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Official: 22 killed in Maine shootings

Wednesday night, gunfire in the Maine city of Lewiston resulted in at least 22 fatalities and “many, many more” injuries, according to local officials. The gunman, according to the police, was still at large. According to media reports, city councilor Robert McCarthy stated that the number of people killed in the shooting rampage that occurred at a bowling alley, a nearby restaurant, and at least one other location had increased to 22. McCarthy stated, “From...

Nigerians in Diaspora should make Nigeria rich says Tinubu

Nigerians living in the United States have been urged by President Bola Tinubu to overcome setbacks by adopting a positive outlook that will help them succeed in all of their endeavors. Nigerians had no justification for being impoverished, according to Tinubu, who made this observation during the Wednesday Presidential Townhall Meeting with Nigerians living abroad in New York. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission arranged the Townhall Meeting on the fringes of the 78th UN General...

US military requests public assistance in locating missing fighter plane.

Following the pilot’s ejection from the F-35, the US military has appealed for help in locating the missing aircraft. On Sunday afternoon, the pilot of the fighter jet apparently vanished while flying over the southern state of South Carolina. The pilot, who has not been named, successfully parachuted out. According to BBC, he is in a stable condition in the hospital. Joint Base Charleston, a US military base, posted the appeal on its verified X...

Gabon’s new military ruler sworn in as caretaker president

Five days after seizing control of the government in a coup, Gen. Brice Nguema, the new military leader of Gabon, was sworn in as the nation’s caretaker president on Monday. In front of jubilant spectators, the swearing-in event was held in the presidential palace in Libreville, the nation’s capital. Following the military’s ouster of President Ali Bongo from the long-reigning Bongo family on August 30, Nguema promised on Saturday to further democratic reforms. Nguema declared...

As Coup Belt Spreads Across Africa

Africa appears to be undergoing an epidemic of coups. Less than a month after the revolution in Niger, soldiers overthrew President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, who had been in power for 55 years thanks to his family. The coup leaders claimed that Bongo, 64, who succeeded his father Omar in 2009, was under house arrest and had one of his sons jailed for treason. It is useful to observe that since 2020, military coups...

African leaders work on response to Gabon military coup

On Thursday, African leaders were preparing a response to the officers who overthrew President Ali Bongo of Gabon and installed a general in his place. This was the most recent coup in West and Central Africa, which regional powers have been unable to stop. The coup puts an end to the Bongo family dynasty’s nearly 60 years in power and presents a fresh problem for a region that has had difficulty adjusting to eight coups...

Shettima will represent Tinubu Rome, Russia

For two significant international summits in Rome, Italy, and St. Petersburg, Russia, Vice President Kashim Shettima has left Abuja to represent President Bola Tinubu. Shettima, who departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at around 3 p.m. on Sunday, will attend the inaugural Stocktaking Moment Summit from July 24 to July 26 with other world leaders under the subject “Transforming Food Systems for People, Planet, and Prosperity.” The Vice President will preside over a...

Putin vows to defeat Wagner as rebels advance on Moscow

After taking a crucial military post on Saturday, rebel mercenaries moved northward towards Moscow, just as Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin vowed to put an end to the uprising and prevent the outbreak of civil war. The quickly developing events represent both Russia’s most significant security crisis since the strongman took office in late 1999 and the most serious challenge to the Russian president’s reign to date. As regular forces started a “counter-terrorist operation” to prevent...

US pregnant woman is fatally shot by her two-year-old son

Last week, a pregnant woman and her unborn child died in the US state of Ohio after her two-year-old son shot her in the back with a handgun that had been left loaded in the home, according to police. Laura Ilg, 31, dialled 911 on June 16 in the afternoon, according to police chief David Smith, who spoke to local media on Tuesday.According to Smith, who spoke to the local ABC affiliate News 5 Cleveland,...

NATO launches historic air exercise as “show of strength”

On Monday, NATO will launch the biggest air force deployment exercise in Europe in the alliance’s history as a sign of solidarity with allies and potential adversaries like Russia. Approximately 250 military aircraft from 25 NATO and partner nations, including Japan and Sweden, which is applying to join the alliance, will participate in the German-led “Air Defender 23” from now through June 23.   The exercises are meant to improve interoperability and readiness to defend...