Author: Tobi Oluwaseun Adesanya
The president also stated that the government will no longer tolerate illegal activities or criminal collaborators. President Bola Tinubu has informed real firms wishing to invest in Nigeria that his administration is dedicated to establish an environment favorable to genuine economic growth. Tinubu, who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, said this on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the Africa Natural Resources and Energy Summit (AFNIS) 2nd edition in Abuja. He warned that the government would no longer tolerate criminal exploits and their criminal accomplices. According to him, the government would…
According to the Yonhap news agency, two South Korean police officers were stabbed outside the presidential office compound in Seoul on Tuesday. According to the report, the 77-year-old attacker, known by his surname Park, began ranting in front of the property and stabbed the cops as they attempted to detain him. According to the report, one cop was stabbed in the stomach and the other in the left arm and was being treated at the hospital. According to the story, the man was apprehended on the spot. The South Korean station YTN presented blurry video of a guy being restrained…
Two opposition activists in Bangladesh were slain Tuesday as police battled with hundreds of anti-government protestors who launched a three-day strike blocking highways and trains after their senior leaders were charged with murder. According to police, violence erupted in a number of cities and towns as supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamist party, demanded that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stand down ahead of elections scheduled for the end of January. Al Amin, deputy police commander in Kuliarchar, north of Dhaka, claimed two BNP members were slain, although specifics on how they died were…
Several sources in the UN peacekeeping force told AFP that UN troops fled a camp in the crucial town of Kidal in Mali’s turbulent north, which has been devastated by Islamist and separatist conflict. “We left Kidal this morning,” a source with the UN peacekeeping operation located there said, adding that the convoy of over 100 trucks was on its way to Gao, another important town in the north approximately 330 kilometers (200 miles) away. Following the UN’s departure, tensions in Kidal are set to increase even more. The region is a heartland of the Tuareg revolt and a key…
According to police in India, a man has been charged in connection with a bomb attack at a Jehovah’s Witness prayer service that killed three people. Dozens of others were also hurt in the explosion on Sunday at a conference center where over 2,000 people had assembled for a three-day seminar. A. Akbar, the police commissioner in Kochi, informed reporters late Monday that suspect Dominic Martin had been charged with multiple offenses, including violating India’s anti-terrorism legislation. Martin had turned himself in to police after releasing a video message on social media in which he claimed to be a disgruntled…
Atiku Abubakar is attacking Nigeria’s electoral system and the judges only days after losing his Supreme Court case challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. He decried the court’s “unfortunate decision” to confirm Bola Tinubu’s proclamation as the winner of the February 25 election, as well as the role of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), at a news conference on Monday, October 30, 2023. The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) nominee stated that judges and election officials are “trapped in an evil web of political machination” since they are not selected on merit. The former vice president detailed a…
Three weeks after the most sophisticated assault in Islamist movement history, the strategy behind what transpired that day is becoming obvious. Over 2,000 men infiltrated Israel through 29 breaches in the fence that surrounds the Gaza Strip. The invasion, a military victory, resulted in crimes against people. On October 7, Yifat Ben Shoshan awoke early. It wasn’t even 6:30 a.m. yet. “I should have gotten up earlier to go to the gym,” her husband commented, standing next to her. “Come on,” she continued, “have a coffee with me.” Simchat Torah, which culminates the Jewish festival of Sukkot, was a memorable…
Erdogan stated again at a big gathering in Istanbul on Saturday that Hamas was “not a terrorist organization.” After Turkey’s president dubbed Israel “an occupier, (…) an invader,” Israel withdrew its ambassador. On Saturday, October 28, in front of hundreds of thousands of people assembled on the tarmac of Istanbul’s old Atatürk airport, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was dressed as a champion of the Palestinian struggle and the Arab street. With a customary checkered scarf around his neck, a microphone in hand, and no notes, the Turkish president spent about 50 minutes mercilessly condemning the West of being “the…
As Israeli bombardment escalated on Friday evening, Internet connectivity in the Palestinian enclave was disrupted, halting the flow of photographs for the first time since October 7. On Sunday, October 29, the battle between Israel and Hamas entered its twenty-third day. The Israeli army has been continuously bombing the Gaza Strip, which has been governed by Hamas since 2007 and is home to around 2.4 million Palestinians, since October 7, and has killed over 1,400 people. According to NetBlocks, an internet connectivity monitor, Internet connection in Gaza was disrupted on Friday evening. At the same time, shelling targeted the enclave’s…
In a cheerful visit with previous American Symbol victor Kelly Clarkson on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Nigerian Afrobeat vocalist Davidodetails his journey into the Nigerian music scene. Communicating his energy he said, “So I’m respected to be here, you know, it’s a little glimpse of heaven. You know, as far as possible from Africa to, you know, be here with all you folks, it’s cool.” During The Kelly Clarkson show the Afro beats Star wearing a pink sweater uncovered to his host (Kelly Clarkson) that he grew up watching her and his sister is a tremendous fan. “I should, I…