At least four soldiers, two civilians and five assailants were killed Sunday in an attack, attributed to jihadist groups, in a locality where a military camp is located, Tessit, the Malian army said. The toll could be “much higher” for the Malian army. The two civilians are local officials, relatives of the victims told AFP….
Thousands of angry South African protesters hunted down miners without permits, sealing makeshift shafts and burning houses, after the mass rape of eight women last week west of Johannesburg. Armed with machetes, golf clubs and hammers, mobs of residents on Thursday moved from one area to another on the fringes of the town of Kagiso,…
Freshly-minted Commonwealth Games champion, Tobi Amusan, has expressed great delight at her record-breaking outing in Birmingham. Amusan clocked a time of 12.30s in Sunday’s final at the Alexander Stadium to successfully defend her Commonwealth Games title and the reigning World Champion is happy with the latest addition of titles and records to her name “I’m…
China’s gambling hub Macau has ordered residents to undergo two days of COVID-19 tests after a person who travelled to the neighbouring city of Zhuhai tested positive for the virus. The announcement comes just days after Macau began easing its strict pandemic restrictions, including allowing quarantine-free travel to Zhuhai, and as lockdowns in the Chinese…
President Joe Biden denounced the killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico state that police say may be linked and could be a hate crime. “I am angered and saddened by the horrific killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque,” Biden said on Twitter on Sunday.“While we await a full investigation, my prayers are…
More than 450 foreign-made components have been found in Russian weapons recovered in Ukraine, evidence that Moscow acquired critical technology from companies in the United States, Europe and Asia in the years before the invasion, according to a new report. Since the start of the war five months ago, the Ukrainian military has captured or…
•Governor, again, inspects State-owned metro project Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, again went on an extensive inspection of the ongoing construction activities around the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line project. It’s the fourth time in a year the Governor would be inspecting the pace of work on the 37-kilometre-long rail infrastructure…
Hon Francis Bartholomew Chima aka OmoBarca, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for House of Representatives in Ajeromi Ifelodun constituency of Lagos State has sued for peace and unity among party members. OmoBarca who has received his Certificate of Return has started making reconciliatory moves to ensure that PDP emerges victorious in the forthcoming 2023 election….
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, received firsthand briefings on the level of alert from the commanders of all security formations in the State. This is coming against the background of the reported security threats to the city of Lagos. The security chiefs briefed the Governor during the State security meeting held behind closed…