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Waving European Union flags and chanting “no Brexit”, thousands gathered under pouring rain in central London on Tuesday to express their anger and opposition to Britain’s vote to leave the EU. There was a sense of anger as the crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square before marching towards parliament, urging lawmakers to block the 52 percent vote in favour of Brexit …

At least 10 people were killed Tuesday evening in a suicide attack at the international terminal of Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said. Two explosions hit the airport — Turkey’s biggest — followed by gunfire, local television channels reported. “Unfortunately 10 people have been killed according to a preliminary toll,” Bozdag told parliament in Ankara. More than …

PM says government ‘will not tolerate intolerance’ after reported spike in hate crimes and abuse after EU referendum David Cameron has condemned “despicable” xenophobic abuse after the EU referendum as figures suggested a 57% increase in reported incidents. The country would not stand for hate crime, the prime minister told MPs. “In the past few days we have seen despicable …

German chancellor rejects Boris Johnson’s proposal to give Britain access to single market with limited immigration Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has dismissed Boris Johnson’s proposal that Britain might enjoy access to the European single market and restrict immigration at the same time, telling German MPs the UK would enjoy no special favours. In a speech to the Bundestag, Merkel …

By Kingsley Abavo Solomon Edebiri, one of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s aggrieved opponents in Edo People’s Democratic Party’s governorship primary election held on June 20, 2016 has decided not to participate in another primary election being organized by the Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the party. At the June 20, 2016 primary election, conducted by the Senator Ahmed Markafi-led faction of …

Edo State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, has said that a hundred Modu Sheriffs cannot suspend him and his executive from performing their functions as they were duly elected by the party faithful in the state. Orbih was reacting yesterday in Benin to a statement credited to Sheriff in which he supposed suspended him and …

Following intelligence reports showing the high-level participation of foreigners in insurgent activities as well as herdsmen attacks in the country, the federal government has said it would soon begin registration of all foreigners in their local government areas of residence. It said the move would enhance its database of all aliens in the country and make for their easier tracking …

There are strong indications that the Defence authorities will withdraw some war-tested soldiers from the North-East and deploy them in the Niger Delta as part of efforts to curb the attacks on oil installations in the region. It was gathered on Sunday that the troops would form part of the newly formed Operation Delta Safe, which was formed to replace …

The All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government is not focused on probing members of the party, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Babachir Lawal, has said. SGF Engr Babachir David Lawal The SGF, in an interview, weekend, affirmed that the government would, in the light of declining revenue, reprioritise the 2016 budget with emphasis on the …

The new acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, was said to have on Friday last week, allegedly written to the presidency to retire 30 senior officers. The officers who are of the rank of Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of police, were said to have been penned down for immediate retirement. The reason for his move might not be far …