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off with code certified. Minimum purchase may apply. I see site for details. Israel Defense Forces IDF has confirmed
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that the Middle East country soldiers carried out massive air strikes on multiple locations in Yemen capital of
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SAR on Sunday. While Nasra, the chairman of Yemen's Saba news agency and the vice
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president of the media authority of Ansa Allah movement that has Houthi's group as one of its organizations said the air
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defenses were able to thwart the majority of the Israeli attacks and confronted several of its combat
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formations which he said forced Israeli soldiers to retreat with the Houthi fighters using locally manufactured air
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defense systems. According to Sriel Defense Force, multiple military targets
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belonging to the Houthi terrorist regime in Sarah, Yemen, including a military site in which the presidency palace is
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located, the Adar and Hazar's power plants, and a site for storing fuel, all used for the military activity of the
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Houthi regime. These strikes were carried out in response to repeated Houthi attacks on Israel with missiles
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and UAVs. The Houthis backed by Iran continue to exploit civilian
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infrastructure for terror purposes. News agencies reported that Israel launched
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the air strikes in Yemen's capital Salar, hitting areas near the presidential complex and missile bases
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with additional strikes reported in Heda. It was gathered that Israel carried out the strikes in response to
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days of attempted Houthi drone and ballistic missile attack against Israel. Local media reported with a photograph
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showing the Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, defense minister
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Katz and IDF chief Al Zamir at the Israeli Air Force command center in Tel
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Aviv observing today's strikes on Yemen capital on a military facility near the presidential palace, a fuel depot, and
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two power stations. Israeli air strikes hit Yemen's capital on Sunday, just days
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after the Houthi rebels fired a missile toward Israel that its military described as the first cluster bomb the
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rebels had fired at it since 2023. The rebels al- Masera satellite
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television reported a strike on an oil company and video on social media showed a fireball erupting there. Nasrada,
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deputy head of answer all Houthis media authority and chairman of Yemen's Saba
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news agency said Yemeni air defenses intercepted most of the Israeli air raids, forcing several formations to
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withdraw. He stressed that Yemen's military operations in support of Gaza will continue until the aggression ends
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and the blockade is lifted. AMA dismissed Israel's targeting of a civilian fuel station in Sana as an act
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of barbarism and bankruptcy with no impact on military capabilities, warning
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it will only trigger further escalation. In quotes, he said, "Targeting a
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civilian fuel station on a main street will have no impact on military." A young man from Delta State in the oil
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rich Niger Delta region in Nigeria has been arrested after he conspired with his friend to fake a kidnapping to get
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money from his family in order to be able to travel abroad. The young man was seen in a video the alleged kidnapper
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sent to his family threatened to be killed with a cutless placed on his neck by the suspected fake kidnapper who is
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also a native and indigene of Delta state but faked his voice to sound like
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an house fani man from northern Nigeria. According to one of the popular human
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rights activists against insecurity in the West Africa country, Harrison Gwamnu, the two suspects were arrested
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inside the bush after intelligence gathering indicated that the kidnapping was not genuine, adding that they were
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not mobilized by Senator Ned Munir Enwoko. the senator representing Delta
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North senatorial zone who had said in a press statement that the father of the supposed victim together with two
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members of the Idamuj Uboko community reached out to me. I also spoke with the
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victim's brothers as well as the police in SLA Uku and Asaba. In addition, I
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contacted and mobilized the Idamuj Uboko vigilante group and held discussions with my police contacts in Asaba, giving
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clear instructions to track the kidnappers and ensure the safe rescue of the victim. Throughout the operation, I
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received tracking updates and was kept informed of the rescue movements from Asaba to Isla Uku until the eventual
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arrests were made. In an earlier post, Harrison Guamu has said that for
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clarity, I do not know who he claims he mobilized for a rescue mission. I also
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do not know what he meant by saying he mobilized the police and local vigilantes. I personally fueled three
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vehicles, paid other logistics for the operation he's claiming he mobilized.
