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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Six people have now been confirmed killed and at least 48 injured in a terror incident in London in which three male attackers were also shot dead by police. A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at about 22:00 BST on Saturday before three men got out and stabbed people in nearby Borough Market. Armed officers shot the suspects within eight minutes of the first call. The injured were taken to five hospitals. More than 80 medics were sent to the scene. One of the injured is an officer from British Transport Police who was stabbed after responding to the incident. His condition is serious, but not life-threatening. A bomb disposal team was called to Borough Market and local residents told to leave their homes. Commissioner Mark Rowley said: “The suspects were wearing what looked like explosive vests but these were later established to be hoaxes.” He said it was currently believed there were only three attackers involved. “We are treating this as a ter...

http://ift.tt/2qR5yyh By Morenike Taire When Emmanuel   Macron was sworn in as the Prime Minister of France, two things immediately stood him out; the age of his spouse, which became a joke, and then passé because the joke was mostly on the jokers. Then there was the fact that he was only 39 years old. Nigerian ‘youths’ went on rampage, praising the French to high heavens for giving a voice to the young, and generally going on about the marginalization of the Nigerian youth, whom, according to them, has been prevented from taking on positions of power. That, in one breathe. In the other breathe, a youth such as Macron has been unfavorably compared with youth in Nigeria who belong to the ruling class such as famous legislator, Dino Melaye, who apparently is looked upon with much pride by kinsmen in his native Kogi and associates from his alma mata, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU). The definition of a ‘youth’ in Nigeria is of course somewhat different from what it is in most o...

http://ift.tt/2s9o5YE  Iraqis gather at the site of a car bomb explosion near Baghdad's Al-Shuhada Bridge on May 30, 2017 which killed at least five people and wounded 17, security and medical officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State group carries out frequent bombings targeting civilians in the Iraqi capital. The blast followed an overnight suicide bombing at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop that killed at least 21 people. / AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR At least 27 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, security and medical officials said on Tuesday. In the first attack, a suicide bomber struck near a popular ice cream shop overnight, killing 16 people. In the second, a car bomb exploded near one of the capital’s main bridges on Tuesday morning, killing 11, the officials said. The Islamic State group issued a statement claiming the first attack, identifying the bomber as an Iraqi who...

http://ift.tt/2qrJ9bf Political activist and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, Nnamdi Kanu (L), wearing a Jewish prayer shawl, speaks to veterans of the Nigerian civil war in his garden at his house in Umuahia, southeast Nigeria, on May 26, 2017, before commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the war on May 30. AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS Nigeria on Tuesday marks 50 years since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra plunged the country into a civil war, amid renewed tensions and fresh calls for a separate state. The main pro-independence groups — the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) — have called for a day of reflection. People in the southeast have been urged to stay at home to commemorate the secession, which happened on May 30, 1967. But many fear an eruption of violence and Nigeria’s security forces have said they are on red alert in hotspots in the ...

http://ift.tt/2q2dtfm Thai Army investigators take a close look at the site of where a bomb was detonated in the southern city of Pattani, in southern Thailand on May 10, 2017. More than 50 people were wounded on May 9 when a car bomb exploded outside a supermarket in Thailand's insurgency plagued south, police said, the largest attack for months on a civilian target in the troubled zone. / AFP PHOTO / Tuwaedaniya MERINGING /  Thailand’s military said Wednesday it was hunting four suspects over a large car bomb which wounded more than 60 people outside a supermarket in the insurgency-plagued south. The Muslim-majority border region has seethed with violence for over a decade as ethnic Malay insurgents battle the Buddhist-majority state for more autonomy. Bombings and shooting are a weekly occurrence. But on Tuesday two bombs — a small device followed by a much larger car bomb — went off outside a busy supermarket in the town of Pattani, the largest attack for months on ...

http://ift.tt/2pXlSyD FIFA president Gianni Infantino / AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI FIFA president Gianni Infantino claimed on Monday that the finances of football’s governing body were “extremely solid”, despite it posting a $369 million loss earlier this year. Speaking at the Asian Football Confederation’s congress in Bahrain, Infantino said the losses were in line with FIFA’s “business model” and there was no need for it give “artificial” figures. “In spite of what some have been trying to write or to say, FIFA’s finances are extremely solid,” Infantino told delegates in a short address. He added that it was normal for FIFA to make losses for three years and then “make revenue” during the fourth financial year, when a World Cup takes place. “That’s how the business model is conducted,” he continued. “We don’t need to tell you other stories, we don’t need to make our figures artificial (or) look better by some accounting measures. “The situation is that the finances o...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Three suspected female suicide bombers were killed while attempting to attack a military outpost near Muna garage at the outskirt of Maiduguri in Borno State, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. Malam Abdulkadir Ibrahim, NEMA North-East Information Officer, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri that the incident occurred on Wednesday. “On Wednesday at 10.05p.m., three suspected female teenage suicide bombers attempted to attack military outpost popularly known as “Gontanamo” along Muna garage. “They were sighted trying to gain access to the premises and were shot by the security agents on guard leading to the detonation of their concealed explosives.” “All the three of them were killed in the explosion. “A security personnel was also injured,” Ibrahim said. The Information Officer said that the remains of the bombers had been evacuated by aids workers. “The corpses were evacuated to Borno Specialist Hospital by NEMA and officials of ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By UDEME ARCHIBONG Life is an arena of voices that is full with words. The source of our thoughts is words; the words or the voice that we pay attention to directs and control our life and consequently forms our destiny. His father spent most of his time assuring the youngster, “You would never amount to anything”. During his teen years his father’s words battered his self-esteem and his life took a downward deceleration. On the reverse, his mother spent most of her life reassuring him that he could be Number-One. “Joey” said she, “there is no one else in the world like you”. Fortunately, the youngster eventually bought into his mother’s words. And his self-respect took a quantum leap; consequently his life began to take an upward acceleration. The youngster grew into adulthood and became a successful person though not an overwhelming success. Suddenly, the unexpected happened, his business took a downward slide and he was dead broke. His self-confidence nose-d...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Attempt by some policemen to arrest a man turned out be brutality. Though one can not say the crime committed by the man been beaten in this video posted on Facebook in June 27, 2016 but the question is professionally is this right ? http://ift.tt/2pAFvfV Whatever the suspect’s, crime should he gets such beaten? The post Video: Policemen beat suspect in chains appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2pSovoi

http://ift.tt/2pu0CAl A yet to be identified University of Benin student has drowned in River Benue, on the closing day of Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) in Makurdi.. A yet to be identified University of Benin student has drowned in River Benue, on the closing day of Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) in Makurdi.. Dr Omeche Onoja, Chairman, NUGA games medical and sanitation sub committee confirmed the incident. The name of the student was not disclosed. Onoja said the student had gone to the river to swim when the incident occurred. She said his corpse had been deposited at Madonna Hospital in Makurdi. “We had a distress call from some students of the situation but on reaching the river, we found the lifeless body of the student, who has been identified by his colleagues. He was said to have participated in some games. “The whole incident could have been avoided”, she said. The Nigeria University Games Association (NUGA) Games was hosted by the Federa...