Author: Opalim Lifted

Local prosecutor Lamine Kabore said on Sunday, citing data from police in the town of Ouahigouya, that some 60 civilians were slain on Friday in northern Burkina Faso by individuals donning military uniforms. He said that following the assault on the hamlet of Karma in Yatenga province, which is located in the border region close to Mali and is controlled by Islamist organisations with ties to al Qaeda and the Islamic State and has been the scene of several attacks for years, an inquiry had been opened. Nothing further about the assault was disclosed in the statement. According to Human…

At his Timeless concert in Lagos on Sunday, popular musician David Adeleke, nicknamed Davido, was attacked by an unidentified man while on stage. The record-breaking fourth studio album, “Timeless,” by Omo Baba Olowo, was celebrated with a homecoming event in Tafawa Belewa Square. A rowdy concertgoer who had pushed his way through the massive throng to the stage midway through the performance attacked the singer. In a video making the rounds on social media, the attacker could be seen pointing at the singer, who appeared ready to defend himself. Fortunately, the security acted swiftly and bundled the attacker off-stage. Why…

Vin Diesel, a well-known Hollywood actor born Mark Sinclair, recently shared his current fave song. The American actor recently revealed in an interview that his current fave song is “Calm Down” by Nigerian afrobeats star Rema. Vin Diesel claimed that his daughter, who is 8 years old, persuaded him to like the song. The Fast & Furious star said, “I have to say this, my daughter, Pauline, who is 8 years old, runs around the house going ‘Calm down, calm down, calm down!’” Last week, the remix of Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ featuring American superstar, Selena Gomez peaked at Number 6…

26 players have been selected by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to represent the nation at the 2023 Africa Under-17 Cup of Nations in Algeria. The list was made public on Sunday in Abuja. According to the media, 16 of the players on the list are from different football academies around the nation, while the remaining 10 are from amateur teams. The five-time world champion Nigerian team, the Golden Eaglets, will travel to Constantine, Algeria, on Sunday evening to begin their preparations for the match. According to media sources, the squad had been planning to finish off their preparations in…

On Sunday, a bus crash and subsequent on-fire along the Lagos-Ibadan Motorway resulted in the death of seven people, including two children. There were reports of at least 14 other people being hurt in the collision that happened at the OPIC axis of the highway. The collision in Abeokuta, the state capital, was confirmed by Florence Okpe, spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Command. On Sunday, around 10.45 a.m., a Mazda bus with the license plate BDG993YG was involved in a single collision, according to Okpe. She explained that 22 persons, comprising seven male adults, eight female…

After suspected gunmen attacked citizens in two different Plateau State communities on Monday, at least six deaths were verified. According to information obtained, gunmen on the run killed two people in Wereng village, Kuru community, Jos South Local Government Area, and four people in Heipang community, Barkin Ladi LGA of the state. Further information revealed that the two distinct occurrences happened on Sunday night. Two people were killed in the Jos South community on Monday, according to Captain Oya James, a spokesman for the military task force responsible for upholding peace in the state. James said, ” For the issue…

Nigerians stuck in Sudan have been offered a free flight home by Air Peace, the country’s biggest local airline. The ongoing revolt in the nation of North-East Africa serves as a background to this. The airline said that students from Nigeria and others stuck in the war-torn country need our assistance. In 2019, amid the height of the xenophobic onslaught against Africans residing in South Africa, the airline sent planes to remove Nigerians there. a situation that put Nigerians’ lives at danger. Although Sudan’s airspace is off-limits to civil aviation, Air Peace Chairman Allen Onyema said that Nigerians may be…

The Federal Government of Nigeria is preparing to transfer some 5,500 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan via the Egyptian town of Luxor. The Federal Government reportedly wants Egypt’s assistance to transport the trapped Nigerians to Luxor. The Federal Government is holding meetings with government officials in Egypt to discuss how to evacuate Nigerians from Sudan via Egypt, according to Dr. Onimode Bandele, Director of Special Duties at the National Emergency Management Agency and Chairman of NEMA’s Committee for the Evacuation of the Stranded Nigerians from Sudan. Geoffrey Onyeama, the minister of foreign affairs, stated in an interview on Sunday that…

Thousands of migrants, imprisoned for months in southern Mexico, launched a new caravan in protest on Sunday to march for the capital to speed up their claims for US asylum. The majority of the migrants, who are from Venezuela, began their march north early in Tapachula, a city next to Guatemala whose jail facilities are already overflowing with them. Some said they thought it would take them about 10 days to get to Mexico City. Each year, thousands of migrants cross several states on foot to reach Mexico in search of safety as they flee the violence and poverty in…

In order to compete in the 2023 Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Algeria, Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets will leave the nation on Sunday, according to a government official. The team’s media officer, Francis Achi, informed the press reporters in Abuja that they would be departing with the hope of achieving a FIFA World Cup qualifying. Achi said that a total of 26 players will be travelling on Sunday with the team’s coaching staff in preparation for their debut match against Zambia on April 30. We have been in camp for a while, and throughout the several friendlies the squad…