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According to the popular human rights and life defender Harrison Guamu on
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Sunday the 16th of August 2025 an alarm was raised that a man had been kidnapped
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at an Nichao Anocha North local government area Delta state. Immediately
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the police special anti-kidnapping and cyber crime unit Asaba led by the OC
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swung into action working tirelessly with a team of military officers from 63
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brigade Asaba. The Nigeria Forest Security Service NFSS and Delta State
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Government House trackers advanced to Isleu to rescue the alleged victim.
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After hours of coordinated intelligence gathering, it was discovered that the incident was not a genuine abduction,
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but a case of self-knapping. The location was secured and the two suspects behind the act were arrested
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and are now in custody. We sincerely thank the offices and men of the 63
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brigade as Saba the OC and offices of the special anti-kidnapping and cyber crime unit and the NFSS for their an
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amber state governor. Professor Charles Chukum Soludo has dismissed eight members of the state special vigilante
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group known as Agon Ember after the sacked security operatives were seen in a now viral video allegedly assaulting a
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female National Youth Service Corps NYC member Jennifer Elibore to the level of
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complete nakedness after they torn her clothes and continued assaulting her even when they observed during the
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process nothing more was covering any part of her body. This the dismissed vigilantes did after they allegedly
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chased some young men on motorcycles they claimed were members of a secret cult to the victim's compound at Ober
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community in Idily South local government area of Anra state on July 23rd 2025.
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According to the state television station, Anamra Broadcasting Service, ABS, the Anamra State Government through
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the Agon Security Command has dismissed eight of her operatives for their involvement in the brutal assault and
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public stripping of a core member, Miss Jennifer Elibore. The dismissed operatives will be handed over to the
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police for immediate prosecution. Speaking at the agency headquarters in Orca, the special adviser to Governor
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Chukuma Soludo on community security, Mr. Ken Mikayi said the state government
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acted swiftly after receiving reports that the operatives while in pursuit of suspected cultists on July 23rd, 2025
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assaulted core members, an action which he described as totally outside the mandate of the agency and utterly
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condemnable. Mr. Amikai stressed that the Soludo administration will not
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tolerate any form of unprofessionalism, brutality, or abuse of office by security operatives, assuring that any
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officer found guilty of misconduct will face immediate dismissal and prosecution. He disclosed that despite
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pleas from the victim's family and NYC officials not to prolong prosecution for
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damaging the identity of the people involved, the Anamra state government insisted on full investigation and
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accountability to serve as deterrence. The special adviser further revealed that the agency has already settled all
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medical bills of the core member, replaced damaged valuables such as laptops and phones, and tended a public
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apology to the victim, her family. NYSC and the general public. Mr. Amikai
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reiterated the government's resolve to reform community security operations in the state, emphasizing that Governor
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Soludo's administration is committed to upholding professionalism, accountability, and respect for human
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rights in all security engagements. He assured that the incident will be used as a turning point to strengthen
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discipline and restore public trust in the Agon outfit. Meanwhile, the Anamra
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State Police Command has condemned in strong terms the alleged assault on a female member of the National Youth
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Service Corp. NYSC in comfort eman. The 26 years old female passenger that was
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recently seen on viral video allegedly attacked and provoked to action has said that she sustained injuries in her
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private part when a yet to be identified Ibomb Air staff pulled off her shirt and exposed her nakedness at Lagos airport.
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this. According to Comfort, the shirt torn while she was being carried out from the aircraft was her inner wear
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that was pinned together below her private part, saying the Ebomb Air hostess had allegedly broke her phone
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necklace and forcefully removed her wig hair from her head, which caused her a severe sharp pain, and as a result of
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the pain, she hit the air hostess on the cheek, adding, "She became more aggressive when she saw the airport
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staff video recording her nakedness while she was battling to cover her body as a result of her shirt that was torn
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with her chest sexual organs completely exposed. Comfort eman gave her own side
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of the story in an 11-minute video she posted on her Instagram profile on Sunday, August 17th, 2025, which was
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exactly after one week the incident occurred. She said she was the one who begged the co-passenger to help switch
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off her phone when the plane was about to take off at Ouyo airport. Contrary to the narratives painted by Ibomb Air
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Management that she refused to switch off her phone and a co-passenger on board the plane forcefully took the
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phone from her and switched it off and thereafter Comfort Eman engaged the co-passenger and other staff of the
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airline in a long war of words the Ibomb air management referred to as tirade.
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Details of her statement as transcribed and presented by Channels television reads verbatim below. Comfort eman
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passenger embroiled in a controversial Ibomb air incident has given a detailed account of the events on board the
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flight that led to her arrest, arraignment, and eventual discharge by a Lagos court. In a video shared on her
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Instagram page on Sunday, Emanson expressed gratitude to supporters who stood by her during what she described
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as a traumatic ordeal. Narrating her version of events, the real estate
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consultant recalled that on August 10th, 2025, she boarded a flight from Ouyo to
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Lagos. She alleged that a disagreement began when a flight attendant identified
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as Juliana insisted she switched off her phone rather than place it in flight mode. According to her, one of her two
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phones had a faulty power button. I showed her the phone and told her the power button was bad. She said I could
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still switch it off through the settings. With the help of a fellow passenger, I eventually managed to
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switch off both phones, she explained. When we landed in Lagos, everybody was
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getting out of the aircraft. I went to pee. Coming outside, everybody had
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already left. I had to rush, carry my stuff, and move to rush out of the aircraft. Leaders of the Nigeria
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affiliates of Alqaaida International terrorist group known as Anseru and Mahmuda have been captured by men of the
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Armed Forces of Nigeria AFN after 2 months of intelligenceled special
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operations in Northern Nigeria. The West African Nation National Security Adviser, Nouhu Rabadu, stated this at a
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press conference with the nation's security chiefs, saying, "The two arrested suspected terrorists leaders
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have cells across the country where they have been executing various crimes of armed robbery in addition to raise funds
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for the terrorist activities. Details of the public announcement as stated by
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Nuru Rabadu and made available by the office of the spokesperson to the Nigeria president Veo Onuga on Saturday
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reads verbatim below. Nigeria dismantles terror groups Anseru and Mahmuda with
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the capture of their leaders. Nigeria has recorded a significant breakthrough in the war against terrorism with the
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capture of the leaders of Anseru and Marmuda. At a press briefing on Saturday evening, the national security adviser
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Malam Nuru Rabadu said the two terrorists on the wanted list of Nigeria, the US, UK and UN were captured
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in an operation which was conducted between May and July 2025.
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He said the men were captured in a high-risk intelligence-led counterterrorism operation which led to
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their capture. They are leaders of Jamaatu Ansurel Masima Fi Badis Sudan
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commonly known as Ansu Nigeria's Alqaaida affiliate. Rabardu said the two
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men have been responsible for masterminding many terrorist attacks against Nigeria over the past years.
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According to Rabardu the first is Mimmud Muhammad Usman aka Abu Barah Abbis
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Maktar, the self-styled Emiransu. He is the coordinator of various
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terrorist sleeper cells across Nigeria. He is also the mastermind of several
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high-profile kidnappings and armed robberies used to finance terrorism over the years. The second is Mimmud al-
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Nigeri aka Malam Mammuda Abu's proclaimed chief of staff and deputy. He
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is the leader of the so-called Mahammuda cell hiding out in and around the Kangji
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National Park straddling Niger and Quir states up to Benin Republic. Mammuda
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trained in Libya between 2013 and 2015 under foreign jihadist instructors from
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Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria specializing in weapons handling and IED fabrication.
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These two men have been on Nigeria's most wanted list for years. They jointly
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spearheaded multiple attacks on civilians, security forces, and critical infrastructure.
