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A gunman is said to have opened fire as people left the mosque in Brest French media reports say that the gunman is on the run with two people injured Two people were shot and wounded outside a mosque in Brest, western France, on Thursday, police said. Brest Prosecutor Jean-Philippe Recappe said the gunman opened fire as people left the mosque in the city's Pontanezen neigbourhood. The men are said to have been injured in the leg. According to French media reports, one of the men injured was a controversial imam called Rachid El Jay.  The victims were treated at the scene and sprayed with water because of the extreme temperatures of the current French heatwave, it is reported. Public broadcaster France 3 reported the gunman was on the run. It was not immediately clear whether the shooting was religiously motivated, a settling of scores, or motivated by other unknown factors, Recappe told Reuters. Police have urged people to remain 'prudent'.  

A civil society group, the Civil Liberty Union, has raised alarm over alleged harrassments and threats against some members of the Supreme Court panel of Justices presiding over the Osun governorship Appeal by a team allegedly led by a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Southwest and 2 governors one from the South West and the other from North West. The group alleged that the APC leader and the two governors were allegedly using the names of President Muhammadu Buhari to intimidate the Justices to jettison the supremacy of the Constitution and find any way to give a favourable judgement to Gboyega Oyetola, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. This claim was contained in a statement issued to DAILY POST on Wednesday in Abuja and signed by its Coordinator, Mallam Shuaibu Adamu. The statement added that the APC leader and the 2 governors went bullish and desperate when they couldn’t get President Buhari to give explicit support to his quest to...

A woman alleged to specialize in producing fake peak milk has been nabbed by security agents.     The suspect Security operatives have nabbed a Nigerian woman accused of allegedly producing fake Peak Milk in Nigeria. She's now under police investigation as more details will emerge later. The latest discovery is coming after the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in 2017 intercepted a transport vehicle laden with counterfeit Peak Milk products from reaching targeted market in Lagos. The vehicle, which was suspected to have taken off from the South East, was bound to Lagos State carrying several cartons of the near-perfect Peak Milk products of the 450g refill size when the agency’s surveillance team discovered and seized it. credit by torinews

Oil rig Oil prices fell on Thursday to erase some of the previous session’s strong gains, as traders wait for the G20 summit in Japan and for a meeting of OPEC and other crude producers to decide on an extension of output cuts. Brent crude futures were down 42 cents, or 0.6 per cent, at 66.07 dollars by 0658 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 33 cents, or 0.6 per cent, at 59.05 dollars. Oil prices rose more than 2 per cent on Wednesday to their highest in about a month, buoyed by U.S. government data showing a larger-than-expected drawdown in crude stocks as exports hit a record-high and surprise drops in refined product stockpiles. However, traders said concerns that a hoped-for breakthrough on trade at the G20 may not eventuate and some nervousness about continued output cuts were crimping follow-through buying. “Investors are split as what to expect from the G20, a positive reset to trade talks … could do wonders in the short-term for the ...

The Federal Government’s June bonds worth N100bn, which was offered on Wednesday, was oversubscribed by over N60.13bn. Total subscription received from investors for the bonds was N160.13bn, comprising N39.34bn for 12.75 per cent FGN April 2023 bonds; N60.30bn for 14.55 per cent FGN April 2029 bonds; and N60.49bn for 14.80 per cent FGN April 2049 bonds Recent trends in the FGN bonds also showed that investors were embracing the long-term bonds, as the recent 5, 10 and 30-year bonds had 43, 58 and 62 total bids respectively. The auction result added that 19, 22 and 30 bids were, however, successful for the three bonds allotted. The Debt Management Office (DMO) had earlier disclosed its plans to auction bonds worth N100bn by subscription. Its circular showed the breakdown of the figure to include a N30bn five-year reopening bond that would mature in April 2023 and be offered at 12.75 per cent; another N40bn 10-year reopening bond that would mature in April 2029 and be auctio...

The pre-election suit challenged the eligibility of Mr Abiodun over his failure to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.   A Federal High Court in Abuja says a candidate cannot be disqualified from an election for failure to participate in the National Youth Service Corps scheme. The court made this pronouncement on Wednesday when it struck out a suit brought against the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, by a former senator, Iyabo Anisulowo. The pre-election suit challenged the eligibility of Mr Abiodun over his failure to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. The NYSC was established in 1973 and participation is mandatory for all Nigerians who graduate from a tertiary institution in or outside the country before they attain the age of 30. The presentation of the NYSC discharge certificate awarded at the end of the one-year scheme is a requirement for employment into the formal sector in Nigeria. Last year, the r...

Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo in a meeting with the Vice President of the United States of America, Mike Pence, discussed economic ties between both countries. Both leaders also discussed a partnership to enable investors in Nigeria and the acquisition of arms and ammunition to tackle terrorism. Professor Osinbajo disclosed this to Channels Television on Wednesday after the meeting was held at the White House in Washington DC. He added that they both consolidated on previous talks and also focused on how the two countries can work together on the threats to the Sahel region. “We discussed a wide range of issues from our economy and ways in which investors could participate effectively in the economy. We also talked about security. Ways in which we could work together on some of the threats, especially in the Sahel. “What we are working on at the moment is cooperation that has been on for a while so the whole point of it is to see how to bring several of those things to fru...

