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At least 19 gunmen have been killed in a security raid by the Egyptian army in Sheikh Zuweid city of Egypt’s North Sinai governorate, a security source told Xinhualate on Sunday evening.“Four gunmen riding a vehicle in the south of Sheikh Zuweid exchanged fire with the security forces that managed to kill them, besides 15 other militants who were killed separately in different parts of the city,” the source explained.The raid was part of a massive security campaign waged by the Egyptian military in cooperation with the police against militant groups. Those militants have been prevailing in the peninsula since the ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi by the military last year following mass protests against his one-year rule and his currently-blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood group.On Saturday, a similar raid in the same city killed eight militants and destroyed 31 huts, 10 vehicles and 20 bikes belonging to them.Since Morsi’s removal, extremist groups have launched a series o...

The governor-elect of Ekiti, Mr. Ayo Fayose, on Sunday dedicated his victory to the people of the state.Fayose told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ado-Ekiti that his victory reflected the wishes of the people of the state.The governor-elect, who spoke through his Chief Press Officer, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, described the election that produced him as free, fair and credible.He promised to improve the living standard of the people by providing job opportunities and making education affordable.Also reacting, the Labour Party candidate, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, said, “I am not desperate to be governor.’’Bamidele, however, said that he remained a credible alternative for the position of governor in the state.Asked whether he regretted not collaborating with Fayose in prosecuting the election, Bamidele said he turned down the request because he still had theambition of becoming the governor of the state.The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Kayode Fayemi, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, however, told NAN ...

The alleged extension of violent attack by the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, to traditional institutions has sent fears into the spines of district heads in three states under the emergency rule.A security source said the district headsmay soon go into hiding following the killing of some of their colleagues in thelast three weeks by the terrorist group.It was learnt that the district heads tookthe decision to avoid being killed by the terrorists who appeared to have defiled all efforts by security agents to protect lives and property in the three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.The security source, who did not want his name mentioned, toldSaturday PUNCHon the telephone during the week that apprehension gripped them after the news of the abduction of the District Head of Gumsa, Alhaji Mai Khadi, in Gaidam Local Government Area of Yobe State, was broken earlier inthe week.It was learnt that no fewer than 20 suspected Boko Haram gunmen stormed Gumsa village on Monday afternoon a...

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja, on Wednesday declared as illegal the disruption of a protest led by a former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye, in Abuja on May 9, 2014. The protesters were demanding government’s action for the rescuing of the over 200 girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on April 14. Justice Abubakar Talba in his judgment ruled that the Police Order Act, Cap 382, Laws of Nigeria, 1990, “does authorise men of the Nigeria Police Force to disrupt rallies or possession on the issue of the abducted Chibok girls.” The judge also declared as illegal the act of the police disrupting the protest on the grounds that a prior police permit was not obtained. He agreed with the applicant (Melaye) that his arrest and the disruption of the protest caused him “unprecedented humiliation embarrassment” and amounted to a gross violation of his rights. The judge held that fail...

The Nigerian film industry never stops to spring surprises. The industry has been criticised severally for lacking creativity, especially with the kind of movie titles they come up with lately, unlike back in the days when they commanded respect. Recently, the country has been battling with insurgency, especially in the north, and it got to highpoint with the abduction of more than 250 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State. As expected, just like the Aluu 4 saga, a filmmaker has found a money angle to the incident simply termed as Chibok Girls. A movie production called ‘The Lost Student’ has been done and as you read this piece, its poster is already out as predicted by some Nigerian comedians. The film featured some actors.

Two days after his appointment as the new Emir of Kano, former CBN Governor,Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusiis yet to resume duties at the Emir’s palace, in accordance with tradition. Sanusiwho was said to have been sneaked into the Government house to prevent him from being arrested before he was named the new Emir is still very much at the government house. Guests such asAlhaji Aliko Dagote, Edo State Governor, Imo State Governor and few others who were supposed to pay homage to him at his palace have been forced to visit him at the government house since he is yet to resume office. Meanwhile normalcy has returned to the streets of Kano, as people now go about their daily activities.

The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly being in possession of a fresh human head. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Ngozi Braide, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos. She said that the man, name withheld, was arrested on Tuesday at Orile, Lagos by anti-robbery policemen, attached to the Orile Police Station. “The police team that arrested the suspect was led by one Insp. Bernard Oyinlade, while they were conducting a ‘stop and search’ operation near the white sand area of Orile. “The team stopped the man who was walking along the road with a polythene bag having suspected him and immediately called for a search. “He immediately took to his heels and was pursued. “He was arrested and during the searching of his bag, a suspected fresh human skull was found. “The suspect is undergoing interrogation. “He will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department, Panti, Ya...

According to a CNN report, Sepp Blatter faced a revolt from leading European football officials Tuesday over his intention to stand for re-election as FIFA president for a fifth four-year term from 2015. According to UEFA sources, Blatter, 78, told a meeting of the European football confederation in Sao Paulo that he would be seeking a further mandate. It reverses a pledge made in 2011 that he would not stand again and influential delegates at the meeting openly voiced their opposition to his U-turn. “The atmosphere was quite tense during and after Blatter’s short speech,” the sources told CNN. Blatter was directly challenged by Michael Van Praag, president of the Dutch FA, who told him that he should not continue after 2015 in his role. Praag, a member of UEFA’s executive committee, later relayed to gathered reporters outside the meeting what he had told Blatter. “I said to him, ‘I regard the comments you made yesterday about allegations in the British media in which you described the...

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped at least 20 young mothers near a town in northeast of Nigeria where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted nearly two months ago. News of the abduction came after gunmen from the militant group slaughtered hundreds of villagers in the north-east of the country. There were conflicting reports of how many women were abducted from the nomadic settlement near Chibok in Borno state, with one local leader putting the number as high as 40. The latest kidnappings, which happened on Saturday in and around the village of Garkin Fulani, five miles from Chibok, were the latest in a spate in the area. 'Available information revealed that the gunmen came around noon and abducted 20 women and three young men left to keep watch on the village,' said Alhaji Tar, of a local vigilante group. 'All the males in the settlement were away in the bush with their herd (of cattle) for grazing when the abductors came to the village.' There was no immediate ...

Three people were feared dead and scores of others injured in Kano when supporters of the first son of the late Emir of Kano and those of the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Lamido Sanusi clashed in the city on Monday. The clashes which were later brought under control by security operatives took place shortly before Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso presented Sanusi with a letter of appointment and staff of office as the Emir of Kano. Areas where the pro and anti-Sanusi protesters had a face-off at about 10.30am were the Emir Palace Road and Kofar Nassarawa. The youth made bornfires on the roads in Kofar Nassarawa and on both sides of the Emir Palace Road before heavily armed policemen arrived and dispersed them. Some minutes after, they regrouped and attacked one another. Police however reinforced and cordoned off the roads. The Public Relations Officer of the Police State Command, Magaji Musa-Majia, who said normalcy had been restored to the troubled areas, advised members of the pub...