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suicide bomb kill more than 30 Syrian

Islamic jihadist group on Monday claimed liabilities for the suicide bombing that killed more than 30 Syrian rebel fighters in a blast near the Turkish border. IS, in a statement published on Twitter and the messaging service Telegram, said a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt among rebels “getting ready to fight the Islamic State”. The blast on Sunday night struck the Atme border crossing between Turkey and the northern Syrian province of Idlib, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Monitoring group said the anti-regime fighters were travelling by bus to Turkey then back into Syria towards the rebel bastion of Azaz, in Aleppo province. The attack killed 32 rebels as they were entering Turkey, the Britain-based Observatory said, updating an earlier toll on Sunday evening of 15. Its head Rami Abdel Rahman said the toll could rise further as other fighters remained critically wounded. IS’s statement said the attack left “nearly 50” rebels dead, charging t...

federal court append PDP National Convention

Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday stopped the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party from going ahead with its plan to conduct the national convention of the party slated for Thursday. Justice Okon Abang ruled during the proceedings that lasted eight hours, that the interim order would subsist till the motion filed by the Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction seeking an interlocutory injunction against the convention is heard and determined. The judge fix Tuesday for the hearing of the Sherif faction’s motion for interlocutory injunction. Judge made the order after joining Makarfi and six other members of his caretaker committee as parties to the substantive suit which was filed last month by the Sheriff and members of his faction. The judge had on July 28 heard Markafi-led faction’s application to join the suit as a defendant and fixed Monday for ruling. The judge overruled Sheriff’s faction’s opposition to the application and ordered that Markafi and the rest of the ap...

Bill Gate Donate $1million to Borno Victims

Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima on Sunday mark the distribution of food items and farm outreach 40,000 victims of the Boko Haram insurgency through the help of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which donated one million dollars to Borno State as a post conflict intervention that is meant to support victims who are returning to their communities. Governor Shettima launched at the support with the distribution of 25 kilogram bag of rice and 10 kilogram bag of beans to each of 1,100 households at Mainok village in Kaga local government area, 45 kilometers away from Maiduguri. The Governor announced that the officials of the State Government working with the Gates Foundation used the $1m to procure the food items and commenced funding of 100 hectares of farm where beans is being cultivated. He analyze that 200 farm-families will be allocated tilled and fertile land measuring half hectare each along with improved seeds, fertilizer, chemicals and technical supervision so that ...