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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Eleven people were killed when Boko Haram gunmen and suicide bombers launched a rare combined attack inside the strategic northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, police said on Thursday. Borno state police commissioner Damian Chukwu said one civilian was killed as locals in the Jiddari Polo area of the city fled the insurgents, while 10 were killed nearby in three separate suicide blasts. More details soon Vía Nigeria News, Headlines and Opinions – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper http://ift.tt/2s77hoe via Blogger http://ift.tt/2sXkYT9

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Eleven people were killed when Boko Haram gunmen and suicide bombers launched a rare combined attack inside the strategic northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, police said on Thursday. Borno state police commissioner Damian Chukwu said one civilian was killed as locals in the Jiddari Polo area of the city fled the insurgents, while 10 were killed nearby in three separate suicide blasts. More details soon Vía Nigeria News, Headlines and Opinions – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper http://ift.tt/2s77hoe

http://ift.tt/2oS2ghW NSCDC The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno Command, has deployed about 600 personnel to various worship centres in Maiduguri to assure worshippers of their safety. The State Commandant of the Corps, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the disclosure on Sunday in Maiduguri in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the deployment was part of efforts to curtail suspected suicide bomb attacks by Boko Haram at worship centres, especially during the month of Ramadan. He said that the team included men of the anti-riot squad, bomb detection and disposal unit as well as intelligence and detective unit. “We have also boosted our security checks and patrol at various institutions of learning especially University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) that had suffered many attacks this year. “ The students should therefore have no course for alarm as they go about their studies,’’ he said. Abdullahi said the command had also increased its...

http://ift.tt/2oS2ghW NSCDC The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno Command, has deployed about 600 personnel to various worship centres in Maiduguri to assure worshippers of their safety. The State Commandant of the Corps, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the disclosure on Sunday in Maiduguri in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the deployment was part of efforts to curtail suspected suicide bomb attacks by Boko Haram at worship centres, especially during the month of Ramadan. He said that the team included men of the anti-riot squad, bomb detection and disposal unit as well as intelligence and detective unit. “We have also boosted our security checks and patrol at various institutions of learning especially University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) that had suffered many attacks this year. “ The students should therefore have no course for alarm as they go about their studies,’’ he said. Abdullahi said the command had also increased its...

http://ift.tt/2rQb0GE Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin/ AFP PHOTO / Jure MAKOVEC Europe should host the 2030 World Cup, not the country who is the highest bidder, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has told the BBC. The 49-year-old Slovenian, who replaced disgraced Frenchman Michel Platini at the top of European football last September, added he didn’t want to single out China with regard to the money factor. This week, smartphone maker Vivo became the latest World Cup sponsor from China following conglomerate Wanda and electronics company Hisense. That has lent more ammunition to those who believe they will bid for the 2030 edition. China’s President Xi Jinping is a devoted football fan and is eager to host the tournament with his ultimate desire for the country to win the trophy itself. “I didn’t want to speak just about China, but the most important thing is that the World Cup should go to the country that has the best bid,” Ceferin told the BBC ahead of Saturday’s Champions...

http://ift.tt/2pYgRJD Newly re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani prepares to give a televised speech in the capital Tehran on May 20, 2017. Iranians have chosen the "path of engagement with the world" and rejected extremism, President Hassan Rouhani said following his resounding re-election victory. ATTA KENARE / AFP Iran’s reformists have swept to the power in Tehran’s city council, winning all 21 seats and knocking the conservatives from power, local media reported on Sunday. It was another boost to the reformist camp after the resounding re-election of President Hassan Rouhani announced the day before. The results of the council elections, which were held alongside the presidential ballot on Friday, were announced by the governor’s office. Voters in Tehran had to choose 21 councillors for the city of nine million, and stuck resolutely to the names put forward by the moderate-reformist camp. At the top of the list was Mohsen Hashemi, son of one of the Is...