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Their operations include the 2022 Kuja prison break, the attack on the Niger
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uranium facility, the 2013 abduction of French engineer Francis Col. Following
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the meeting of President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Donald Trump of the United States on Friday in Alaska,
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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zalinski has said he knows the treachery of President Putin that in the coming days,
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Russia soldiers may try to increase pressure and strikes against Ukrainian positions in order to create more
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favorable political circumstances for talks with global actors. Zalinski made
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this statement some hours ago while stating that Ukrainian soldiers have achieved some successes in Donesk region
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especially in the areas of Doilia and Pocross then ordered the commander in chief Alexander Cerski to speak with
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combat commanders that Ukraine needs strong positions and truly tangible resistance to the enemy. In his words,
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Zalinski said, "I received a report from commander in chief Alexander Cerski. the
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front, the defense of positions, and up-to-date information on the intentions and movements of the Russian army. We
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are defending our positions along the entire front line, and for the second day in a row, we have achieved successes
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in some extremely difficult areas in the Donesk region in the direction of Doilia
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and Pocross. In particular, I want to commend the units of the first corps of
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the national guard of Ukraine as of the units of the seventh core of the air assault forces, the units of the 38th
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separate marine brigade named after headman Petro Sahedni as well as the units of our 93rd separate mechanized
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brigade ya. The destruction of the occupiers who tried to infiltrate deeper
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into our positions continues. There has also been an important replenishment of
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Ukraine's exchange fund with Russian soldiers. The commanderin-chief also
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reported on the actions of our units in the Sunumi, Kharkiv, and Seaporisia regions. I am grateful to all our
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warriors for their resilience. Based on the political and diplomatic situation around Ukraine and knowing Russia's
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treachery, we anticipate that in the coming days, the Russian army may try to increase pressure and strikes against
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Ukrainian positions in order to create more favorable political circumstances for talks with global actors. We are
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documenting the movement and preparations of Russian troops. Of course, we will counteract if necessary
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asymmetrically. I asked the commanderin-chief to speak with combat commanders. Ukraine needs strong
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positions and truly tangible resistance to the enemy. I thank every one of our soldiers, sergeants, and officers who
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are carrying out combat missions and destroying the occupiers in the way that is necessary for Ukraine's confidence.
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Glory to Ukraine. We had a long and substantive conversation with POTUS,
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president of the United States. We started with one-on-one talks before inviting European leaders to join us.
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There is still no peace in sight after nearly 3 hours of meeting held in Anchorage City in Alaska, a state in the
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United States, US between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President
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Donald Trump of the United States. over the war Russia launched since 2022 in
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Ukraine which has led to thousands of deaths mostly Ukrainians which President
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Vladimir Zalinski of Ukraine who was not invited for the meeting on Friday in a statement said that it was time to end
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the war but Russia must take the necessary steps to a genuine peace deal and while commenting on the statement
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made by the president of Poland Carol Navoki on Friday via exocial media
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platform to mark Poland armed forces day which coinc coincided with the day Putin and Trump met in Alaska. President
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Zalinski said that Ukraine's independence strengthens Poland's independence and we must always remember
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that the miracle on the Vistula was made possible through joint efforts and it saved Europe and the Polish president
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Carol Navki had said that. Today we celebrate the 105th anniversary of the
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great Polish victory at the battle of Warsaw in 1920. The Polish army together
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with Ukrainian forces successfully repelled the Red Army's westward march, safeguarding Europe from a communist
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revolution. For centuries, Russian imperialism has been a mortal threat to our freedom. Poland's political
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tradition teaches that Russian expansionism rests on a legacy of domestic desperatism in which the only
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free man is the ruler himself. But precisely because Russian desperatism is the enemy of freedom, Russian
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imperialism can only be defeated through an alliance of free peoples. My nation
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halted Russian imperialism at Osher 1514, Clashidino 1,610
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and Warsaw 1920. It was probably a sinure of world attention when Air Force One and Russia
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presidential aircraft officially wheeled down at joint base Elundorf as President Donald Trump and President Vladimir
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Putin met face to face for the first time since the war in Ukraine started on February 24th, 2022. And the Friday
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meeting marked the first time President Vladimir Putin of Russia was stepping on Western country soil since he launched
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the war against Ukraine. He was able to meet Trump in Alaska because the US is
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not a member country of the International Criminal Court IC that issued a warrant of arrest against the
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Kremlin leader since 2023 over alleged war crime in Ukraine. It would be
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recalled that the Russian president Vladimir Putin did not attend the 2025
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annual Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa summit known as BRICS
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summit in Brazil due to concerns over an international criminal court warrant for his arrest in connection with alleged
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war crimes committed in Ukraine. According to the Kremlin aid, Yuri Ashikov pres-contestants in the last
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concluded general elections in Nigeria and former governor of an amber state Peter Obi has faulted president Bola
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Ahmed Tonubu trip to Brazil and also condemned the president frequent travel abroad at any slightest invitation and
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abandoned pressing issues of insecurity and other deplorable situations that make the nation bleeds. Specifically,
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Peter Obi said, "The situation we find ourselves in is deeply worrisome. Our
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president, who has not found it worthy to visit any of our troubled states, takes joy in traveling to foreign
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countries at the slightest invitation or excuse, often departing several days, even before the events he's invited to."
