Month: March 2018

Student gunman wounds 2 in Maryland school attack, dies in clash with officer, officials say

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A 17-year-old student pulled out a handgun at a high school in southern Maryland on Tuesday morning and wounded two classmates before being killed in an exchange of gunfire with a school resource officer, authorities said. The gunman, Austin Wyatt Rollins, was confirmed dead at 10:41 a.m., St. Mary’s County Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron said at a news briefing. One of the victims, a 16-year-old girl who authorities said had a “prior relationship” with the shooter, was in critical condition after being taken to a hospital from Great Mills High…

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Buhari greets Merkel, Putin on re-election

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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin on their re-election. A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina said congratulatory letters were sent to the German leader and Russian leader. To the German leader, the President said he was “most delighted to learn of the successful conclusion of the inter-party negotiations to form a new government after the last election in Germany.” Buhari told Chancellor Merkel that her victory “is a testimony of your hard-work, competence and trust…

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Free Trade Agreement: Nigeria Made A Catastrophic Mistake, Says Economist

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Economist, Tilewa Adebajo has criticised the decision of the Federal Government to withdraw from the signing of the new pan-African Continental Free Trade Area in Kigali, Rwanda. In an interview on Channels Television’s News at 10, Monday, Adebajo described the move as a “catastrophic mistake” especially with Nigeria’s reputation as Africa’s largest economy. “What is happening here for me is a very catastrophic mistake on our path in terms of the way we’ve handled this whole process. “We are the largest economy in Africa and we are the largest economy in…

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Atiku reacts to order withdrawing police from VIPs

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Former Nigeria vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has praised the decision of the Police Force, to withdraw its officers from guarding private individuals and organisations in the country. The Inspector-General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, on Monday announced the withdrawal of the officers said to number about 150,000. Atiku, in a statement signed by his media aide, Paul Ibe, said it was obvious that Nigeria had security emergency. “Our security forces are overstretched. We do not have enough military and paramilitary forces to provide security for the peace-loving people of Nigeria which is…

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Police arrest nine suspected kidnappers in Taraba

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  The Commissioner of Police in Taraba, Mr David Akinremi, on Tuesday in Jalingo announced the arrest of nine persons suspected to be kidnappers. Akinremi told newsmen that the command’s anti-kidnapping team had, on Feb. 22, arrested Jibrin Buba, Suleiman Ahmadu, Haruna Abdullahi and Usman Mohammed for threatening to abduct one Abdullahi Ahmadu. “The suspects threatened to abduct Abdullahi Ahmadu if he failed to keep the sum of N500,000 for them at a location in Ardo-kola town. “The sum of N70,000, being part of the ransom paid to the gang,…

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Manchester United’s Paul Pogba misses France training  

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Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba missed France’s training session for treatment on Tuesday as Didier Deschamps’ side prepared for Friday’s friendly with Colombia. Pogba, his United teammate Anthony Martial and Marseille winger Florian Thauvin were victims of “little knocks”, according to French officials. On Monday, Pogba trained as normal while Martial and Thauvin received treatment. Meanwhile, Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny and Bayern Munich midfielder Corentin Tolisso trained with physios, separately from the main squad. Koscielny was taken off in a Europa League game against AC Milan last Thursday with a…

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Batshuayi keeps Dortmund in top three

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Borussia Dortmund’s Michy Batshuayi scored a spectacular first-half winner to lead his team to a 1-0 home victory over Hanover 96 on Sunday that kept them on course for a top-three Bundesliga finish. The 24-year-old Belgium striker, who arrived on loan from Chelsea in January, grabbed his sixth Bundesliga goal in seven games with an eye-catching backheeled volley in the 24th minute from a corner. Batshuayi also hit the woodwork at the start of the game as did teammate Maximilian Philipp late on. It was by no means a dominant…

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Ethnic violence in DR Congo’s northeast displaces at least 60 000

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Officials say violence in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the Hema community and the Lendu ethnic group has now killed at least 150 people and has forced more than 32 000 people to flee to Bunia, where humanitarian assistance is strained and the suffering are eager for improved conditions. According to the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, another 28 000 have also fled into Uganda. There is a long history of tensions between the Lendu and Hema groups, whose ongoing battles since 1999 already have killed…

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Sergey Lavrov: Syria’s partition must stop

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The foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia and Iran have met in the Kazakh capital Astana and issued a joint statement which emphasised the territorial integrity of Syria. “Those who, in violation of all norms of international law, in violation of Resolution 2254, obviously seek to divide Syria, to replace the regime so that this important Middle Eastern country is replaced by small principalities, controlled by external players, certainly do not welcome what we are doing in Astana, we are trying to achieve in Astana,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in…

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Seven firms bid to buy Zambia’s oil refinery

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Seven firms have submitted bids to buy majority stake in Zambia’s sole 24,000 barrels per day Indeni Petroleum Refinery, an executive at the agency handling the bidding said on Saturday. Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) procurement specialist Mwila Kapita said Glencore Energy UK Ltd, Vitol SA, China Petroleum Technology and Development Corporation and Philia Trading were among the firms that had submitted bids. The others are Joint Stock Company Global Security of Russia, Sahara Energy Resources Limited and a consortium of Beijing Huiersanji Green Chem Company Limited and AVIC International Holding.…

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