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Presidential Brigade Guards Murdered By Terrorists In Abuja Laid To Rest Tears as Guards Brigade laid to rest remains of Captain Attah Samuel and four other soldiers who recently paid the supreme price during a clearance operation in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) at the Guards Brigade Cemetery, Maitama , Abuja. More photos below. 

Terrorists Received N200m Ransom To Release Family Of 6, One Other Abducted On Abuja-Kaduna Train After Five Months–Report Terrorists were reportedly paid a ransom of N200 million to release the kidnapped passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train recently freed by abductors, according to FIJ. SaharaReporters on Wednesday reported that four children and three adults among the passengers abducted on a Kaduna-bound train in March 2022 were released. The passengers freed on Wednesday include a family of six. The children were among the 65 passengers abducted when the terrorists bombed the rail track, killing eight passengers and injuring several others on March 28, 2022. A Kaduna-based publisher, Tukur Mamur, who negotiated the release of some of the passengers, announced on Wednesday in a statement that the children and their parents were released after the intervention of Sheik Ahmad Gumi. The terrorists have since released 28 of them in batches: 11 in June, followed by seven in July, three a...

Anne Heche, the Emmy-winning actress who starred in films like Six Days, Seven Nights and the Psycho remake, has died at age 53 following injuries she sustained in a car crash few days ago but the plug was pulled today and her organs will he donated.  Very sad. She was a very troubled soul, hard childhood of poverty and sexual abuse. Her father died when she was 13 and shortly after, her older brother died in a car crash. Just 30 mins before, she had stopped at a wig store in Venice and bought a red wig and the owner took a selfie with her. Awful for her sons, the youngest is only 13. Thank God the woman and her pets in the house she demolished was unharmed, but lost everything. A Go Fund Me has raised $100,000 to help her recover. She was Ellen DeGeneres ex partner. May her soul rest in peace Amen. More photos below.   

PRESS RELEASE INDISCIPLINE: POLICE DISMISSES CORPORAL OPEYEMI KADIRI FOR ASSAULT, DISOBEDIENCE TO LAWFUL ORDER The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed Force No. 509745 Corporal Opeyemi Kadiri attached to Dolphin Divisional Headquarters, Lagos Police Command for gross misconduct, disobedience to lawful order, and assault on a member of the public captured in a viral video on August 3, 2022. The dismissed officer who, enlisted into the Force on 6th December, 2016, was caught searching a commuter’s phone by the road side contrary to the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, to that effect. He equally assaulted the commuter who attempted to bring the order to his notice. His dismissal takes effect from today the 12th of August, 2022. The Police hereby calls on officers and men of the Force to maintain professionalism and civility to members of the public in the discharge of their duties in line with extant laws. The Force equally calls on me...

A prison face-off between members of two rival cartels in the Mexican border city of Juarez caused a riot and shootouts that killed 11 people, most of them civilians, authorities said on Friday. Los Chapos, members of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel formerly led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, and local group Los Mexicles, clashed in a prison Thursday afternoon, Deputy Security Minister Ricardo Mejia said. A riot then broke out, leaving two shot to death and four injured with bullet wounds, Mejia said, speaking alongside Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at a regular news conference. Another 16 were injured in the fighting, he said. Officials did not say what caused the clash. Following the riot, the Mexicles rampaged in the city, authorities said, killing nine civilians. Among them were four employees of a radio station, including one announcer, Mejia said. Across town, convenience stores were shot at and set on fire. FEMSA, the parent company of the Oxxo chain, said i...

"I need to buy God a beautiful gift for all his unending blessings 🎁🥲❤️🙌 JESU NWA DAVID😇✨✨✨ I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL 😊 it feels good to be older 💯 HAPPY BLESSED BIRTHDAY TO THE PERSON THAT LIVES IN ME 🙏".- Nollywood actress Destiny Etiko. More photos below.   

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila commissions the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt built by the Rivers State Government.  12.08.2022. More photos below.