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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), on Friday expressed support to the call by the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for Igbos to leave the region within three months. The group  according to Premium Times citing NAN, made its position known despite widespread condemnation that followed the ultimatum earlier handed by the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum. The forum expressed “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the youth groups. Ango Abdullahi, the NEF spokesperson, told journalists in Zaria on Friday that it was hypocritical for the Igbos to continue to live in other parts of the country while agitating for Nigeria’s break up. Mr. Abdullahi said: “I am disappointed in the decision taken by Northern Governors’ Forum disowning and condemning the agitation by this young agile and progressive youth groups. “Let me ask these Northern governors, whom are they representing, are they representing spirits, ghost or people of the north? ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A powerful Al-Qaeda-linked group on Friday claimed an attack on a United Nations camp that killed three peacekeepers in Kidal in Mali’s troubled north. The Group to Support Islam and Muslims, a fusion of three Malian jihadist groups with previous Al-Qaeda links, posted a statement on its Telegram channel saying it had targeted the UN base “with a set of mortar shells”, wounding soldiers and causing significant material damage, the SITE extremism monitor reported. The UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, said earlier on Friday their Kidal camp “came under heavy rocket/mortar fire” and “a little later a position nearby was attacked” outside their base, killing three peacekeepers and wounding eight more. The Group to Support Islam and Muslims, also known as Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen in Arabic, is a fusion of three Malian jihadist groups with previous Al-Qaeda links formed in March. Led by the Malian jihadist Iyad Ag Ghaly, a former leader of the Ansar Dine Isl...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), on Friday expressed support to the call by the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for Igbos to leave the region within three months. The group  according to Premium Times citing NAN, made its position known despite widespread condemnation that followed the ultimatum earlier handed by the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum. The forum expressed “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the youth groups. Ango Abdullahi, the NEF spokesperson, told journalists in Zaria on Friday that it was hypocritical for the Igbos to continue to live in other parts of the country while agitating for Nigeria’s break up. Mr. Abdullahi said: “I am disappointed in the decision taken by Northern Governors’ Forum disowning and condemning the agitation by this young agile and progressive youth groups. “Let me ask these Northern governors, whom are they representing, are they representing spirits, ghost or people of the north? ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A powerful Al-Qaeda-linked group on Friday claimed an attack on a United Nations camp that killed three peacekeepers in Kidal in Mali’s troubled north. The Group to Support Islam and Muslims, a fusion of three Malian jihadist groups with previous Al-Qaeda links, posted a statement on its Telegram channel saying it had targeted the UN base “with a set of mortar shells”, wounding soldiers and causing significant material damage, the SITE extremism monitor reported. The UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, said earlier on Friday their Kidal camp “came under heavy rocket/mortar fire” and “a little later a position nearby was attacked” outside their base, killing three peacekeepers and wounding eight more. The Group to Support Islam and Muslims, also known as Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen in Arabic, is a fusion of three Malian jihadist groups with previous Al-Qaeda links formed in March. Led by the Malian jihadist Iyad Ag Ghaly, a former leader of the Ansar Dine Isl...

http://ift.tt/2rHyH0I A combination of pictures released by the British Metropolitan Police Service in London on June 6, 2017 shows (L-R) Youssef Zaghba, Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane believed by police to be the three attackers in the June 3 terror attack on London Bridge. / AFP PHOTO / METROPOLITAN POLICE / HANDOUT Police on Tuesday named the third attacker in the weekend terror assault in London amid mounting anger, two days before an election, over how the jihadist killers had apparently escaped surveillance. With flags at half-mast, the nation fell silent at 11:00am (1000 GMT) to remember the seven killed and dozens injured on Saturday night — a mourning ritual now grimly familiar after two previous terror attacks in less than three months. Police identified the third attacker as Youssef Zaghba, a 22-year-old Italian of Moroccan descent, a day after naming his accomplices as Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, a Pakistan-born Briton, and Rachid Redouane, 30, a self-described Mo...

