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Inmates in one of Brazil's roughest prisons used explosives to destroy a wall and escape en masse into surrounding streets, prompting a frantic manhunt.

Turkey detained 23 suspected Islamic State, IS, militants trying to enter Turkey through Syria, according to the Turkish General Staff's in statement  on Sunday.

(Nigeria) The management team of Thai-African Corporation Limited, a leading rice producer in Thailand has arrived Calabar, Cross River State Capital for the commencement of the development of a Rice City.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Navy says it has uncovered an illegal oil bunkering site at the government-owned Ship Builders Yard facility in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Nigerians resident in Gauteng Province of South Africa have protested against the alleged extra-judicial killing of a 34- year-old man, Timothy Chinedu, by the police.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday called on the Islamic countries to counter sectarianism and ethnicism and confront the Islamic State, IS, militant group.

Low-intensity fighting continues along the whole front line in Donetsk direction, except near the Svitlodarsk arc, while in Luhansk direction, the situation remains calm, according to Presidential Administration's Press Secretary on Anti-Terrorist Operation, ATO, issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk.

The Syrian Army pushed back terrorists further in the strategic city of Sheikh Meskeen, North of Daraa province, and came in control of more districts.

(Nigeria) Niger Delta Security Watch Organisation of Nigeria, NDSWON and Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, have warned that the understanding of many Ijaws was that the Federal Government was persecuting the former General Officer Commanding, GOC, of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Government Ekpemupolo, (Tompolo) and therefore, they would not surrender him.  

Leader of the self declared Donetsk People's Republic, DPR, Oleksandr Zakharchenko says that in accordance with the Minsk agreements, the elections in Donbas should be held without the participation of Ukrainian parties, according to a posting on a militant website.

Kiev troops opened fire on the outskirts of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, overnight to Sunday, a source in law enforcement agencies of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic has said.

A spokesman for Iran's judiciary says that around 100 suspects were arrested, with some later released, following an attack on Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran.

No fewer than 63 people, including nine children, have died in air strikes believed to be carried out by Russian warplanes on a town in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.

(Nigeria) The Iviukhua community in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State has thrown its weight behind Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s decision to support a successor who will continue with the ongoing development in the state.

(Nigeria) The story of the Ogoni is not new. A well known and established case of state repression against civil rights. 

(Nigeria) Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Monday Igbuya has denied online media reports of the remittance of N325million to the House by some local governments in the state under the aegis of  Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON. He meanwhile, asked journalists  to always project the image of the State in its true perspective to counter the negative picture being presented by some individuals. Igbuya who spoke while receiving the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Award of Excellence, in Legislative Competence and Exceptional Leadership in Asaba, Delta State, expressed disappointment at the actions of some journalists in the state. “Those with sinister motives rush to online media to air their frivolous and malicious publication because it provides cover for litigation. The online media should on their part check the veracity of news item before publishing. They need to be mindful that true journalism is not a tool for witch hunting” he said. He said he wa

(Nigeria) Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom  Wike has said that his administration will develop quality education infrastructure across the state with the aim of instituting a world class education system.  Addressing journalists  on Saturday in Port Harcourt  after his project  inspection  of road and school  projects, Governor Wike said that  his administration  will develop a boarding system for the secondary school education  sub-sector in the state to enhance learning .  He said  at present  the state government  is working  on  the infrastructure  for the boarding  schools, noting that the Government Girls Secondary School, Rumuokwuta will serve as a pilot project.  He said : "Our people deserve the best. Therefore, we will give them the best education.  We are developing  a boarding  school system that will produce  students who can compete globally.  "I am happy  that the basic road infrastructure and fencing of this school  have progressed well.  We shall  in t

