briefing in Abuja on Monday regarding the release of the results and related matters. According to the board, results that would be released on Monday are for the candidates that participated in the UTME in the first few days, while those that sat for the…

Jacob Zuma, ex-President of South Africa has come out to run in the forthcoming elections against his former party, the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Zuma has been in and out of court and jail in recent years due to series of corruption allegations. Briefly, he spent time behind bars for contempt of court after refusing to appear before a corruption inquiry. He, however, spent two months out of the 15 months ordered by the court. The rest of the sentence was commuted by President Cyril Ramaphosa after he was initially freed due to health complains. He has successfully fought…

Kenya has disclosed its plans to postpone the reopening of schools by one week due to heavy rains that have wreaked havoc on the East African country over the months. Schools across the nation were initially scheduled to reopen on Monday, 29th of April. However, non-stop downpour have wreaked many educational facilities, forcing the education ministry to put a pause to the resumption of classes. “The devastating effects of the rains in some of the schools is so severe that it will be imprudent to risk the lives of learners and staff before water-tight measures are put in place to…

111 suspects have been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The command revealed that the illegal miners and vandals were arrested between January and March. The news was disclosed by the commandant, Olusola Odumosu, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. He explained that nine of the suspects were arrested for vandalising public infrastructure and 102 over illegal mining. Speaking on, he said a certain Munkalu Yakubu and 41 others are in court over illegal mining of gold in Dai village, Kwali Area Council.…

Over the weekend, the Naira appreciated by ₦125, a 9.8 per cent increase, to reach ₦1,275/$1 from the previous ₦1400/$ at the close of trade on Friday. Last Monday, the Central Bank of Nigeria sold $15.83m to 1,583 BDC operators to enhance liquidity in the parallel market. The naira resumed its declining trend against the US dollar at the official foreign exchange market, ending at N1,339/$ on Friday, according to statistics from the FMDQ securities exchange. In comparison to the N1,309/$ quoted on Thursday, this is a 2.24 percent depreciation, indicating a complete week of devaluation in the official market.…

A pro-democracy group, The Democratic Front (TDF) has berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for placing itself in a position to give solutions to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The group claimed PDP failed woefully when in power and landed the country in its present unfortunate economic state. In a statement jointly signed by its chairman, Danjuma Mohammed and secretary, Wale Adedayo, they reacted to the communique issued by PDP at the end of its recent National Executive Committee meeting. “Rather than bury their heads in shame because of the roles the former ruling party played in bringing the country to…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), through Dr. Adamu Abdullahi, its acting Executive Vice Chairman, said the sealed Abuja Chinese supermarket discriminated against Nigerians by pricing all its products in Chinese yen instead of the Nigerian naira. This was revealed in a recent interview with Channels TV. “The discovery was significant when our officials visited the supermarket. All the products were labelled in yen, the only currency accepted. This is against Nigerian law. You cannot sell products in foreign currency; everything sold in Nigeria should be in Nigerian currency. “We also confirmed that they only allowed Chinese people…