AT least 200 students of an Islamic school located at Tegina in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been abducted, Channels TV reports. One person was said to have been shot dead while another was critically injured after gunmen carried out the kidnap operation at about 16:30 local time on Sunday. A local told Channels that “The Islamiyya school is not the usual Sangaya boarding Islamic citadel, but a conventional one, where…
France will pull troops out of Mali if the country moves toward radical Islamism, President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche. Macron told the newspaper during a trip to Africa that he had warned leaders in the west African nation that the French government will not stand by a country where there is no longer any democratic legitimacy or transition. Mali is experiencing its second military coup in nine months.…
Two Chinese zooworkers have been mauled to death this week after being attacked by tigers in separate incidents. The first attack occurred Sunday at the Zhanggongshan Zoo in the eastern Anhui province, the state-run Global Times reported. The 55-year-old zoo employee, who has been on the job for over two decades, was attacked by the beast as he was cleaning the tiger’s cage, according to the report. Then on Tuesday, police were forced to intervene…
Today, May 29 is Nigeria’s Democracy Day, and on this day six years ago, Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated into office as President. Buhari came into office amidst celebration and spectacles after defeating then incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in an election which most Nigerians saw Jonathan as both inefficient and corrupt. Well, as they say, a lot of waters have passed under the bridge since then. Insecurity has gotten worse not better, the president has been unable…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of General Farouk Yahaya as new Chief of Army Staff in the Nigerian military. His appointment was confirmed in a tweet by the Nigerian army after his predecessor, General Yusuf Attahiru died in a plane accident last week. PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS NEW CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF The Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk…