Blast kills seven in north Togo

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Police on Monday said they arrested two notorious cultists and recovered ammunition along Auchi-Ekperi road in Edo. This is contained in a statement by ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, made available to NAN in Benin. Iwegbu said operatives of the command attached to Fugar Divisional Police Headquarters were on routine Patrol/stop…

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An explosion in northern Togo has killed seven people, the military said on Sunday, without giving further details about the blast. The explosion happened in Tone prefecture near the border with Burkina Faso, where a Sahel jihadist insurgency is threatening to spill over into coastal West African nations. Togo last month declared a state of…

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Ukrainian rescuers were hoping Monday to find survivors under the rubble of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike which killed at least 15 people, as Moscow’s forces seek to consolidate their control over the Donbas region. The building was partially destroyed by the strike, AFP correspondents saw at the scene, where dozens…

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The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), says it will go on a solidarity strike in support of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and other unions. Mr Biobelemoye Josiah, MHWUN National President, issued the threat in a statement he jointly signed with Mr Auwalu Kiyawa, Acting Secretary General of the union,…

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A total of 15 bodies have been recovered from the 16-passenger boat that capsized on July 8 at Ojo area of Lagos State. General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, confirmed the new figure. Four bodies of the victims were recovered on Saturday, while 11 others were recovered on Sunday. Emmanuel said Search…