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  At least 27 tourists have been killed and many others are running for their lives in Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba, a 5-star beach front hotel in Sousse town in Tunisia as gunmen suspected to be Islamic militias stormed the hotel and started shooting at people. This morning's attack follows a similar attack in March, where three terrorists attacked the Bardo National Museum in the Tunisian capital city of Tunis, and took hostages. Twenty-one people, mostly European tourists, were killed at the scene while an additional victim died ten days later. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, the deadliest involving foreigners in Tunisia since a 2002 suicide bombing on the island of Djerba. Tunisia Interior minister said this attack (still ongoing) was not just to kill people but to destroy the economy of the country. Some photos from the scene below... and it's happening at 2 separate hotels.  

  The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega is set to leave office on Tuesday 30 June, 2015. Following his completed tenure in the office, Jega is to leave the office with Six other national commissioners appointed with him by the ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010. It will   be recorded that he did well during his tenure. Wishing him well.

  It was reported that a lady led the gang that robbed banks today at Ogolonto area of Ikorodu, Lagos state. The leader of the gang was said to have sat down in front of the bank and was bragging, as no policeman was able to confront her as she was reported to have used a charm which she tied around her neck. Sources at the Zenith bank disclosed that there were about 15 armed robbers whose ages should not be more than 20years. The bank’s safe as reported was broken with the use of dynamite and the staffs were made to lie on the floor while the robbery continued. Staffs were made to lie down while the bank’s safe was broken with dynamite. The eye witnesses are still in shock. No one was killed in this operation, and the only person who got shot on the leg has been taken to Ikorodu General Hospital for treatment. A witness at the scene of the robbers’ escape said: “I could not dare stare them in the face. I just lay on the floor as they instructed and waited there un

Chairman of the APC Chief John Odigie-Oyegun yesterday forwarded names of the party's chosen candidates to ocupy principal positions in the National Assembly to Saraki and Dogara. The names which was contained in a letter signed by Chief Odigie-Oyegun reads; "Please find below for your necessary action names of principal officers approved by the party, after excessive consultations for the 8th Senate as follows: Senator Ahmed Lawan(Majority Leader)–North-East; Prof. Sola Adeyeye( Chief Whip)–South-West; Sen. George Akume (Deputy Majority Leader)—North-Central; and Sen. Abu Ibrahim(Deputy Chief Whip)—North-West." A similar letter written to the Speaker of the House of Representatives reads “Please find below for your necessary action names of principal officers approved by the party after extensive consultations for the eighth House of Representatives as follows: Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila (House Leader) South-West; Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa(Deputy H

According to President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria have been affirmed assurance of being assisted by the United States and other countries in recovering stolen funds. The president addressing the Northern Traditional Rulers Council led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said   “In the next three months, our administration will be busy getting those facts and the figures to help us recover our stolen funds in foreign countries,” He also emphasized that the several revenue generating establishments in the country have been compromised. In regards security, he called upon the traditional rulers to assist the government with cost infective information and promising that insecurity and terrorism will be a past story in a short time. He also appealed to Nigerians for patience and understanding while his government work enerstly to overcome the huge national challenges it inherited.