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Alarm As Kenyan IGP Declares 2,000 Kenyan Police Officers ‘Mentally Unfit’ To Serve
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Alarm As Kenyan IGP Declares 2,000 Kenyan Police Officers ‘Mentally Unfit’ To Serve

The Kenyan Inspector-General of Police, Hillary Mutyambai has said that 2,000 police officers are mentally unfit to serve in the police service. The IGP made this revelation on Tuesday during a meeting with bishops and senior clergy of the Anglican Church in Nairobi. According to him, the findings were established after medical examinations were conducted on police officers. “We have subjected all the officers to medical examination, and to our surprise, we got a big number. We isolated almost 2,000 police officers who are unfit to do their law enforcement work,” said Mutyambai in a video by local TV station NTV. The police IG however says a process to manage some of the mentally unstable officers, has started. Read Also: Police Bans Officers From Conducting Road Chec...
Ethiopians Storm Russian Embassy To Enlist For War
Economy, Ethiopia, News, Security, Violence, Youths

Ethiopians Storm Russian Embassy To Enlist For War

Dozens of young Ethiopians continue to gather at the Russian embassy in the capital, Addis Ababa, on Tuesday following rumours of soldiers being recruited to fight in the war in Ukraine. But the embassy’s spokeswoman, Maria Chernukhina, said no recruitment was being carried out in Ethiopia. She said the crowd was showing solidarity with Russia. "We have a lot of visitors to the embassy in order to express support for Russia," she told the BBC. "Some of them are telling us they are willing to help in any way they can. But we are not a recruitment agency," Ms Chernukhina added. Read Also: Drunk Soldiers Kill 15 in DR Congo Many of the Ethiopians at the embassy were seen carrying their personal documents. A young man waiting at the entrance told the BBC that he's loo...
Drunk Soldiers Kill 15 in DR Congo
Armed Forces, Congo, News, Security, Violence

Drunk Soldiers Kill 15 in DR Congo

Two soldiers have shot dead 15 people in separate attacks in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the victims were almost all civilians. This comes after six people were wounded when soldiers threw a grenade into a crowd whilst trying to carry out an arrest. An official in South Kivu province said a drunk soldier on a boat on Lake Tanganyika killed eight passengers including children before he was arrested. Read also: Seven Die as Train Derails in DR Congo On Sunday another soldier shot dead a colonel, his bodyguard and five civilians in Ituri province. The killer, also said to have been drunk, was shot dead by a colleague as he fled. For more than two decades people across eastern DR Congo have endured frequent attacks by dozens of armed groups. President F...
We Will Not Comment On Uzodinma’s New Position On Us ― IPOB
Biafra, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Security

We Will Not Comment On Uzodinma’s New Position On Us ― IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, said that they will not respond to the Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State U-turn that it’s absolving them from the killings going on in Imo state. Governor Uzodinma had consistently blamed 8 pro- Biafra group of being behind the killings, mayhem and destructions in the state. But on Sunday, the Governor made a U-turn when he said that the killings were being done by politicians. According to him, the target has been his party, APC.Literally blaming the main opposition party, PDP, the governor said he had not heard or seen where a PDP member was killed or houses belonging to PDP members burnt or destroyed. He therefore warned the perpetrators and their sponsors to use the period of Easter to have a change of heart of face the music th...
12 Soldiers Killed as Jihadists Attack a Military Base in Burkina Faso
Armed Forces, Burkina Faso, News, Religion, Security, Terrorism, Violence

12 Soldiers Killed as Jihadists Attack a Military Base in Burkina Faso

Suspected jihadists have attacked a military base in Burkina Faso, killing at least 12 soldiers and four volunteers in the process. The military on Friday said 21 troops were also injured in the attack on the Namissiguima military detachment in the north. The assailants are reported to have first attacked the camp with shells. Then shooting followed. The military added that reinforcements have been deployed to secure the area. The attack comes at a time when the armed forces have launched an operation to "de-pollute" localities in the region. Islamist militants started carrying out raids in Burkina Faso from bases in neighbouring Mali in 2015. Since then 1.8 million people have been displaced by the violence. A military government seized power in January and ousted P...
Zimbabwean Killed as Protest Rocks South Africa
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Zimbabwean Killed as Protest Rocks South Africa

A Zimbabwean man has been killed as irate protesters took to the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa to clamour for an end to violence and crime. This was contained in a statement issued by South African police on Thursday. According to the public channel SABC and another media, the victim is a Zimbabwean immigrant. The murder comes amid growing popular anger over high crime rates, sometimes directed at immigrants accused of fuelling them. Protests began Wednesday in the township of Diepsloot, after it was announced that seven people had been killed there last weekend. Protesters in South Africa Residents angry at the police for allegedly refusing to attend to one crime scene marched through the streets with chants and placards, burning tires and camping outside the local...
Insecurity: El-Rufai’s invitation of mercenaries, an ominous sign—Afenifere
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Insecurity: El-Rufai’s invitation of mercenaries, an ominous sign—Afenifere

Afenifere The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, described the threat by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State to invite foreign mercenaries to fight local terrorism as an ominous sign for the country. Afenifere, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Jare Ajayi, said el-Rufai’s remarks “calls for serious interrogation and action on the part of all those who should act.” El-Rufai had threatened to import foreign mercenaries, after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. The governor, who spoke in the Hausa language, had said: “I have complained to Mr. President and I swear to God, if action is not taken we, as governors, will take actions to protect the lives of our people. “If it...
Try Nnamdi Kanu Expeditiously Or Release Him, Soludo Tells FG
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Try Nnamdi Kanu Expeditiously Or Release Him, Soludo Tells FG

Chukwuma Soludo The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has given the assurance that he will lead his fellow governors in the Southeast to engage the federal government in dialogue to handle the security situation in the zone. Mr Soludo said that an expeditious release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), would cushion the insecurity impasse in the zone. Mr Soludo said this during a one-day Peacebuilding and Security Dialogue, held in Awka on Saturday. The event was held in response to the deteriorating security challenges in the region. He endorsed the communique of a joint body of traditional rulers and clergy to declare Monday, April 4, as a Day of Prayer at all churches and places of prayers for forgiveness and reconcilia...
Buhari Govt Approved Terrorists Who Bombed Kaduna-Abuja Train’ – Omokri Alleges
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Buhari Govt Approved Terrorists Who Bombed Kaduna-Abuja Train’ – Omokri Alleges

Kaduna Train Bombing The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has come under criticism over the bombing of a Kaduna-Abuja train by terrorists. Reno Omokri, a socio-political activist, alleged that the terrorists responsible for the bombing were government approved. To back up his claim, Omokri lamented the inability of the Nigerian Government to locate and arrest these bandits. The former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan wondered why the Nigerian Government that arrested a pro-Biafra agitator, Nnamdi Kanu has failed to arrest these terrorists. Read also: Names of 398 Passengers On Board Bombed Abuja-Kaduna Train [Full list] In a tweet, Omokri said if Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi can locate these bandits why can’t the Federal Government locate them. ...
They Hate God, They Loathe Humanity By Femi Adesina
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They Hate God, They Loathe Humanity By Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina Haters of God and humanity struck on Monday, bombing the Abuja-Kaduna train. They then proceeded to open fire on passengers of the immobilized coaches. It was premeditated murder from the very bottom of hell. See the toll of the carnage. Promising lives, cut short. Destinies terminated. Hopes and plans, ruptured. People who committed no sin, no crime, except that they lived in the same space with people who hate God, who loathe humanity, and who despise themselves. Hell awaits them, indeed, the hottest part of that nether region, “where their worms do not die, and the fire is never quenched.” May God rest the souls of the dead, console their loved ones, cause rescue to come for the kidnapped. And the evildoers? They have their comeuppance awaiting them. “Though hand...