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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Middle Belt Youth Council (MBYC) has said that the Middle Belt region will accommodate the Igbos if the north chases them out of their states. Part of a statement allegedly signed by the group’s President, Emma Zopmal, and as seen on an online medium, The Breaking Times, read that the Middle Belt is ready to offer Ndigbo asylum anytime, any day. “We wish to express our profound gratitude to God for keeping us alive today. Middle Belt Youth Council is extremely concerned about the ongoing regional tension in Nigeria today and we want to make our position clear to the world. “In the light of incessant threats to one Nigeria posed by killer-herdsmen, we want to call on good people of Middle Belt to first of all, support the Anti-grazing Bill. “Grazing by Fulani herdsmen on our land has become the major cause of conflicts in our region. Therefore, we’re calling for total ban on open grazing so as to save the lives of our people and their farmlands. “Secondly,...

http://ift.tt/2rlqzFQ Brazilian President Michel Temer (R) leaves the Jaburu Palace presidential residence on his way to Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on May 25, 2017. Temer called troops back off the streets of the capital Thursday after deploying them to guard government buildings following riots by protesters demanding he leave power. / AFP PHOTO / EVARISTO SA Brazil’s President Michel Temer called troops back off the streets of the capital Thursday after deploying them to guard government buildings following riots by protesters demanding he leave power. A decree published online in the official journal said the president had revoked an earlier measure to deploy the forces. Protesters demanding Temer’s exit smashed their way into ministries and fought with riot police on Wednesday in some of the most violent scenes yet in a year of political turbulence. The deployment of soldiers sent a psychological shockwave through a capital already shaken by the day’s violence and an ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Justice Rifkatu Sha of Jos High Court on Tuesday warned an accused person, Tasiu Mohammed, 21, against threatening witnesses testifying against him. The warning came when Mohammed was caught making gestures indicating that he would slash the throats of  the witnesses, while they stood in the dock. The police, witnesses and officials of the court, who noticed the threats, immediately alerted the judge, who warned Mohammed against such contempt. “You are only luck that the prosecuting counsel did not pray the court to convict you (accused) for contempt, otherwise I would havedescended on you. “I will only warn you to desist from threatening witnesses in the court. If you repeat it, I will start by sentencing you to 14 strokes of the cane,” she said. Mohammed, along with two others – Saidu Mohammed, 19, and Umar Shehu 23 – were first arraigned on Feb. 13, charged with criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, robbery and possession of firearms. The police pro...