FG assures NAF of adequate infrastructures for Armed Forces [Twitter/@Hejeoma] Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the operation was conducted on Wednesday. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) tactical headquarters at Kollaram in Northern Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the operation was conducted on Wednesday. “The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has launched OPERATION GREEN SWEEP 2 against terrorist elements in the Northeast of the country. “The Air Interdiction Operation, which commenced on Wednesday, June 26, will target selected locations within the Northeast in order to further degrad...

Theophilus Danjuma, a former minister of defence, has acquired a 300-year-old hotel in London for N1 billion. TY Danjuma, as he is popularly referred to, is now worth $1.2 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The latest acquisition of the 80-year-old retired army general is a 14-room inn in London. The Kings Arms Hotel is a 300-year-old inn next to Hampton Court Palace, which once housed Henry VIII, the king of England in 1509. At present, the hotel is undergoing renovation. Upon launch, a room is estimated to cost £250 per night. Hannatu Gentles, the second daughter of Nigerian billionaire, Theophilus Danjuma, says the family does not invest in trophy assets. “We never tend to look at trophy assets. We’re not going to head to Mayfair to buy a 15 million-pound apartment primarily because we are a yield business,” Gentles, who is the chief operating officer of her father’s London-based family business, told Bloomberg. “We invest in real estate in other j...

Alabama authorities indicted a woman whose unborn baby died when she was shot because they allege that the shooting resulted in a fight with another woman over the child’s father that she started. Marshae Jones, 27, of Birmingham, was charged with manslaughter by a Jefferson County grand jury on Wednesday. She has been remanded into custody, AL.com reported. According to authorities, the incident took place at around noon on December 4, 2018. Police were told that there was a shooting outside a Dollar General store in the Birmingham suburb of Pleasant Grove. Witnesses said that the shooting victim, Jones, was driven to nearby Fairfield. Officers then went to Fairfield and found Jones with a gunshot wound to the stomach. She was rushed to a local hospital. It was later learned that Jones was five months pregnant. The fetus did not survive the shooting. Investigators later learned that the shooting took place as a result of a dispute between Jones and Ebony Jemison, 23....

  Uganda and Zimbabwe played out a 1-1 draw at the Africa Cup of Nations, but both teams will walk away very disappointed not to take all three points. The stalemate leaves Uganda on four points from their opening two games, while Zimbabwe have it all to do heading into the final group game with just one point. Uganda got off to the perfect start on Wednesday through Okwi, who tapped home from close range after Zimbabwe goalkeeper George Chigova parried Lumala Abdu's shot. But they were pegged back through Zimbabwe midfielder Billiat following fine work down the left wing from team-mate Ovidy Karuru. However, the state of play could have been very different if both teams had their goalscoring boots on in Cairo. With the scoreline at 1-1 in the 50th minute, Zimbabwe's Musona missed an absolute sitter to put his side ahead, smashing the ball straight onto the crossbar while unmarked from a few yards out. If you thought that was crazy enough, there was almost a carbo...

Ahmed Elmohamady and Mohamed Salah fired Egypt into the last-16 of the Africa Cup of Nations with a goal each in a 2-0 win against DR Congo. Yannick Bolasie went closest to breaching the Egypt defence when his fiercely-struck free-kick curled narrowly wide in the closing stages. Egypt managed to put the damaging news of Amr Warda behind them on Wednesday night. It emerged earlier on Wednesday that Egypt had removed striker Amr Warda from their Africa Cup of Nations squad after he was accused of sexual harassment by a number of women. The Egyptian-British model Merhan Keller alleged that Warda, 25, had sent her inappropriate and aggressive messages. Keller then followed up her claims by sharing testimonies from a number of other women who'd contacted her saying they too received unwanted messages from the footballer. But they did not have it all their own way against DR Congo, who twice hit the woodwork. Marcel Tisserand crashed his effort against the woodwork from ...

Nigeria's six points guarantees progress to the last 16 after a major improvement in their form from the opening game of the tournament. Nigeria changed their approach and sought to use the flanks with Simon on the right wing and Ahmed Musa on the left among five changes to the starting line-up made by coach Gernot Rohr. The impact was almost immediate as Simon beat his marker to deliver an inviting square pass inside the second minute, but Alex Iwobi hesitated and the chance was lost. Musa then gave notice of the threat he might pose with a surging run and delivery from which Odion Ighalo could have scored had his first touch not allowed the ball to bounce away from him. Simon got away again down the right just after the half-hour mark, with Ighalo galloping up in tandem. Simon did not deliver the pass, however, and chose to go on his own instead, hitting the side netting from a tight angle. After the break, Iwobi's shot forced a save from Guinea goalkeeper Ibra...