http://ift.tt/2rHyH0I A combination of pictures released by the British Metropolitan Police Service in London on June 6, 2017 shows (L-R) Youssef Zaghba, Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane believed by police to be the three attackers in the June 3 terror attack on London Bridge. / AFP PHOTO / METROPOLITAN POLICE / HANDOUT Police on Tuesday named the third attacker in the weekend terror assault in London amid mounting anger, two days before an election, over how the jihadist killers had apparently escaped surveillance. With flags at half-mast, the nation fell silent at 11:00am (1000 GMT) to remember the seven killed and dozens injured on Saturday night — a mourning ritual now grimly familiar after two previous terror attacks in less than three months. Police identified the third attacker as Youssef Zaghba, a 22-year-old Italian of Moroccan descent, a day after naming his accomplices as Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, a Pakistan-born Briton, and Rachid Redouane, 30, a self-described Mo...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Police say they are on the hunt for perpetrators of the violence at Shogunle during the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) primaries for councillors in Oshodi, Lagos State. The fracas which occurred on May 29 led to the death of the Chairman of the Motorcycle Riders Union in Lagos State, Mr Rasak Bello popularly known as Hamburger. Police spokesperson, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, said normalcy had since returned to the place and that investigation was on to arrest the perpetrators. “Normalcy has returned to the place, no more violence, the place is now calm. We are working with those that have useful information on what led to the violence. “Definitely, there will be eye witnesses; it is just that most of them don’t want to come out as they belong to same party. “The police have commenced investigation to hunt down the perpetrators of the violence as the command will continue to maintain law and order in the state. “One life was however lost while another pe...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Chidi Nkwopara, OWERRI. Economic and social life returned again to Imo State yesterday, after the complete shutdown ordered by the leadership of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB. An early check conducted by Vanguard Wednesday, showed that all the markets, schools, banks, fast food joints and other business establishments in Owerri municipality, had reopened for normal operations. Sachet water hawkers, shoe shiners and street traders were also seen making brisk business along the major roads of Owerri. Traders at the Ekeukwu Owerri Market gathered in group’s, discussing the effectiveness and outcome of the sit at home order of May 30. For Ikechukwu (names withheld), “government and the security agencies never believed that Imo would record the level of success we experienced in the state”. According to Ikechukwu, the security agencies were fully charged to confront the agitators but went home disappointed. “I have not ceased to wonder how they expected ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Director-General, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Sani Mashi, says the agency is prepared to partner ABIMET, an Austrian based meteorological services provider, to improve weather forecast services in Nigeria. Mashi disclosed this when the company’s team led by its Executive Assistant, Mr Christoph Neudhart, visited him in Abuja. He said that NiMet was currently faced with a number of challenges, ranging from capacity deficit to inadequacy of density of network stations. He said that NiMet currently had only 54 weather stations across the country to service the huge population and land mass, which he said were in inadequate. According to NiMet boss, Nigeria is supposed to have not less than 9,000 weather stations but we currently have only 54 because of technical and capacity challenges. “ABUMET is a leading provider of precise meteorological services and severe weather warning globally and we are ready to partner them especially in the area...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Two teenage girls, one of them a Muslim wearing a Hijab, and the other, an African-American were rescued in a rather gory incident which saw their saviours’ throats slit open by a United state citizen who howled hate speeches at the girls.  The two men died from the cut. Their names were Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche and Ricky John Best. One was a recent college graduate. The other was an army veteran and father of four. A third man, 21-year-old Micah David-Cole Fletcher, was wounded and hospitalized. The attacker, identified as 35-year-old Jeremy Joseph Christian, had been hurling abuse at the teenagers when the men intervened. The Portland Mercury newspaper said Christian — who has been charged on two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder — was a known white supremacist and right-wing extremist. One of the young women who was targeted in the verbal assault by Christian thanked the two men who lost their lives helping her. “I just want ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J This trending video show Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) shot man in the Leg in Eku, Delta state after he tried to take the policeman’s gun. //storify.com/Adekunle2/sars-operative-shoots-young-man-in-the-leg-in-eku-/embed?border=false //storify.com/Adekunle2/sars-operative-shoots-young-man-in-the-leg-in-eku-.js?border=false [ View the story “SARS Operative Shoots man in the leg in Eku, Delta state” on Storify ] The post Man shot at for trying to take Policeman’s gun in Delta appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2qwjY6Z

http://ift.tt/2qHs4x5 Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St Peter's square during the Regina Coeli prayer, on May 21, 2017 in Vatican. Andreas SOLARO / AFP Pope Francis said Sunday he plans to create five new cardinals from five different countries at a special ceremony next month, all of them under the age of 80. The new cardinals — from El Salvador, Laos, Mali, Spain and Sweden — will form part of an elite group within the Church. The ceremony to elevate the five, known as a consistory, will take place on June 28, the pontiff said after prayers at the Vatican. All those selected were born in the 1940s. Cardinals over the age of 80 are not able to take part in the conclaves that elect new popes. The five are Archbishop Jean Zerbo of Bamako; Archbishop of Barcelona Juan Jose Omella; the Bishop of Stockholm Anders Arborelius; Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, apostolic vicar of Pakse in Laos and Gregorio Rosa Chavez, auxil...