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Muslims in Indonesia have offered to guard churches and prevent any attack during the Christmas service as countries around the World tighten security ahead of the celebration. This is coming as Christians around the World, especially in Islamic nations have heightened security alert following the threats of attacks and the bombing of a Methodist Church in Pakistan. Security and threats of attacks had reached a precarious state after US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The recognition was followed by several meetings of Islamic countries and groups while some of the groups have threatened to visit…

Angola has suffered a week of fuel shortages, a bitter irony for one of Africa’s leading oil producers, and a hardship that some people blame on opponents of President Joao Lourenco. The majority of petrol stations in the capital Luanda have had long lines of motorists for seven days now, all waiting for the chance to fill up their tanks. “We don’t have any more,” said Henriques Carvalho, a pump attendant in the Bairro Popular district. “They came here to refuel but demand has been so great that we sold our last few litres tonight. I’m waiting for the next…

Nigerians have taken to social media to express their displeasure and frustration at the lingering fuel scarcity that as engulfed the country for nearly two weeks. As expected, President Muhammadu Buhari who doubles as the Petroleum Minister is the target, as is inactivity towards the issue have caused untold hardship on citizens. Nigerians claim that they now purchase petrol for as high as N500 per litre against the regular price of N145 per litre. Long queues and black markets have resurfaced in most part of the country, with no end in sight. Taking to Twitter to express their frustration, some…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos zonal office, has arrested 13 suspected Internet fraudsters, better known as ‘Yahoo Boys’, for conspiracy, possession of fraudulent documents and obtaining money under false pretence. The suspects are- Badejo Tobi; Abiola Dimeji; Anthony Godwin; Osoba Adeboye; Adelekan Abiodun and Awokoya Oriyomi Yusuf. Others are:Oyatayo Ismail; Coffie Meschark; Sylvester Amaddin; Olawale Farouk; Adeniran Tolani; Taiwo Michael and Oyekanmi Ayodeji. They were arrested on Saturday, December 16, 2017 in some parts of Lagos and Ogun States, following intelligence report received by the Commission about their activities. The suspects allegedly confessed to be involved in…

Mr Mohammed Saidu, Head Public Affairs Unit of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says petroleum marketers diverted 129,000 liters of petrol from Abuja on Friday. Saidu, who revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after monitoring the stations, added that some of the erring filling stations had been given a total fine of more than N30.5 million. According to him, more intelligence units are liaising with the public to get information for on-the-spot checks since the scarcity began. Saidu said the products were diverted without the knowledge of security agents, who have no mechanism to check amount…

Nigeria may have Africa’s biggest economy, but four out of every ten people in the country’s workforce were unemployed or underemployed by the end of September, the government statistics office said on Friday. The regional power climbed out of its first recession in a quarter of a century in the second quarter, but economic growth remains sluggish. That has lead to a drought of work opportunities, contributing to a cycle of poverty that drives Nigeria’s yawning wealth inequality as well as social unrest. “A return to economic growth provides an impetus to employment,” Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said…

A former marine has been arrested by the FBI on suspicion of planning a terror attack in San Francisco over Christmas. Everitt Aaron Jameson, 25, was held after allegedly discussing the plot with undercover FBI agents. Criminal documents allege he planned to target the Pier 39 area, popular with tourists in the city. Authorities say firearms, a will and a letter claiming the attack were found during a search of his home. The FBI criminal complaint says that Mr Jameson’s letter made reference to Donald Trump’s decision to designate Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. They say Mr Jameson came…

Sevilla have sacked head coach Eduardo Berizzo a week after he returned from cancer surgery. The Argentine, 48, took charge of the 0-0 draw with Levante on 15 December following a successful prostate operation in November. Sevilla, who lost 3-1 at Real Sociedad on Wednesday, have taken only one point from their past three La Liga games and are fifth in the table, 13 points behind leaders Barcelona. Berizzo joined from Celta Vigo in May. His condition was made public after Sevilla came from three goals down to draw 3-3 with Liverpool in the Champions League group stage on 21…

Arsenal scored three goals in five minutes but Liverpool came back to claim a point in a pulsating 3-3 draw at the Emirates on Friday Night Football. The three points looked to be heading Liverpool’s way with 52 minutes gone when Mohamed Salah doubled their lead – following Philippe Coutinho’s opener – but Arsenal scored three goals in five crazy minutes during a spell where Liverpool’s defence crumbled in spectacular fashion. Strikes from Alexis Sanchez (53), Granit Xhaka (56) and Mesut Ozil (58) in that frenetic period swung the game in their favour but Roberto Firmino (71) salvaged a point…

Donald Trump has signed a $1.5tn (£1.1tn) tax cut programme into law. Although this is the first major overhaul of US tax laws in 21 years, it is far from the “largest tax cut in American history” – a claim repeatedly made by the President in recent days. It was initially thought that Mr Trump was wait until the new year before signing the package into law, but instead, he decided to make it one of his final items of business before jetting off to his Florida estate for Christmas. In the Oval Office, he said: “I was going to…