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In response to desperate calls by Nigerians to address the increasing attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen against settlers and farmers in parts of the country, the military is set to launch Operation Accord aimed at checking their activities. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin, disclosed this on Friday while receiving the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has flown in to Istanbul, after an army group said it took over the country. He was seen surrounded by cheering supporters, and said the coup attempt was an “act of treason” and the army must be cleansed in a live TV speech. Forty-two people died during overnight clashes in the capital, Ankara, most of …

As dawn broke in Istanbul on Saturday, Turkey’s largest city, it was still unclear whether an attempt by the military to wrest control from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been successful. A defiant Erdogan addressed crowds in the city, telling them that the coup had been quashed. “The government is in control,” he told supporters. Overnight, opposition soldiers had attempted …

An attack in Nice, France, where a man rammed a truck into a crowd of people left 84 dead and another 18 in a “critical condition”, interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said Friday. An unidentified gunman barrelled the truck two kilometres (1.3 miles) through a crowd that had been enjoying a fireworks display for France’s national day in the French …

Senator Dino Melaye, the lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial district, has clarified what transpired during the closed-door session of the Senate on Tuesday, which led to shouting match between him and Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Melaye, made this known during a press briefing. Read his statement below: It is my sincere pleasure to address you this morning. It wouldn’t have been …

The Department of State Services has arrested Alhaja Moroophat Onikoro, the wife of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, who has been in the United States since June, 2015. It was learnt that the suspect was arrested in front of her husband’s house located on Layi Ajayi-Bembe Street, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday. She was …

A bullion van driver has confessed to conveying the N1.219bn, which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alleged was delivered to the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, in the build-up to the June 2014 governorship election in the state, which Fayose won. Fayose is being investigated by the EFCC for allegedly receiving the N1.219bn through the Office of the …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has revealed why it is still holding in its custody, a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, and the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2014 election in the state,Iyiola Omisore. The anti-graft commission gave the reason in a counter-affidavit it filed before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendation of the Committee charged with investigating the Defence Equipment Procurement from 2007 to 2015, for further investigation of those involved, after the committee found a number of irregularities in the contract awards. The approval followed the Third Interim Report of the Presidential Committee on the Audit of Defence Equipment, which was released on …

The Senate, yesterday, rebuffed insinuations of a plot to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari, saying such suggestions were speculative. The Senate’s disavowal came as Senator Dino Melaye also denied the claim but confirmed the altercation between himself and Senator Remi Tinubu, which he claimed was sparked by her use of provocative words against him. Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic …