August 15, 2021

Canada Temporarily Closes Embassy In Kabul

Canada Temporarily Closes Embassy In Kabul

August 15, 2021 4:18 pm

Canada is temporarily closing its embassy in Kabul after evacuating staff ahead of an feared takeover of Government by Taliban fighters, the Foreign Ministry in Ottawa announced Sunday.

The ministry said in a statement that Canadian personnel were already on their way back to Canada.

It added that the embassy would reopen once conditions allowed a resumption of normal activities under adequate security.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that following the withdrawal of most US troops and the Taliban’s stunningly rapid advance through much of the country, its fighters were poised to take Afghan capital.

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Nine Killed As Bandits Attack Sokoto Villages

Nine Killed As Bandits Attack Sokoto Villages

August 15, 2021 2:24 pm

Bandits have killed at least nine persons in a fresh attack on Bejingo, Dantudu, and Tulutu villages in Birjin ward, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

A source who preferred to remain anonymous confirmed to Africa Daily News, New York that the assailants attacked the villages yesterday raiding many houses.

Reports say that eight men and one woman were among those killed by the assailants. Several others were also injured during the incident.

The bandits also rustled an unspecified number of animals including sheep, goats, and cattle, forcing a number of villagers to flee their homes and take refuge …

Death Toll In Turkey Floods Rises To 44

Death Toll In Turkey Floods Rises To 44

August 15, 2021 2:11 am

Rescuers in Turkey on Saturday continued to find survivors of flash floods as the death toll rose to 44, according to a provisional tally.

The government’s disaster agency AFAD said specialised teams were combing through the rubble of dozens of homes that collapsed due to the floods that hit Black Sea regions on Wednesday after heavy rains.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that in the village of Babacay in the northern province of Sinop, 40 houses and two bridges were completely destroyed by the floods, according to state news agency Anadolu.

The latest official death toll published Saturday by …

Nigeria Repatriates 22 Ex-ISIS Members’ Families From Libya

Nigeria Repatriates 22 Ex-ISIS Members’ Families From Libya

August 15, 2021 1:39 am

The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that 101 stranded Nigerians from Libya have successfully been repatriated.

The persons, who arrived in Abuja yesterday, according to a statement by Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols, National Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abdur-Rahman Balogun, included 22 family members of slain members of terrorist group, Islamic State of Iraq, and Syria (ISIS).

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The statement entitled: ‘FG facilitates return of 101 stranded Nigerians’, said that the returnees were received by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NIDCOM, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, National …

Buhari Orders Manhunt For Killers Of Jos Travellers

Buhari Orders Manhunt For Killers Of Jos Travellers

August 15, 2021 1:10 am

The Presidency has strongly condemned the attack on travellers from a religious event in Bauchi, passing through Jos, Plateau State Capital ordering that security agents should go after killers.

A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Saturday night, said the Presidency regretted the deaths of at least 21 persons with several others injured in the ambush.

He said President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of what he called ‘gruesome massacre of innocent travellers’ and bring them to justice in line with his commitment to protect all Nigerians.

The killers were yet to …

Communities Clash In Cameroon After Cow Died In Dike

Communities Clash In Cameroon After Cow Died In Dike

August 15, 2021 12:33 am

No fewer than twelve people were killed in clashes between two communities in Cameroon’s Far North region, Midjiyawa Bakari following a disagreement between two farmers.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the unrest, in which 48 people were also injured, took place in Logone Birni, an area on the banks of Logone River along the border between Chad and Cameroon.

It began following a dispute between an ethnic Mosgoum fisherman and an Choah Arab herder.

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The fisherman had built a dike to hold fish in an area the …

Naval Officers Gun Down, Kidnap Brothers In Anambra

Naval Officers Gun Down, Kidnap Brothers In Anambra

August 15, 2021 12:27 am
In the new wake of human rights violations in Nigeria, Nigerian Security officials have resumed their spate of brutalities and unprovoked extra-judicial killings which it is widely known for. Numerous tabloids and news sources have confirmed reports of various Nigerian citizens who have been killed or mortally injured by some of these trigger-happy Nigerian security officials who take pride in shedding innocent blood because they know that in a country like Nigeria, there is always a leeway to get away with it. 
Anambra State was shaken on the 9th of August when reports filtered in of two brothers and their
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