(Nigeria) The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged On-Air Personalities, OAPs, to support the Federal Government in prosecuting the war against corruption, using their various platforms. The Ministerin Lagos on Saturday when he met with OAPs from radio and television stations, in continuation of his ongoing consultation with key stakeholders in the information and Culture sector, said ''President Buhari is leading the war against corruption right from the front, and we implore all Nigerians to support him. We appeal to you to leverage on your important platforms to support this war by ensuring that Nigerians are well informed about the evils of corruption,'' he said, adding: ''This is not Buhari's war. This is not APC's war. This is Nigeria's war and failure is not an option.'' Explaining why Nigeria must fight corruption to a standstill, Alhaji Mohammed said it deprives the people the opportunity of reaping t

(Nigeria) The Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Hassan Umoru has said that Nigerian troops have killed 63 Boko Haram terrorists and intercepted suicide bombers within the week. Umoru, who made the disclosure today at a media briefing in Maiduguri, Borno State, said that the troops had also recovered many AK47 rifles, ammunition, Anti-Aircraft Gun, RPG, GMPG, IEDs, vehicles and motorcycles among other items from the terorists. Represented by his Deputy Commander, Major General Lucky Irabor, General Umaru said “Our troops conducted a fighting patrol at Afe, Kudiye, Souma, Dikwa Mijigeta, Mida villages of Borno state. During the operation our troops come in contact with Boko Haram terrorist at Kudiye and Mijigete were 370 hostages were rescued and brought to IDP camp in Dikwa and three rifles and 41 motorcycles were destroyed.” The troops also cleared some Boko Haram hideouts in Wala, Tirkopytir and Durubajuwe in Gwoza local government area, where they recovered

(Nigeria) The Minister of information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that the Federal Government will not regulate Online Publications in the country, saying the publishers are responsible enough to regulate themselves. The Minister gave the assurance on Friday when he met with Online Publishers in Lagos, in continuation of his ongoing consultation with key stakeholders in the Information and Culture sector. He however, told the publishers to ensure that they maintain their credibility, saying: ''If the online publications suffer credibility problems, they stand the risk of losing the confidence of their readers and the advertisers who provide the lifeblood for the publications' survival''. Mohammed said while the number of online publications is bound to grow in the days ahead, only the credible ones will continue to enjoy patronage, either from the readers or from the advertisers. He said it was in the interest of government that Online Publicat

(Nigeria) Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd) has challenged the audacity of the Federal Government to put him on trial on the alleged mismanagement of fund meant for purchase of arms. He told an Abuja High Court on Friday that government has no moral and legal rights now to prosecute him having been in contempt of three high courts that admitted him on bail but which were not obeyed. When the matter came up on Friday, defense counsel,  Mr Joseph Daudu, SAN, brought an "unless application" challenging the disobedience of the Federal Government to the earlier bail granted Dasuki. Daudu submitted that the Federal Government cannot go ahead with the trial, having disobeyed an order of court which granted bail to the accused person. He added that a party who disobeyed the order of the court cannot come back to the same court with a request or indulgence. In the application, Dasuki is praying for an order of court prohibiting the Federal Government from

(Nigeria) Cross River governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has said that he remains a member of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, who simply has a good working relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari for the good of the people of his state.

Evidence has emerged that the Minister of Transportation and Aviation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi lied concerning the Nigerian Maritime University.

His Royal Majesty, Obi Akaeze  Ofulue III, the king of Ubulu-Uku kingdom in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State,  kidnapped two weeks ago by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Obior/ Igbodo Road along with his driver, has been reportedly killed ‎by his abductors.

A second case of the Ebola virus was reported in Sierra Leone on Thursday, barely a week after the World Health Organisation, WHO, declared that the outbreak had ended in West Africa. 

United States accusations of indiscriminate airstrikes of Russian Aerospace Defense Forces in Syria are ridiculous, Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

The Russian Foreign Ministry noted the lack of full-scale cooperation on the ongoing international investigation of the MH17 crash in east Ukraine in 2014, Foreign Ministry’s official spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

(Nigeria) A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees member and former governor of old Bendel State, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia has dumped the PDP.

