Breaking: Mother and Child Among Victims Killed in Chibok After Vehicle Triggers Boko Haram Bomb

A yet-to-be confirmed number of persons including a mother and her child have been killed after a vehicle ran into an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, also known as Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Many others sustained various degrees of injury while the vehicle conveying the…

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U.S. Authorities Auction Luxury Watch and Necklace Seized from Imprisoned Nigerian Official

Authorities in the United States have auctioned a luxury wristwatch and a necklace seized from Abidemi Rufai, a former Ogun State official who served a jail term in the United States of America.   The United States District Court for Western Tacoma in Washington jailed Abidemi Rufai on 26 September 2022 for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.  …

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Trump Administration Dismisses High-Ranking Coast Guard Official

A senior official with the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that President Donald Trump’s acting secretary of Homeland Security, Benjamine Huffman, fired the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard shortly after the start of Trump’s second administration. In a message sent to the U.S. Coast Guard workforce on Monday, Huffman announced that 61-year-old Adm. Linda…

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