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The presidency had in a statement on Wednesday said that President Bola Tonubu will depart Abuja on Thursday,
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August 14th for a two-nation trip to Japan and Brazil. The president will
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stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates before proceeding to Japan. In Japan,
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President Tonubu will attend the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development, TICAD9,
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in the city of Yokohama from August 20th to 22. With the theme co-create
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innovative solutions with Africa, TICAD9 will focus on Africa's economic
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transformation and improvements in the business environment and institutions through private investment and
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innovation. It will also promote a resilient and sustainable African society for human security, peace and
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stability. In addition to attending plenary sessions on themes linked to the conference, the Nigerian president will
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hold bilateral meetings and meet the chief executive offices of some Japanese companies with investments in Nigeria.
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Initiated in 1993 by the Japanese government and co-hosted by the United
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Nations, UNDP, the African Union Commission and the World Bank, TICAD, is
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a trienal conference held alternately in Japan and Africa. The last one took
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place in August 2022 in Tunisia. The forum fosters high level policy dialogue
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between African leaders and development partners. At the end of the TICAD9,
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President Tonubu will leave for Brazilia, the capital of the Federated Republic of Brazil on a 2-day state
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visit from Sunday, August 24th to Monday, August 25th. This follows an
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invitation by the Brazilian president Luis Anatio Luna Dar Silva. While in
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Brazil, President Tanubu will hold a bilateral meeting with his host and attend a business forum with Brazilian
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investors. His delegation comprising key ministers and senior officials will
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explore opportunities to strengthen cooperation and sign agreements and memorand of understanding mouse with the
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Brazilian government. Beo Onuga, special adviser to the president on information and strate federal government of Nigeria
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under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tonubu has ordered the commissioner of police in charge of
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Lagos airport to withdraw the one-sided and obviously biased court case the Nigeria police force may have wrongly
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instituted against an Ibomb air passenger comfort eman who was seen in viral videos retaliating and defending
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herself physically after a group of Ibomb Air personnel and Lagos airport team had attacked her and provoked her
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to action. The FG position on the issue was made known by the Nigeria Minister
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of Aviation Fesus Cayamo in a press release the minister signed and made available few minutes ago. Although
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Fesus Cayamo reversed himself and acknowledged that the issue was a case of confrontation between the 26 years
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old passenger and the staff of Ibomb Airlines who in the new press release admitted that the staff of Ibomb Air and
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the Lagos airport authority team acted wrongly. But the minister did not state
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how the attacked passenger would be compensated most, especially when her chest sexual organs were seems to be
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deliberately exposed after a suspected Ibomb Airlines staff pulled off and tore the passenger shirt with obvious
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intention to expose the passenger's nakedness. The action of the federal government may ease the tension among
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millions of people who have accused the Nigeria police force of aiding and abetting the Ibomb airline company to
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continue to attack and oppress the offended passenger. Comfort Bob who is also identified as comfort eman by thus
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supporting the statement of Ibomb air management who in their first press release made statement that seems to
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have some level of deliberate falsehood and raising up a dead issue to win undue public sentiments manipulate the Nigeria
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police force to help them secure detention holding charge from the Lagos state magistrate court to further
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oppress and intimidate the attacked passenger specifically Ibamire stated in her first press release that shortly
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after the plane landed at Lagos airport, the passenger waited for every other passenger on board the plane to
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disembark and thereafter without provocation went to one of the plane hostesses Juliana Edward the Ibomb air
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management described as Perser stepped on her forcibly tore off her wig removed
