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The protesting Muslim youths face-off security personnel at the Sultan’s palace. By Efe Onodjae  There is fear in Sokoto metropolis as protesters in their hundreds trooped into the streets today to express their dissatisfaction over the detention of some Muslims in connection with Deborah Samuel’s killing. Major streets such as Ahmadu Bello Way, Kano Road, where banks are located and Emir Yahaya Road, in the early hours of the day, were deserted with business places and shops closed. Attempts by the protesters to attack the Palace of the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, were resisted by security men on the ground. Deborah Samuel: Tambuwal imposes 24hrs curfew in Sokoto Tambuwal meets Sokoto Muslim leaders over Deborah Samuel’s murder Rights group carpets Buhari, Tambuwal, Sokoto College over Deborah’s killing Deborah Yakubu, a 200-level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, was stoned to death and then burnt by her colleagues ov

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. (Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images)      Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has apparently interrupted the Pentagon's plans of fortifying the Ukrainian armed forces on a regular schedule, as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war approaches a third full month. On Tuesday, the senator blocked  a proposed $40 billion  Ukraine supplemental aid package. And on Friday, Pentagon officials countered by saying the package must garner approval by next Thursday, or the schedule for  sending Ukraine weapons  might hit a snag. "May 19 is the day we really — without additional authorities — we begin to not have the ability to send new stuff in," Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told reporters. "It'll start impacting our ability to provide aid uninterrupted." Earlier this week, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, along with Secretary of State Antony Blinken,  reportedly sent a letter  to House and Senate leadership asking for the money by Thursday, "if we are to contin

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin finally got through to his Russian counterpart, Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu, on Friday, the first time the two have talked since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, officials said. "On May 13, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu for the first time since Feb. 18," Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement.  "Secretary Austin urged an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication." Later, a senior Defense Department official,  speaking on background with reporters , said they would not add any other details about the conversation except to say that Austin initiated the contact and that the pair spoke for more than an hour. Kirby told reporters Friday  that the conversation was the first between the two since Feb. 18, about a week befo

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats will be targeted with subpoenas by House Republicans should the GOP take back control of the lower chamber in the upcoming midterm elections,  CNN reports . They plan to do so as payback for subpoenas sent to five House Republicans by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Mo Brooks of Alabama, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania have also been subpoenaed. ''I'm going to tell you the truth: Yes, I do,'' Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., said when asked if he thinks Republicans should issue a subpoena to Pelosi. ''This is setting the precedent, and we're just not going to lie down and let this happen. There are serious questions about her role on January 6 and exactly what she did and what she didn

It was shocking to hear that President Goodluck' presidential bid was not by accident. We all thought he was gooded to join the race, but the reports below will shock you. Speaking to AjuedeNews here in Port Harcourt was a close friend to the ex- president Goodluck Jonathan's aid clarifying details of the former President's prior intention to run under the platform of his most antagonists' party, APC. He revealed that Jonathan originally went to Buhari, seeking for automatic ticket to run for presidency, but rather than make promises, Buhari referred him to the APC party chairman who in turn told him that delegates would decide. Subsequent upon this, his attention was needed in Senegal. When he came back from the tour to Senegal, he returned for a continuous discussion. This was the time he handed N2000m over to the governor of Jigawa state to dramatise the purchase of the form. So, what he did pretentiously was just to remix the age long drama of reject-and-take after

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has called for more sanctions against Russia until its complete withdrawal from Ukraine and a peace agreement. (Justin Tallis/Getty Images) In recent days, two or more Russian battalions were picked off attempting to cross a pontoon bridge on the Donets River in the most significant loss since the beginning of the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine,  The Telegraph reported on Thursday. The shocking losses at the riverbank potentially included more than 100 vehicles and close to 1,000 troops, according to  Forbes . ''We still assess Russian ground force in the Donbas to be slow and uneven,'' a U.S. Defense Department official told reporters on Tuesday, adding that the bridge itself was also destroyed. The Ukrainian armed forces' general staff stated the Russian battalion was attempting to strike the Ukrainian city of Lyman. ''Artillerymen of the 17th tank brigade of the #UAarmy have opened the holiday season for [Russian for

A Russian soldier leans on a Russian T-80 tank lined with shells in Mariupol. (Maximilian Clarke / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images) Rebellious soldiers in Ukraine are causing problems for President Vladimir Putin's forces. Russia's Security Service (SBU) said Thursday that "experienced torturers" were being sent to quell an insurgency in the military and humiliate soldiers who refused to fight against Ukrainians, the  Lanka Times  reported. Gen. Rustam Muradov, notorious for his atrocities in Syria after Russia intervened in a 2015 civil war, was among officials sent to deal with mutinous soldiers. In one alleged phone call that SBU intercepted, a soldier supposedly told his father that soldiers were stripped, tied up, and taken away in trucks under Muradov’s orders. "The commanders didn't want to lead their boys to death," the soldier said, the  Daily Mail reported. "The guys themselves just weren't ready. "So yesterday [Muradov] busted