Port Harcourt, April 6, 2025 (NAN) Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 6 Division have apprehended 43 suspected oil thieves during a coordinated raid on illegal artisanal refineries across Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states. Spokesman for the division, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt on Sunday, noting that 14 artisanal refineries were […] The post Army arrests 43 suspected oil thieves in three states appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.
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The Madina District Court has remanded in police custody, the 35-year-old businessman arrested in connection with the murder of investigative journalist, Ahmed Hussein Divela Suale. Daniel Koranteng, aka Nana Amakye, has been provisionally charged with murder at the court where committal proceedings are expected to take place. The prosecutors are accusing him of causing the death of the investigative journalist on January 16, 2019, by unlawful harm. Request for bail Counsel for the accused, Kofi Essel, prayed the court to grant his client bail, saying the case lacked substantial proof to justify the charge. However, the court declined since it did not have jurisdiction to grant the accused hearing. Before adjourning the matter to April 1, 2025, the court, presided over by Suzzy Nyakotey, asked the prosecution whether the
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Israel vowed yesterday to continue fighting in Gaza until all hostages are returned, as it unleashed its most intense strikes since a ceasefire. The health ministry in the Hamas-run territory reports that more than 400 people have been killed. Hamas accused Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of deciding to “resume war” after an impasse in truce negotiations, and warned that the return to fighting could be a “death sentence” for hostages still alive in Gaza. The strikes were by far the biggest and deadliest since a truce took effect in January. Netanyahu warned Hamas this month of consequences it “cannot imagine” if it does not free hostages still in Gaza, and Israeli media reported on plans aimed at ramping up pressure on Hamas dubbed the “Hell Plan”. The White House
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President Trump signed an order in January to release the remaining records The National Archives on Tuesday released thousands of pages of declassified records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 23 directing the release of the remaining records, saying it was in the “public interest” to do so. On Monday Trump announced to reporters that the administration would begin releasing the records on Tuesday, prompting a scramble inside the Justice Department to free up attorneys to assist with the declassification process. President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and others smile at the crowds lining their motorcade route in Dallas, Texas, Nov. 22, 1963. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Congress voted in 1992
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A fire tore through an overcrowded nightclub packed with mostly young people in North Macedonia early Sunday, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks at a hip-hop concert set the venue ablaze, authorities said. Some 155 people who were injured in the inferno had been taken to hospitals across the country, 22 of them in critical condition, officials said. Some of the more serious cases were taken to hospitals in other European countries. Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said that more than 20 wounded and three of those killed in the fire were minors. “At the time of the event around 500 people were inside, while 250 tickets were sold,” he said. The blaze started in the Club Pulse in the eastern town of Kocani, which was packed with mostly young
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A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said: “A thorough investigation was carried out but the investigation has now been filed pending any new information coming to light.” By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 15, 2025 17:54 Palestine Action activists destroy painting of Lord Balfour at Cambridge University. (Palestine Action) Cambridge police have ended the hunt for the vandals responsible for damaging a painting of Lord Balfour at the University of Cambridge last year after the search proved unfruitful, a police spokesperson told British media outlets earlier this week. A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said: “A thorough investigation was carried out, but the investigation has now been filed pending any new information coming to light.” Behind the incident While the group Palestine Action, a group that has become known for inflicting property damage to protest
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The head of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with US-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced on Friday. “The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the forces of darkness and terrorism,” Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija,” was “deputy caliph” of the militant group and “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world,” the statement said. On his Truth Social platform on Friday night, US President Donald Trump said: “Today the fugitive leader of Isis in Iraq was killed. He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters” in coordination with
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Pro-Palestinian accounts later tried to share the Israeli man’s whereabouts. By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD MARCH 15, 2025 01:24 Israeli man spat on in Dublin restaurant. (photo credit: screenshot) Israeli national Tamir Ohayon was spat at and harassed by two local women while visiting Dublin for a business trip, he shared on Instagram with a video of the interaction. “My heart is truly broken THIS is Ireland in 2025,” Ohayon shared. “During my business trip to Dublin, me and my co-worker were assaulted by an organized group of girls for simply being Israelis.” Ohayon claimed that before the filming began, one of the girls approached him and shared the information she had collected on him – including the hotel he was staying at. Following the interaction, Ohayon shared that he struggled to
Palestine Action vandalize US President Donald Trump's golf course. (photo credit: X/Twitter)
