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UK raises alarm over planned terrorist attacks in US

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The United Kingdom (UK) has raised an alarm warning its citizens against travelling to the United States of America, adding that terrorists are planning to attack the US. The UK in a travel advisory issued on Friday advised its citizens in the US to be vigilant and avoid public gatherings, noting that the terrorists might target places where foreigners gather or crowded areas as well as transportation channels. According to the travel advisory, the UK noted that it learnt that the US’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had also warned Americans in New Jersey that terrorists were planning to attack synagogues in the state. The FBI noted that it received credible information about a “broad” threat to synagogues in New Jersey urging them to “take all security precautions to protect your community and facility.” Warning its citizens on Friday, the UK said, “Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in the USA. Attacks could be indiscriminate, including in place...
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Nancy Pelosi's husband attacked

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Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was "violently assaulted" after a break-in at the couple's San Francisco home early on Friday. The Democratic Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, who is second in line to the presidency, was not at home at the time of the early morning assault. Her office in a statement said the assailant has been arrested and is in custody, Reuters reports. The circumstances of the attack were unclear, including how the intruder got into the home. "The assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation," the statement said. "Mr. Pelosi was taken to the hospital, where he is receiving excellent medical care and is expected to make a full recovery." A San Francisco Police Department spokesperson and a spokesperson for Nancy Pelosi did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The assault comes less than two weeks before the November 8 midterm elections, in ...
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U.S warns its citizens in South Africa over terror attacks

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The United States has warned its citizens about the possibility of terror attacks in South Africa. The US issued a security alert on Wednesday. In the alert posted on its website, the US Embassy in South Africa said Johannesburg stands a high risk of attack between October 29th and 30th, 2022. Johannesburg is the country’s biggest megacity and chief industrial and financial metropolis. It advised Americans in the city to avoid all non-essential travel or movement, stay alert, avoid crowds, and follow local news and the advice of security authorities. “The U.S. government has received information that terrorists may be planning to conduct an attack targeting large gatherings of people at an unspecified location in the greater Sandton area of Johannesburg, South Africa, on 29 October 2022,” the advisory read. “There is no further information regarding the timing, method, or target of the potential attack. The U.S. Embassy has advised staff to avoid crowds of people and other ...
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CBN to launch redesign N200, N500 and N1,000 notes

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced its plan to redesign some naira notes. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed this while addressing journalists on Wednesday, said the new design and issues will be effective from December 2022. He advised Nigerians to take old notes to banks for the new notes. According to Emefiele, the new notes include N200, N500 and N1000. The CBN under Emefiele had been lately accused of corruption, policy somersault and failure to address the most fundamental fiscal challenges of the country. On September 2022 reports have it that following the simultaneous increase in interest rates, the World Bank Group warned the CBN and other central banks around the world of the possibility of a worldwide economic recession. The CBN hiked the benchmark interest rate from 13.5 percent to 14 percent at its most recent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in July in Abuja. The apex bank in Nigeria earlier unexpectedly raised its monetary policy rate b...
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Armed Fulani militia arrested for chopping off a Farmer's hand in FCT

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A Fulani herdsman, Bagudu Usman has chopped off the hand of a farmer in Rimba village, Abaji Local Government Area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The victim was identified as Kefas Luka. The herdsman was said to have led his cattle to Luka’s farm leading to disagreement between the duo. Usman thereafter attacked the farmer and cut off his hand. A police signal obtained confirmed the incident, saying the suspect was in detention.  The signal read, “SITREP X causing grievous hurt; on the 24th October, 2022, at about 10.30am, one Pius Luka came to the Abaji Area Command Headquarters and reported that on the October 23, at about 15.20hours, Mr Kefas Leka of Rimgba Village in Abaji went to his farm to check his crops. On getting there, he saw cattle inside his farm. When he approached, he saw a Fulani man, one Bagudu Usman, and he was trying to take his photograph using his handset as evidence to prove his allegation before law enforcement agency when the Fulani ma...
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Pst. Suleman accused of denied visiting families of police officers killed

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The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman has been accused of not visiting the relatives of his police escorts who were killed on Friday in Edo State. SaharaReporters earlier reported how some gunmen on Friday attacked the convoy of Suleman, killing seven persons including three police escorts. The incident occurred on Warake Road, close to Auchi, Edo State. According to the sister of one of the policemen in an audio interview obtained by SaharaReporters on Sunday, Suleman has not paid a condolence visit to the family two days after the attack. "Even my aunty, our firstborn; they went there (to see him). They didn't even allow them to enter. He didn't even come out to see them. He didn't come out to see them.  "He (her brother) only has one son and his wife is a policewoman. They are in Edo state," the source said. "My elder sister and my brother, they went there (to see him). We are 12; my fathe...
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Buhari budgets N13.8bn for ex- Presidents as pensions in 2023

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Buhari Government Budgets N13.8billion To Pay Pensions To Ex-Presidents Obasanjo, Jonathan, Atiku, Others In 2023. Buhari Government Budgets N13.8billion To Pay Pensions To Ex-Presidents Obasanjo, Jonathan, Atiku, Others In 2023 An analysis of the proposal revealed that a total of N10.5bn would serve as “benefits of retired heads of service and permanent secretaries.” The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government has designated the sum of N13,805,814,220 in the 2023 appropriation bill for the payment of pensions to former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Heads of State, Chiefs of General Staff, retired heads of service, permanent secretaries, as well as retired heads of government agencies and parastatals in the 2023 fiscal year. In the list of beneficiaries are former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, as well as Vice-Presidents Atiku Abubakar and Namadi Sambo. Others are ex-military Head of States, General Yakubu Gowon and General Abdusalami Abubakar...
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