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The Federal Government has announced plans to recruit additional agro rangers to enhance security for farmers across the country. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the announcement during the 5th edition of the Ministerial Press Briefing in Abuja on Thursday. The move followed a series of violent attacks on farmers in various regions.
Hot SourceRussian attacks killed two people late on Friday in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine and three more in the country’s north and east. Writing on the Telegram messaging app, Zaporizhzhia regional governor, Ivan Fedorov, said the city had been struck more than 10 times, killing two people and injuring nine. It was gathered
Russian attacks kill five in Ukraine
Russian attacks killed two people late on Friday in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine and three more in the country’s north and east.
Writing on the Telegram messaging app, Zaporizhzhia regional governor, Ivan Fedorov, said the city had been struck more than 10 times, killing two people and injuring nine.
It was gathered that the injured included a nine-month-old infant and a woman in serious condition.
In Sumy region, on Ukraine’s northern border with Russia, prosecutors said Russian forces dropped at least six guided bombs on the village of Krasnopillia, killing two people and injuring no fewer than two.
In the eastern Donetsk region, the focal point of Russia’s steady westward advance, prosecutors said Russian forces had dropped three bombs on the town of Kostiantynivka, close to the front lines, killing one person.
Similarly, in Russia’s southern city of Rostov-on-Don, acting regional governor Yuri Slyusar said a Ukrainian drone struck an apartment building on the 17th floor, injuring two people, adding that air defences destroyed a number of drones.
In the southern Russian region of Voronezh, regional governor Alexander Gusev said more than 10 Ukrainian drones were destroyed, stressing that no damage or casualties were reported.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin said this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed in a call with his US counterpart Donald Trump to observe a 30-day ceasefire on energy targets.
That accord was said to have fallen short of a wider agreement that the US had sought, and which was accepted by Ukraine, for a blanket 30-day ceasefire.
Talks on pursuing a ceasefire are scheduled for next week in Saudi Arabia and, separately, with Russian and Ukrainian officials.
Russian attacks kill five in Ukraine
Hot SourceUS Immigration officials on Friday urged the legal team of Momodou Taal, a Cornell University student who participated in pro-Palestinian protests, to turn himself in. A notice to appear sent by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials is said to be among the first steps in the deportation process. It was gathered that Taal,
US immigration officials ask pro-Palestinian Cornell student to surrender
US Immigration officials on Friday urged the legal team of Momodou Taal, a Cornell University student who participated in pro-Palestinian protests, to turn himself in.
A notice to appear sent by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials is said to be among the first steps in the deportation process.
It was gathered that Taal, a doctoral candidate in Africana Studies and dual citizen of the UK and the Gambia, has participated in pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war in Gaza following an October 2023 Hamas attack.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has pledged to deport foreign pro-Palestinian protesters, accusing them of supporting Hamas and being antisemitic.
Taal’s attorneys called the development a free speech assault.
Protesters, including some Jewish groups, have reportedly said that their critics wrongly conflate their criticism of Israel and support for Palestinian rights with antisemitism and support for Hamas.
“ICE invites Mr Taal and his counsel to appear in-person at the (Homeland Security Investigations Office) in Syracuse at a mutually agreeable time for personal service of the (Notice to Appear) and for Mr Taal to surrender to ICE custody,” a U.S. government email said.
Last year, Taal was said to be in a group of activists who disrupted a career fair on campus that featured weapons manufacturers and the university thereafter ordered him to study remotely.
Trump’s administration has also attempted to deport other foreigners in its crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices.
Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil was arrested this month and is legally challenging his detention.
Trump accused Khalil of supporting Hamas but Khalil denied any links to the militant group that Washington considers a foreign terrorist organization.
US immigration officials ask pro-Palestinian Cornell student to surrender
