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photo credit: theguardian At least 26 members of Nigeria's security forces were killed and eight wounded in an ambush by gunmen in central Nigeria on Sunday night, two military sources told AFP. Separately, an air force spokesman said a helicopter to rescue the wounded crashed in the area on Monday morning, where the military is battling criminal groups, which It was not clear whether the crew and passengers survived. Two military officers requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the incident and military officials were not available for comment. “We lost 23 soldiers, including 3 officers and 3 JTF (vigilant) civilians in the encounter while eight were injured,” the first source said after “a serious altercation.” along the Zungeru-Tegina highway. A second officer made a similar assessment and said the robbers also suffered "heavy casualties". He also said contact with an Air Force helicopter sent to evacuate the wounded had been lost, with 11 d

photo credit: abc.net.au A plane belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed. Sources revealed on Monday that the plane was taking off from Kaduna en route to Minna, the capital of Niger state when the incident occurred. Other details of the incident were still sketchy at the time of completion of this report. Several calls to Air Force spokesman Edward Gabkwet went unanswered. He has yet to reply to texts and Whatsapp messages sent to him about it. The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed that one of its planes crashed in Niger State on Monday. The Air Force said the plane was on an evacuation mission when the crash occurred. A statement released Monday by the NAF's Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Force Edward Gabkwet, said the plane had left Zungeru Elementary School en route to Kaduna, but it was later discovered. landed in a village in the Shiroro Local Government Area. of Nigeria. Part of it read: “A Nigerian Air Force MI-171 helicopter on a victim evacuation

Godswill Akpabio, president of the Senate, and Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the House of Representatives, have been sued for "the unlawful plan to spend N40 billion on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70 billion as 'palliatives' for new members." The lawsuit was filed on Friday, August 11, 2023, in the Federal High Court in Lagos by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The lawsuit was filed shortly after Mr. Akpabio claimed that the Clerk of the National Assembly had transferred "holiday allowances" into "different bank accounts of senators." Nigeria's 137 million people live in abject poverty. SERAP is requesting "an order of mandamus to direct and compel Mr. Akpabio and Mr. Akpabio to: review and mitigate the N 40b price for 465 bulletproof cars  SERAP is seeking: “an order restraining Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas from demanding or receiving the N40 billion to buy 465 SUVs and bu

(photo credits: The mirror) The striker entered the game as a 64th-minute replacement to a loud ovation at the Allianz Arena just hours after concluding his £86 million transfer from Tottenham on Saturday. He made a few impressions, but not many. For Leipzig, Dani Olmo scored a hat-trick to prevent Harry Kane, 30, from winning his first professional trophy. After a cross was not cleared, Olmo scored his first goal into the bottom corner. He spun Matthijs de Ligt with his second strike before slipping it through Sven Ulreich's legs. After Kane's entry, the Spain attacker scored a penalty to complete his hat trick. Once he gets to know his new team in Germany, Kane will experience better days. Given that he had only joined Bayern on the day in question, it came as a minor surprise that he was involved. In his professional career, he has scored 354 goals and holds the scoring records for Tottenham (280) and England (58). In light of the fact that Leipzig lost three of their top pl

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) condemned the federal government's move to dissolve university governing bodies across the country on Thursday.  The union urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reverse his outrageous decision to dissolve the councils without finishing their terms of office. Comrade Christopher Piwuna of the University of Jos, National Vice Chairman of ASUU, spoke while presenting a paper at an event honouring retiring lecturers at the Joseph Sarwuaan Tarka University Makurdi (JOSTUM), formerly known as the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), in Benue State.  "It is wrong to dissolve governing councils and transfer our councils' powers to the Federal Ministry of Education or the National Universities Commission (NUC) without due recourse to university laws," Piwuna stated. "It is also a disservice to the universities to allow a vacuum because mischievous vice chancellors and ministry officials could connive to ruin our

( Chief El Rufai ) From reliable sources, El Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has abandoned his interest in joining President Bola Tinubu's government. According to Presidency sources, Mr El-Rufai told President Tinubu during a meeting on Tuesday that he was no longer interested in becoming a minister but would continue to contribute to Nigeria's growth as a private man. "He also told the president that he needed time to focus on his doctorate programme at a university in the Netherlands," one of the news sources added. Another source told this outlet that the former governor proposed a new ministerial nominee for Kaduna State, Jafaru Ibrahim Sani, adding the President would find him very valuable and resourceful. Mr. El-Rufai paid the President a visit at the presidential villa the day after the Senate confirmed 45 cabinet nominations following a week-long screening of 48 of them. The higher legislative house, however, postponed his and two other confirmat

(coup leaders/Niger flag) Military junta threatens President if military experience any form of attack Niger's junta threatened a top US diplomat that if surrounding countries tried military action to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum's power, they would kill him. During her visit to the country this week, representatives of the junta informed US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland of the danger against Bazoum, a Western military official said on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. An official in the United States verified that account, saying on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Bazoum, who was deposed on July 26, claims to be held hostage at his home. The regional ECOWAS alliance announced on Thursday. It has put in place military intervention to restore democracy but has not disclosed actual location and time of strategy. West African Union heads of state met Thursday in Nigeria's capit