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her glasses and threw it to the floor and used her footwear to assault her. She slapped her several times and when
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the other cabin crew member tried to intervene, she slapped her too. She then attempted to forcibly remove a fire
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extinguisher to use as a weapon, an act that could have damaged and grounded the aircraft. Soon after the Ibomb Air
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Management released the statement on Monday, a video surfaced on the internet that probably invalidated the statement
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of the Ibomb Air Management and stood out as an acceptable evidence that the management of Ibomb are people who may
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be rightly described as pathological liars who probably believed in telling lies as a way of managing C. Nigeria
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Aviation Minister Fesus Cayamo says the ministry has directed for the aviation
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staff who released the video footage containing the aspect of an Ibomb Airlines passenger comfort eman or Bob
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seen in an indecent appearance with her chest sexual organs exposed after the passenger shirt was torn by an Ibomb
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Airlines staff while security operatives were seen in the viral video dragging
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the agrieved passenger out of the aircraft following an act of confrontation. ation between the
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passenger and Ibomb Airlines hostesses which one of the hostesses blocked the right of way of the passenger and
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prevented the passenger from disembarking from the plane and after countless warning to the airline
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passenger to leave the road. The passenger went physical with the hostess by allegedly slapping her on the face,
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which the confrontation with the hostess apparently led to the alleged destruction of the plane divider cotton,
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which Hbomb Airlines valued at $2,500 as stated in count five of the fivecount
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charges the police filed against the passenger at a Kedar magistrate court in Lagos State. The aviation minister,
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Fesus Cayamo, who described the behavior of the passenger as unruly, said, "Although the airline staff is right to
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video record the event of the passenger's behavior for the purpose of legal action, but it is totally
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unacceptable for the staff to release part of the video that exposed the passenger's nakedness, especially her
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breasts." Details of the minister statement reads verbatim below, "Enough
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is enough. Reading the riot act on aviation safety and security in reference to the case of unruly comfort
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bob on Ibomb airline and related incidents. Earlier today, we again woke
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up to viral videos of a female passenger on Ibomb airline, now identified as
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Comfort Eman or Comfort Bob, who went berserk and physically assaulted both the flight crew and the ground staff.
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The incident took place yesterday, August 10th, 2025 on Ibomb Airline
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flight number Q 153 from Ouyo to Lagos at about 1454 hours. Ibomb Airline has
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since issued a statement to provide some context to the effect that the whole unfortunate incident arose because of
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the refusal of the passenger to switch off her phone during takeoff as required by extent international civil aviation
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regulations. Consequently, in the last few hours, I have been speaking with the commissioner
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of police of the airport police command, the DG of the NCAA and his team, the MD
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of FA and her team, the COO of Ibomb Air and his team about the incident. Apart
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from the indefinite flight ban imposed on the said unruly passenger both local and international by the Nigeria Civil
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Aviation Authority NCAA. The police has promptly arraigned her this morning at
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the Aeda magistrates court for criminal offenses and remanded her at Kirki prisons as she could not provide a
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careful study of the viral video involving the Ibam airline personnel. Lagos airport security operatives and an
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agrieved passenger comfort eman on board the airline plane on Sunday indicated
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that while the enraged passenger was being dragged off the plane by three men
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who held her two hands and legs suspending her a little bit on the air, a lady putting on a bomb air corporate
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clothes who was behind the camera lens could be seen in the video to have approached the passenger at the door
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point of the plane while the passenger was about to be taken out. apparently dipped her hand towards the waist part
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of the passenger, untucked the passenger shirt from the trousers, grabbed and pulled the passenger's shirt towards her
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head, and in the process, the passenger shirt got tore and the passenger's chest, sexual organs, or private parts
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were completely exposed. The action of the Ibomb airline staff appeared to be deliberate as the airline female staff
