Nigeria: Pres Buhari orders air strikes against bandits

President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered air strikes against bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers in Niger state.On Saturday gunmen killed 11 people and kidnapped four women during door-to-door attacks, reported Sahara Reporters and The Daily Sun.Buhari described the repeated attacks by the…

France to evacuate citizens from Wuhan by air

An officer at one of the roads blocked by the police to restrict people leaving Wuhan PARIS, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French citizens will be evacuated from the Wuhan area in China that is the centre of a coronavirus outbreak, French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn said. “French citizens will be…

Peru opposition suffers crushing blow in legislative elections

LIMA, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s Keiko Fujimori-led opposition suffered a crushing blow at legislative elections on Sunday, losing dozens of seats in the Congress it had dominated since 2016, according to early results. According to a rapid count by the Ipsos research firm, Fujimori’s Popular Force party’s share of…

Trump to unveil Middle East peace plan to Israeli leaders this week

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to disclose details of his long-delayed Middle East peace proposal to Israeli leaders on Monday, as he attempts to generate some momentum towards resolving one of the world’s most intractable problems. Trump will hold separate, back-to-back meetings with Israeli…

Nigeria: Four die as suicide bomber hits Borno mosque

ABUJA, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four persons died during a suicide attack on a mosque in Gwoza, southern Borno State.Gwoza was, at the peak of the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency, the administrative capital and caliphate of the terrorist group.A witness said that the suicide bomber ran into a group of…

Bolivia president asks all ministers to resign

LA PAZ, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anezasked all her ministers to resign a little more than three months before ageneral election, a statement from the presidency said. The news came just hours after communication minister Roxana Lizarragaresigned in protest at Anez’s decision to stand as a…

US former First Lady Michelle Obama wins Grammy for best spoken word album

LOS ANGELES, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Michelle Obama, the former US first lady can now add Grammy winner to her resume, after snagging the award on music’s biggest night for Best Spoken Word Album, for the audiobook of her memoir “Becoming.” Her win on Sunday gives the Obama household its…

Death toll in Peru tanker explosion rises to 13: ministry

Forensic police inspect the wreckage of a gas tanker that exploded in Lima LIMA, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll in the explosion of a gas tanker in Lima has risen to 13 after the overnight deaths of five people hospitalised with severe burns, Peru’s Health Ministry said. The…

German charity Sea-Eye says 78 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

BERLIN, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — German charity Sea-Eye said it had rescued 78 migrants off the Libyan coast and accused Libyan authorities of harassing rescuers and acting illegally. The Alan Kurdi, named after a Syrian child whose drowning in the Mediterranean in 2015 brought global attention to the migrant crisis,…

Pope Francis praises China’s efforts to contain Wuhan virus

Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Vatican VATICAN CITY, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pope Francis praised China’s “great commitment” to contain the coronavirus outbreak and said he was praying for the dead, the sick, and families of victims. “I would like also to be close to and pray for…