Ukraine’s prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation against Coca-Cola and PepsiCo after their representative offices in Russia published a map depicting Crimea as part of Russia, Ukrainian MP Georgy Logvinsky said on Thursday.

The European Parliament, EP, has called European Union member states to avoid building new gas pipelines from Russia that bypass Ukraine, such as Nord Stream 2, and exploit fully the transit potential of Ukraine, according to an EU resolution passed on January 21.

(Nigeria) The Force Management Team has taken a step towards the restoration of civil authority in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe state, some of the liberated areas in the North East as it deployed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Department of Operations, DIG Sotonye Wakama, to move with a team of intelligence officers to the area for need assessment and other scooping activities.

(Nigeria) Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has described the death of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana as a great loss to the people of Ibadan, Oyo State and the nation, saying he was a father to all.

No fewer than 150 Takfiri terrorists laid down arms and turned themselves in to the Syrian army in Damascus province, officials announced on Thursday.

Libyan officials say Islamic State militants have attacked one of the country's major oil terminals, setting storage tanks on fire at the coastal Ras Lanuf facility.

The Syrian government has dispatched an official message to the UN secretary-general and Security Council president an official message containing evidence of Turkey’s crude violations of its sovereignty, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

Israel confirmed on Thursday it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to Jordan, a move likely to exacerbate tensions with Western allies and already drawing international condemnation. 

(Nigeria) The World Bank and the European Union have scored Edo State Government high on project execution, employment generation and financial management saying the state has justified the grant it got for critical projects.

(Nigeria) Justice Husseini Baba Ahmed of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court on Thursday, compelled the federal government to produce the embattled former National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), in court to answer criminal charges brought against him.

Islamic State militants launched a fresh offensive Monday, taking advantage of a sandstorm that sharply reduced visibility in eastern Syria and capturing new areas from government forces near the city of Deir el-Zour, opposition activists said.

Ukrainian Energy and Coal Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn says that Ukraine may start mulling purchases of natural gas from Russia not earlier than at the end of February.

The Ukrainian side has turned down yet another prisoner exchange proposal of the self-proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics in eastern Ukraine, Vladislav Deinego, LPR’s representative in the Contact Group, told LuganskInformCentre after Wednesday’s meeting of the Contact Group for the Ukraine settlement.

Talks on finding a diplomatic solution to stem the conflict in eastern Ukraine are continuing in Minsk today, January 20, within the framework of a Trilateral Liaison Group, according to Ukraine Today.

No fewer than five people were killed and 23 others were injured in an explosion near Russia’s embassy in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, the Pajhwok news agency reported on Wednesday citing official spokesman of Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry Sedik Sediki.

Sources in the Northern city of Aleppo, Syria confirmed that one of the most notorious commanders of Ahrar al-Sham terrorist group was killed by unknown assailants in the Northern part of Aleppo province near the border with Turkey on Wednesday.

Lionel Messi's tax fraud trial has been set for May 31-June 3, conflicting with the start of the centennial Copa America in the United States.

The Syrian Army said that its forces have pushed the Islamic State terrorists back from more territories in Deir Ezzur province, and captured a strategic bridge and some heights.

A soldier stands guard at the entrance to a dormitory where a militant attack took place, in Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan Armed militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens a little more than a year after the massacre of 134 students at a school in the area, officials said.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned till February 25, 2016 for hearing of the suit by a lawyer, Kabir Akingbolu, challenging the decision of the Federal Ministry of Works and the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, to stop the Lagos State Government from completing the construction of Alausa overhead bridge forming part of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

(Nigeria) Edo State governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole said there was nothing wrong handcuffing Mr. Olisah Metuh, the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to answer to charges of corruption levelled against him in relation to the $2.1bn arms fund.

The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of rubble, yet another victim of the Islamic State group's relentless destruction of ancient cultural sites.