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Suicide bombing in Pakistan kills eight

A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding five more, officials said. The bomber set off the blast from the back of a motorbike rickshaw near the town of Mir Ali in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a local police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity. Four...
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Police debunk recruits maltreatment video

The Nigeria Police Force has refuted allegations that newly recruited personnel undergoing training at its colleges were being mistreated. A viral video showed that the personnel were undergoing training in substandard conditions with inadequate food provisions and welfare. Reacting in a statement on Saturday, the Force Spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the video is old. According...
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Five more Army generals retire, reflect on careers

The Nigerian Army Ordinance Corps on Friday pulled out five retired major generals in Lagos, as the departing officers recounted their experience. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the pulling out took place at the headquarters of NAOC, Abalti Barracks, Surulere, Lagos. The Reviewing Officer, Maj.-Gen Omotomilola Akintade, who spoke on behalf of the...
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Police arrest woman who broke stepson’s bone with pestle

Enugu State Government has taken swift action regarding the disturbing case of Mrs. Ada Ogbogu, who allegedly assaulted her stepson with a pestle, causing serious harm. Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Ngozi Enih, announced on Saturday that Mrs. Ogbogu, a resident of Sunrise Estate in Emene, Enugu metropolis, was arrested on...
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I’ll fight alongside Tinubu to the last, says sacked minister

Despite President Bola Tinubu’s relieving her of her duty as Minister of Women Affairs, Uju-Ken Ohanenye has resolved that she would “fight alongside” the President to fix Nigeria. The former minister stated this in a statement on her official X.com account @BarrUjuKennedy on Saturday. While pledging her commitment to Tinubu’s ‘Renewed Hope Agenda”, the former minister...
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Israeli army kills Hamas militant in West Bank raid

The Israeli military said its forces killed a Palestinian militant who belonged to Hamas’s armed wing during a raid on Saturday in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem. In a joint statement, the Israeli military, police and domestic security agency Shin Bet said that they conducted a “counterterrorism operation in Tulkarem to eliminate Islam...
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Terrorists kill 10 policemen in Iran

At least 10 police officers were killed in a “terrorist attack” in an area of Southeastern Iran long plagued by unrest, local media reported on Saturday. They were killed during an attack on “police vehicles” in Sistan-Baluchistan province’s Taftan county, the Mehr and Tasnim news agencies reported, without saying how it was carried out. No...
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Kano LG election free, fair, says Yusuf

Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has lauded the peaceful conduct of the Local Government elections across the state’s 44 local government areas.   The governor made the remark at the KANSIEC office after casting his vote in the Gwale LG on Saturday.   He expressed his appreciation for the support of other states’ electoral...
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