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Another Syria Church Attack Leaves 2 Dead, 12 Injured

Another Syria Church Attack Leaves 2 Dead, 12 Injured

Two individuals have been reportedly murdered while 12 were left injured on Sunday by an unannounced bombardment of a church as it was being inaugurated in Syria’s central province of Hama.

“A rocket fired by terrorist organisations targeted a religious gathering in the town of Al-Suqaylabiyah near Hama, killing two people and wounding 12,” it said.

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SANA had also revealed that the attack came during a ceremony to inaugurate the Ayia Sofia church. Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a vast network of sources on the …

3 Reportedly Dead In Fresh Philippine University Shooting

3 Reportedly Dead In Fresh Philippine University Shooting

Tragedy struck today when three people were reportedly killed in a school shooting which had taken place at a university in the Philippine capital, Manila in what appears to have been a targeted assassination.

The incident had occurred at Ateneo de Manila University as some of the law students and their families had arrived for a graduation ceremony that was to be attended by the Supreme Court chief justice.

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The alleged gunman has also been detained.

Rose Furigay, a former city mayor in the restive southern province …

Camp Military Camp Against Military Camp Foiled In Mali

Military Camp Against Military Camp Foiled In Mali

The Malian army announced on Sunday that they have succeded in thwarting a fresh attack which had been made on a military camp in the centre of the country, two days after a deadly suicide attack in a strategic garrison town near the capital of the country.

Armed forces “once again foiled” an attempted attack on a camp in Sevare early on Sunday, the army said on social media.

“The provisional toll stands at one terrorist neutralised,” it added.

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A high-ranking official from the Sevare camp, speaking on condition …

ISWAP Releases Video, Threaten To Kidnap Buhari, Kill Train Victims

ISWAP Releases Video, Threaten To Kidnap Buhari, Kill Train Victims

Panic has gripped Nigerians as a splinter terrorist group in the North West which has been identified as one of the factions of the ISWAP have openly threatened to kidnap the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari and murder the remaining train victims.

The unknown terrorists had made the threat in a fresh video which had surfaced where they were captured flogging some of their captives.

This threat is coming a few weeks after the convoy of Buhari was attacked in Katsina State.

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In the new viral video, the daredevil terrorists, who …

Leadership Newspaper Reporter Finally Released By Zamfara Police

Leadership Newspaper Reporter Finally Released By Zamfara Police

Comrade Umar Maradun who is one of the correspondents of the Leadership Newspaper in Zamfara State, who had been arrested by the police at his Maradun country home has finally been released on bail after a lot of backlash from the public.

Africa Daily News, New York had also reported that both the leaderships of the Zamfara State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists and the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Union had also requested for his bail but the police refused due to reasons best known to them.

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Comrade …

At Least 20 Confirmed Dead As Floods Take Over Southern Iran

At Least 20 Confirmed Dead As Floods Take Over Southern Iran

Flooding in southern Iran has killed no fewer than 21 people and left others missing following heavy rainfall in the largely arid country, state media reported on Saturday.

“Twenty-one people were killed and two are still missing,” in the floods that affected several towns in and around Estahban county in the southern province of Fars, Hossein Darvishi, provincial head of the Red Crescent Society, was quoted as saying by state TV.

Videos posted on local media and social media which were sighted by Africa Daily News, New York showed cars caught in the rising waters of the Roodball river and …

US Heat Wave Intensifies As Wildfire Rages In California

US Heat Wave Intensifies As Wildfire Rages In California

While a massive fire devastated a portion of California, tens of millions of Americans already baking in a sweltering heat wave braced for record-breaking temperatures to rise on Sunday.

The worst of the country’s high heat is predicted to hit the central and northeastern regions on Sunday at the earliest, which has public health officials scurrying.

The intense heat has also raised the likelihood of fires like the large Oak Fire, which started on Friday in California close to Yosemite National Park and has already threatened enormous sequoia trees in recent days.

The Oak Fire — described as “explosive” by …

Muslim-Muslim ticket: Bishop Abioye Blasted For Comments

Muslim-Muslim ticket: Bishop Abioye Blasted For Comments

As sentiments fly over the proposed Muslim-Muslim ticket choice by the All Progressives Party (APC), Bishop David Abioye who is the second in command at the Living Faith Church Worldwide, has come under massive fire over some of his inciting comments on the Muslim-Muslim ticket which had been adopted by the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Abioye, in a recent sermon had sought to instill fear in his church members that if they vote for party rather than individual, they are on their way to hell.

Abioye was quoted saying that members of the APC in his …

Boko Haram Members, Commander Surrender To Nigerian Army

Boko Haram Members, Commander Surrender To Nigerian Army

Recent reports reaching Africa Daily News, New York have revealed that at least five Boko Haram terrorists which also includes a Commander of Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad (JAS), Boko Haram, Malam Isa, have finally laid down their arms and surrendered to the troops of the Nigerian Army in the North East of Borno State.

An Intelligence Source had revealed to Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in Lake Chad, that they surrendered to the troops of 73 Battalion, Operation Hadin Kai, on July 22, 2022.

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The …

Families Of 29 Deceased Police Officers Receive ₦15.9m

Families Of 29 Deceased Police Officers Receive ₦15.9m

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has disbursed ₦15.9 million to the families of some officers and men of the force who died in the line of duty.

The disbursement, which took place at the FCT command is in line with the fulfillment of the inspector general of police, IGP Alkali Baba’s family welfare insurance scheme policy.

The cheques were presented to the next of kin of 29 deceased police officers of the rank of assistant superintendent of police, inspector, sergeant, and a civilian staff attached to the command between 2020 and 2021.

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War Ukraine Sends Strong Warning To Russia

War: Ukraine Sends Strong Warning To Russia

The Ukrainian government has sent out strong warnings to Russia against provocations even as the ongoing war rages on. 

This is as the two countries signed a deal with the United Nations and Turkey on Friday to facilitate the export of grain.

The deal signed in Istanbul and mediated by Turkey and the UN would allow 5 million tonnes of grain exports per month from three Ukrainian ports, a senior UN official told CNN.

Ships carrying grains will now be able to navigate through a safe corridor in the Black Sea and then pass through the Bosphorus to reach global …

Buratai: Editor Arrested As Police Invade Peoples Gazette’s Office

Buratai: Editor Arrested As Police Invade Peoples Gazette’s Office

Details of the raid has revealed that one of the newspaper’s editors who was identified as John Adenekan and four other staff members were arrested.

Adenekan who is an assistant managing editor, was taken away at about 12:35 p.m. by five armed police officers who broke into the paper’s office opposite