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Donald Trump’s Irish golf course was attacked by pro-Palestinian vandals on Wednesday, after his Scottish course was targeted on Saturday. By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD MARCH 14, 2025 03:50 Palestine Action vandalize US President Donald Trump’s golf course. (photo credit: X/Twitter) Scottish police arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of participating in the vandalism of US President Donald Trump’s golf course in South Ayrshire on Saturday, according to multiple media reports. “Gaza Is Not For Sale” was painted on the club’s lawn, and red spray paint was used to deface the course’s clubhouse. The suspect was released from police custody as investigations continue. Investigations continue A Police Scotland spokesperson said that “enquiries remain ongoing.” Palestine Action vandalize US President Donald Trump’s golf course. (credit: PALESTINE ACTION) The group Palestine Action claimed responsibility for
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These are the key developments on day 1,114 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. A Ukrainian serviceman examines a land drone at a military training ground in the Zaporizhia region, Ukraine, on March 13, 2025 [Handout/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanised Brigade via AP Photo] Here is the situation on Friday, March 14: Fighting Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces have trapped the remaining Ukrainian soldiers still in the country’s western Kursk region, where Kyiv’s troops have clung on for more than seven months in one of the key battles of the war after making a daring cross-border incursion. Putin told a news conference that the situation in Kursk was “completely under our control, and the group that invaded our territory is in isolation”. Ukraine’s military leadership has denied their forces are being
The Northern Cape High Court handed seven people a hefty sentence for the brutal murder of renowned Kimberley businessman Piet Els. The tragic case unfolded in January 2018, when Els, an 86-year-old farmer, and his partner were viciously assaulted at their home, Carter Ridge farm. The brutal attack left Els with severe injuries, resulting in his death 111 days later. Judge President Kathy Satchwell described the heinous nature of the crime, which not only involved murder but also home invasion and robbery with aggravating circumstances. The perpetrators, Morapedi Rankali, 28, Motlalalentwe Qhautse, 37, Lizbeth Ndlala, 56, Themba Lawrence Maja, 68, Oupa Jeffrey Mahomane, 44, Samson Sam Mbokane, 63, and Jabulani Wilson Zuma, 62, were sentenced to life in prison, receiving a combined sentence amounting to over 100 years. Lieutenant-Colonel Sergio
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Breaking News: Bushiri extradition ruling delivered In a highly anticipated decision, the Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has ruled that Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary must be extradited to South Africa to face multiple charges. Bushiri is set to face three rape charges, as well as charges of forgery, fraud, and jumping bail. His wife Mary will also face charges of fraud, forgery, and bail-jumping. The court has ordered the couple to remain in custody until they are handed over to South African authorities. However, not all charges against the couple will be pursued, as some – including theft, money laundering, and racketeering – were dropped due to insufficient evidence. Following the ruling, Bushiri’s lawyer, Wapona Kita, has requested that the court pause the extradition order and
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Violence against Tesla dealerships will be labelled domestic terrorism and perpetrators will “go through hell”, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday in a show of support for the electric carmaker’s chief, his ally Elon Musk. Shares of the carmaker closed nearly 4 per cent higher on Tuesday, rebounding from the biggest one-day fall in four-and-a half years the previous day, after the president appeared with Musk at the White House to select a new Tesla for his staff to use. Activists have lately staged so-called Tesla Takedown protests to voice displeasure over Musk’s role in sweeping cuts to the federal workforce at the behest of Trump and cancellation of contracts that fund humanitarian programmes around the world. Musk, the world’s richest person, is spearheading the Trump administration’s Department of
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Wallace Ruzvidzo, Herald Reporter SADC Chairperson, President Mnangagwa, will tomorrow preside over a crucial Extraordinary regional summit of Heads of State and Government, where leaders will convene virtually to discuss the deteriorating security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The emergency meeting comes on the heels of recent attacks by the M23 rebel armed group on Congolese security forces, SADC troops and civilians. The summit is being convened following the virtual Extraordinary SADC Organ Troika Summit held last week. In a communiqué released yesterday, the SADC Secretariat said tomorrow’s Extraordinary Summit will extensively deliberate on recommendations from the virtual Troika meeting. The SADC Summit is responsible for setting the overall policy direction and controlling the functions of the regional bloc, making it the primary policy-making institution of the
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The Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, has called on Ghanaians to refer disputes to private Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centres, as a first option in attempting to resolve disputes before resorting to the courts, if ADR is unsuccessful. She explained that because of the proven benefits and advantages of ADR, particularly mediation, it has become necessary for individuals and businesses to explore the resolution of dispute at private ADR centres, to secure expeditious, confidential, inexpensive, and amicable outcomes. Delivering the keynote address at the 2025 graduation and matriculation ceremony for the Professional Executive Master of ADR programme of the Gamey and Gamey ADR Institute in Accra on Saturday, the Chief Justice highlighted the transformative impact of ADR in fostering investment, peace, and prosperity. She particularly