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Daily Trust is reporting that protesters have stormed the Supreme Court of Nigeria and demanded that all judges arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) some weeks ago should step aside while their case is in court. The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions such as: “Stop corruption before it stops you,” “Don’t get it twisted, Judiciary is not on trial, only corrupt officials are,” among others.

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BREAKING: Gunmen storm Lagos school kidnap teachers

– Some unknown gunmen have reportedly attacked a high school in Lagos – The gunmen are said to have kidnapped students and officials of the school – Two of the students have regain their freedom

There is panic within the Lagos metropolis, following an attack on as secondary school, by some unknown gunmen. The gunmen who are yet to be identified, reportedly kidnapped students and teachers of the Government Model College, Igbonla, Epe, on Thursday, October 6. Following the ugly development, the House of Representatives has called on the security agencies in the country to intensify rescue efforts for high school students and teachers kidnapped.

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Breaking: Fayose begins payment of N5,000 to Ekiti residents

– Ekiti state government has announced the commencement of the implementation of its Social Welfare Scheme for the needy, aged and unemployed – 10,000 beneficiaries under the scheme, that are already shortlisted, would receive N5,000 each monthly – Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose said the programme was designed to reduce the financial challenges faced by the beneficiaries The Ekiti state government on Wednesday, October 5, announced the commencement of the implementation of its Social Welfare Scheme for the needy, aged and unemployed.

Ten thousand beneficiaries under the scheme who are already shortlisted, would receive N5,000 each monthly. Governor Ayo Fayose, who launched the scheme, said beneficiaries cut across various strata of the society, adding that the money was being paid directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. According to the governor, the programme was designed to reduce the financial challenges faced by the beneficiaries. He assured that in spite the current economic downturn, his administration would still find ways of helping the downtrodden to enable them live in some level of comfort. Ekiti state governor said the beneficiaries cut across the physically-challenged, albinos, visually-impaired, the aged, among others. No fewer than 6,000 beneficiaries had their accounts credited with the money on Wednesday, October 5, the kick-off date. He explained that by directly crediting accounts of beneficiaries, the state was eliminating fraud and ensuring that the real beneficiaries get the money. In another development, Fayose has commended the federal government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for aligning with his position on the need to reintroduce History in the school curriculum. Governor Fayose, had early September, directed that History be reintroduced in schools in Ekiti State, noting that; “Ekiti people must learn from past events to have a better future.”

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Suicide bomb attack in Hasaka kills 22, many injured

– A suicide bomb attack has left 22 people killed in Syria – The 22 were killed at a wedding party in Hasakeh, the northeastern province – A suicide bomber reportedly blew himself up inside a hall in Tall Tawil Reports have it that 22 people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion at a Kurdish wedding in the northeast Syrian city of Hasaka.

According to Al Jazeera, the Kurdish YPG, or People’s Protection Units, said it was unclear whether the blast was caused by a explosive device or a suicide bomber. But a statement by the ISIL-affiliated Amaq news agency said a suicide bomber had attacked a gathering of Kurdish YPG fighters on the edge of the city with machine guns and an explosive vest. Hasaka is mainly in the hands of the YPG after it evicted the Syrian army in August. In the same vein, ISIL has claimed responsibility for suicide attacks in the central Syrian city of Hama that killed three people and wounded 11 others earlier on Monday. Two suicide bombers wearing explosive-laden belts carried out the attacks near the ruling Baath party office and a police station, Amaq reported. Syria’s state news agency SANA reported earlier that a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in al-Assi Square in Hama city, and the other blast occurred 15 minutes later. Hama is Syria’s fourth-largest city and has seen relatively little fighting in recent years as the country’s conflict rages on. It is firmly under the control of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. Hama province is of strategic importance to Assad as it separates opposition forces in rebel-controlled Idlib from Damascus to the south and the government-controlled coast to the west. In 2013, a major push by rebel groups to capture Hama was repelled by government forces after reinforcements were sent to the area. Major demonstrations erupted in Hama in 2011 as the war broke out, but they were quickly suppressed. Assad’s father and predecessor Hafez al-Assad brutally put down a Muslim Brotherhood uprising in Hama in 1982, killing thousands of people. Meanwhile, about 15 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels were killed in clashes with ISIL fighters as they moved on the group’s strongholds in northern Syria, according to Turkish military officials. About 35 Syrian rebels were wounded in the fighting, which seeks to capture seven residential districts south of the town of al-Rai. According to a statement, “intense” clashes had taken place in the regions of Boztepe, Hardanah and Turkmen Bari and the casualties took place over the last 24 hours. The bombardment of Aleppo by the Syrian government and its allies also intensified on Monday. Government forces have taken territory to the north of the opposition-held enclave, and there’s been fierce fighting along the front line that cuts through the divided city. “It’s not clear if the rebels, who have been besieged for weeks, can hold their ground,” said Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Gaziantep, on the Turkish side of the border. “And it is not clear if the government will be able to win in what could be a long war involving street-to-street fighting.”

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