Author: Michael Right

Two policemen were killed on Tuesday in northwest Pakistan when gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on officers guarding a group of polio workers. According to local police official Mohammad Imran, none of the polio workers were hurt. The four polio workers, a police escort, and themselves were all on motorbikes. In the Afghan bordering province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the attackers fled the scene after the attack on the town of Gomal, but no one immediately claimed responsibility. On the second day of Pakistan’s most recent anti-polio campaign in the region, the attack occurred. Since April, Pakistan has reported 14 new…

At least six police officers were killed when a bus carrying members of the high-altitude border police of India went off a mountain road and crashed into a gorge in Kashmir on Tuesday. The injured were being transported to an army hospital in Srinagar, the capital of the Himalayan region, according to Kashmir police on Twitter. Srinagar is some 90 kilometers (55 miles) away from the accident scene in the Anantnag district. 35 individuals survived the collision, but several suffered serious injuries, a police officer told Reuters. Police arrest man, 59, for raping 18-month old baby Members of the Indo…

Late on Monday, Iran responded to the EU’s “final” draft language to preserve the 2015 nuclear agreement, according to a bloc official, and urged on the US to exercise flexibility to overcome the three outstanding issues. It took 16 months of indirect negotiations between the US and Iran, with the EU serving as the mediator. On August 8, a senior EU official stated that the organization had presented a “final” offer and anticipated hearing back in “very, very few weeks.” On the basis of the EU’s suggestions, the US has stated that it is prepared to rapidly reach an agreement…

With another US congressional delegation visiting the autonomous island, China is ratcheting up the pressure on Taiwan. A day after a US congressional delegation arrived in Taipei, China’s military claimed to have undertaken combat alert patrols and military exercises in the oceans and airspace surrounding Taiwan on Monday, according to CNN. Less than two weeks after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-governing island infuriated China and sparked extensive military drills in the Taiwan Strait, a new group of US lawmakers is in Taiwan. 30 Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) jets and five boats were reportedly spotted near…

At the Investors and Exporters window on Monday, the naira lost value when compared to the dollar, trading for N430. In comparison to the N429.62 it exchanged for a dollar just before the close of business on August 12, the amount reflected a decline of 0.09 percent. On Monday, the open indicative rate reached N429.70 to the dollar. Before it closed at N430, the exchange rate for the day’s trade reached a high of N444 to the dollar. In the course of the day’s trade, the naira dropped as low as N417 to the dollar. At the official investors and…

The Northern region has the highest percentage of financially excluded women, and 15 percent of adult Nigerian women belong to collectives and use collective social capital to meet their financial and non-financial needs, according to the most recent Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFINA) report. According to the research on “Women Economic Empowerment,” which was based on the 2020 Access to Finance evaluation, women confront considerable barriers to the market because of a lack of financial resources, sociocultural issues, a lack of critical business skills, and ingrained gender conventions. Man robs 6 women of phones, other valuables on Lagos Blind…

Nigeria’s inflation rate surged to 19.64 percent in July 2022, the highest level seen in the previous 17 years. The sharp increase was fuelled by the soaring cost of food due to an increase in transportation costs and supply chain interruptions brought on by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. According to data made public by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday, the headline inflation rate for July increased by 1.817 percent from the previous month of June 2022, when it increased by 18.62 percent. On a year-over-year basis, headline inflation for July 2022 was 19.64 percent; this…

Yakubu Lawal, the commissioner for information and culture for the state of Nasarawa, has been taken hostage by unidentified gunmen. He was abducted while leaving his home in Nasarawa Eggon. Nansel Rahman, the state’s police public relations officer, confirmed the incident to press on Tuesday morning. He claimed that as a result, the police officers assigned to Nasarawa Eggon Division sped to the scene while CP Adesina Soyemi, the police commissioner, immediately backed up the men with a combined detachment of the Police Mobile Force, the Anti Kidnapping unit, Military personnel, Vigilante, and local hunters. APC suspends Nasarawa State Assembly…

President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates William Ruto, the winner of Kenya’s general elections on August 9, 2022, on his victory. The Kenyan people’s peaceful and transparent election results are another example of how the democratic process, values, and principles continue to be the best means for people to choose their leaders and hold them responsible. The President commends the Kenyan people for these qualities. Based on a long history of friendship, economic and trade ties, and successful collaboration through international organizations like the African Union, the United Nations, and the Commonwealth, President Buhari claims that Nigeria values Kenya as a strategic…

A$AP Rocky has been charged with two counts of assault with a firearm in Los Angeles, the authorities have said. The US rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, allegedly pointed a handgun at a victim in November last year. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office filed two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm against the New Yorker on Monday, alleging that he had personally used a pistol in the alleged incidents. Rihanna to launch Fenty Beauty products in Africa The district attorney’s office claimed that during a second altercation, he also allegedly fired the firearm in the…