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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Troops have rescued nine minors at Jarawa village in Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno after they neutralised a large number of suspected Boko Haram terrorists. A statement by Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the Army Spokesman, on Monday, noted that one notorious terrorist, Abu Nazir, the Amir (Leader) of the Boko Haram in Jarawa, was killed during the clearance operation in the area. Usman stated that the nine minors rescued were undergoing training at the terrorists’ training camp in the village. He added that “the minors have been evacuated and are being given preliminary humanitarian assistance in preparation to handing them over to Kala Balge Internally Displaced Persons Camp Management Committee.” The army spokesman stated that the troops also recovered many weapons, including an AK-47 rifle, one double barrel gun, one primed heavy Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and one motorcycle. He noted that the successful operation followed credible information t...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Sunday that the state was becoming safer for investors on a daily basis due to the state government’s investment on security. The governor stated this in Port Harcourt at a dinner to mark the 20th Anniversary of Air France’s first flight to Port Harcourt International Airport. He said that the state government would do all in its power to build on the confidence of investors to conduct business in the State. Wike said that wooing investors remained critical to the development of the state, because it would generate employment. “It is a priority for us to attract investors for our people to be employed; that is why we make security a priority,” he added. The governor claimed that Rivers was safer than Lagos, Kogi, Kaduna, Benue and Kano states “where kidnappers and murderers terrorized residents as reported daily”. “Investors are coming to Rivers regularly and they are talking about insecurity. Look at what is happening in L...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi) has said that the ongoing move by the electorate in his constituency to recall him from the Senate will fail. Melaye, who is representing the Kogi West Senatorial District in the Senate, made the statement in Kabba, Kogi, on Sunday when he addressed his supporters. He said his achievements in the Senate were enormous and as such the people of the constituency were solidly behind him. Melaye, who later led his supporters on a peaceful march round Kabba town, alleged that the state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, was behind the move to recall him, The electorate in the seven local government areas that make up Kogi West Senatorial District on Saturday besieged polling units in the area to endorse the request for the recall of the senator. They affixed the photocopy of their permanent voter cards to the recall form. Melaye alleged that 30 supporters of his who refused to be part of the move were arrested on the order of the governor. ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Formal talks on Britain’s exit from the European Union may not begin on June 19 as that is the same date the government is due to set out its policy programme for the new parliament, Brexit minister David Davis said on Monday. Davis, whose Conservative Party is due to put its policy programme or Queen’s Speech to parliament on June 19 after failing to win a majority during Thursday’s election, said the Brexit talks would begin at some point next week. “It’s in the week of next week, basically, is the first discussions,” Davis told Sky News when asked about the practicalities of the negotiations. “My permanent secretary is actually in Brussels today talking to them about the details. “It may not be on the Monday because we’ve also got the Queen’s Speech that week and I will have to speak in that and so on.” With 643 out of 650 seats declared, the Conservatives had won 315 seats. Though the biggest single winner, they failed to reach the 326-mark they would ne...

http://ift.tt/2t8yKm6 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during mass open-air concert on European Square in Kiev on June 10, 2017, dedicated to the abolition of EU visas for Ukrainian citizens. Ukraine celebrates visa-free travel to Europe as a waiver agreed with the EU enters into force on June 11. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP Ukrainians were on Sunday celebrating the first day of visa-free access to the European Union, with hundreds crossing the border as President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed a dramatic “breakaway” from Moscow. The move is symbolic for Kiev, where a pro-EU revolt in 2014 toppled the previous Russia-backed government and was followed by Moscow’s annexation of the Crimea peninsula sparking a protracted ongoing conflict with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. “The visa-free regime for Ukraine has started! Glory to Europe! Glory to Ukraine!” Poroshenko tweeted early Sunday after hundreds of Ukrainians crossed the EU border. Only those with biometri...

http://ift.tt/2t8lNsv A voter casts his ballot in the first round of the French legislative elections at a polling station in Noumea in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia on June 11, 2017. French voters went to the polls for the first round of parliamentary elections with President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party hoping to secure a clear majority. Fred Payet / AFP French voters went back to the polls on Sunday for the first round of parliamentary elections that are tipped to give President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party a commanding majority. Polling stations opened across France at 8:00 am (0600 GMT) and voting will continue in the largest cities until 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) with exit polls released immediately afterwards. Macron has enjoyed a smooth start in the five weeks since he beat far-right candidate Marine Le Pen to become France’s youngest-ever president, naming a cabinet that crosses left-right lines and making a big impression at international summits. ...

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A van has run over pedestrians and there have been stabbings resulting in “multiple” casualties on Saturday night in the London Bridge area in what police are treating as “terrorist incidents”. The country has been hit by a number of other terror strikes in recent years: – May 2017: Manchester Arena bombing A suicide bomber blows himself outside a pop concert by teen idol Ariana Grande in Manchester in northwest England, killing 22 people and injuring 116. Seven of the victims were under the age of 18. The attack was carried out by 22-year-old Salman Abedi, a Manchester-born university dropout of Libyan origin. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group. – March 2017: Westminster Bridge attack – March 22: Five people are killed and more than 50 are wounded when a man rams his car into pedestrians on Westminster bridge in London before crashing into the barriers surrounding parliament and then stabbing a police officer to death. The attacker, 52-year...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, Mr Moses Jitoboh, has confirmed the arrest of five suspects for beating a pregnant woman to death for alleged witchcraft. Jitoboh told newsmen in Yola on Saturday that the 32 year old woman, Ayina Afraimu of Falu village in Guyuk Local Government Area of the state was killed by the suspects who used sticks and rope. “She was attacked with sticks, rope and killed by five suspects on allegation that the deceased was a witch, who was responsible for the deaths and sickness of persons in the town of Falu. “Suspects who committed this nefarious offence are: Abraham Adamu, 18, Malachi Yilafane, 35, Thomas Aji, 54, Zakariya Chorum, 56 and Miss Newana Ilihal, 20”, Jitoboh said. He added that the suspects would be charged to court for culpable homicide, criminal conspiracy and defamation of character. The commissioner said that apart from the five suspects, the command had within the three weeks of his assumption of office arrest...