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The Court of Appeal, Akure, Ondo State Division, on Thursday, upheld the death sentence passed on a popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder of an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. The appellate court, in a lead judgment read by Justice Oyebisi Omoleye, upheld
Russia’s Defence Ministry on Saturday said its forces took control of two more settlements in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the latest in a series of gains it has reported in its steady advance westward. According to the ministry’s statement, Russian forces were now in control of Petropavlivka, a village between the towns of Pokrovsk and
Russian forces capture two settlements in eastern Ukraine
Russia’s Defence Ministry on Saturday said its forces took control of two more settlements in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the latest in a series of gains it has reported in its steady advance westward.
According to the ministry’s statement, Russian forces were now in control of Petropavlivka, a village between the towns of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove, focal points in fighting in recent months in the area.
The statement also noted the capture of Vremivka, one of a cluster of small towns further south in the Donetsk region.
It also said Russian forces hit Ukraine’s military facilities with high-precision weapons in response to an Ukrainian attack on Russia’s southern Belgorod region with U.S.-made ATACMS missiles.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian military statements made no mention of either of the two villages changing hands, but referred to heavy fighting near the key city of Pokrovsk.
The spokesperson for the Ukrainian military’s Khortytsya group of forces dismissed for the second day running any notion that Russian forces had entered Pokrovsk.
“There have been no developments in Pokrovsk, things are stable,” Viktor Trehubov told national television. “The enemy is not there.”
The city is a transport hub and site of Ukraine’s only coking coal pit, where work was suspended this week.
Russia’s military, after failing to advance on the capital Kyiv in the weeks following its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, has since focused its efforts of capturing all of the Donbas – made up of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
It now holds about 20% of Ukraine’s territory.
The Ukrainian military’s General Staff, in a late night report, said Russian forces trying to pierce Ukrainian defences had launched 84 attacks in the Pokrovsk sector.
Fourteen battles were still raging in the area.
The report listed a series of villages in the sector which it said had come under Russian attack — including three which Russia’s military said it secured in the past week and another where Russia said it took control last month.
Russian forces capture two settlements in eastern Ukraine
A group, Initiative For Social Rights Concerns And Advancement, ISRCA, aka ‘No Justice, No Peace’, has urged President Bola Tinubu and the House of Representatives to as a matter of urgency investigate the allegations made by Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, against personnel of the Nigerian Navy. The group said the House should invite the Nigerian
Oil theft: Investigate Tompolo’s allegation against Navy – Group urges Tinubu
A group, Initiative For Social Rights Concerns And Advancement, ISRCA, aka ‘No Justice, No Peace’, has urged President Bola Tinubu and the House of Representatives to as a matter of urgency investigate the allegations made by Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, against personnel of the Nigerian Navy.
The group said the House should invite the Nigerian Navy alongside the Police, Department of State Security, DSS, and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for questioning regarding the alleged attack on operatives of Tantita Security Services, which is executing the pipeline protection project in the Niger Delta.
ISRCA National Coordinator, Comrade Derrick Oritsematisan Agberen, made the call in a statement on Friday.
It would be recalled that Tompolo had alleged that the Navy is sabotaging the fight against oil theft in the Niger Delta.
He alleged that Naval personnel shot at Tantita operatives as well as men of the NSCDC during an operation to apprehend suspected oil thieves in the Port Harcourt creeks and in Ovwian community of Delta State.
The group said,”We cannot also exempt the involvement of the Army and NSCDC from such allegations.
“The Tantita outfit must step on many toes to carry out its operations and this calls for serious concerns.
“Interestingly, the production of crude oil has risen to 1.8 million barrels per day, hence efforts in combating crude oil theft shouldn’t be undermined but strengthened the more.
“The people of the region collectively own crude oil and they are best positioned to prevent pipeline vandalism by internal and external forces.
“Preventing crude oil theft is a shared responsibility crucial to the nation’s economic growth.”
Oil theft: Investigate Tompolo’s allegation against Navy – Group urges Tinubu
The Niger Delta Development Commission has assured its stakeholders that the commission would remain committed to delivering on its mandate of fast-tracking development in the Niger Delta region. Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, gave the assurance during a solidarity visit by leaders of the Ijaw Youth Council worldwide, to the commission’s headquarters
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The Niger Delta Development Commission has assured its stakeholders that the commission would remain committed to delivering on its mandate of fast-tracking development in the Niger Delta region. Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, gave the assurance during a solidarity visit by leaders of the Ijaw Youth Council worldwide, to the commission’s headquarters
