Leader of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno State has died from injuries he sustained from an explosion which was reportedly triggered by mines planted by Boko Haram insurgents. The incident which occurred at Maliya village, Mandaragarau ward in Biu Local Government Area of Borno, also left 5 others injured. Ibrahim Maliya Saidu was the planning secretary of CJTF in Biu, before the incident which claimed his life. Top Cjtf member, Mohammed Aliyu who confirmed Maliya’s death, described him …
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The UN has raised an alarm that the Taliban are already carrying out severe rights abuses in Afghanistan including ‘summary executions’ of civilians, the recruitment of child soldiers and restrictions on the rights of women and girls. The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet urged the Human Rights Council to take ‘bold and vigorous action’ after the Taliban’s takeover raised fears that they will return the country to the brutal rule they imposed when they were last in power. Leaders from the G7 nations are …
The identities of at least two of the 4 cops involved in the death of an African American man, George Floyd, have been revealed and one of the officers, the one who knelt on George’s neck, is being termed a racist after a photo of him wearing a “Make Whites Great Again” hat emerged. Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, 44, is seen kneeling on George’s neck in a video shared online. The video was almost 10 minutes long and for most …