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was not part of those dragging the passenger off the aircraft. And after the female passenger's body was exposed,
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the Ibomb Airlines female staff never joined or assisted the security operatives to drag the passenger off the
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plane. This indicated that the motive of the female staff of Ibam Airline was solely to remove the passenger shirt and
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expose the agrieved airline passenger to ridicule. The video of the passengers's
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partial nakedness, especially her two breasts, completely exposed due to the apparent action of a yet to be arrested
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and prosecuted female staff of Ibomb Airlines has since gone viral with some
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pornographic channels already updating their channels with the partial nakedness of the Ibomb Airlines
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passenger. According to Punch newspaper, Comfort Eman, the passenger accused of
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assaulting airline officials aboard an Ibomb Air flight from Uuyo to Lagos has been charged in court and remanded in
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Kirki Correctional Center in Lagos. Tundday Mashie, special adviser on media
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and communications to the minister of aviation and aerospace development, Fesus Cayamo San confirmed the
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development in a post on his official X handle on Monday. The more reason the flying public should be more careful.
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The unruly passenger on the Yuyo Lagosbound Ibomb Air Miss Comfort Eman
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has been charged to court and she's now cooling off in Kirk Kiri. Mashie wrote, "Ibomb Air in a press statement on
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Monday said that Ibam Air confirms that on Sunday, August 10th, 2025, an
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incident occurred on board our Uyo Lagos flight involving a passenger Comfort Eman whose conduct posed a serious
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threat to the safety of our crew, passengers, and aircraft. Shortly before
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takeoff from Ouyo, Emanson was instructed in line with standard aviation safety procedures to switch off
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her mobile phone. She bluntly refused to comply until the pilot in command made
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an announcement after which a fellow passenger seated beside her took the management of national youth service
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corps under the leadership of Brigadier General Olukunlay Nafu has given reasons why a serving Nigeria youth corps member
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Ashier Rita Auimay was denied NYC discharge certificate that could have
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enabled her exit the one-year mandatory program after she completed the one-year paramilitary service to her nation as a
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new graduate and according to a statement posted and made available by NYSC on Sunday with no name of the
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authority responsible for the press statement written or mentioned in the statement. The NYC said core member Rita
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Aguayi's discharge certificate was withheld and her service year extended by 2 months following her alleged
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absence or failure to attend the April 2025 NYSC biometrics clearance at Etiosa
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local government area secretariat. And the month stated by NYC was barely few
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days after the core member had cried out loud in the month of March 2025 over the
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apparent increasing high rates of hunger as a result of rising costs of living in
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Nigeria. And as such she described the president Bola Ahmed Tonubu as a
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terrible president in a swift reaction to the reason given by NYSC Rita
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Aguaya's lawyer barristister Anibbeay Fyang while answering questions from channels television program presenters
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on Monday morning said the statement issued by the management of the national youth service corps NYC on its decision
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to extend the service period and withhold the certificate of national service of core members Ashier Rita
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Auimay alias Ray does not represent the truth of the matter saying on April 7th
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2025 Rita was physically present at the local government secretariat for the headcount and clearance with the NYSC
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official at the local government level deliberately refused to attend to her even after 6 hours waiting during which
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she was asked to go back and queued up on the line repeatedly. The NYSC official still refused to attend to her
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and thereafter on April 11th, 2025, the core member went to meet the NYSC
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official and begged her to allow her perform her April 2025 biometrics
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clearance. The NYSC female official refused and asked the core member to
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leave. This Amnesty International said the National Youth Service Corp NYC must
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resend its decision. The Amnesty International described as arbitrary and outrageous, saying NYC allegedly used
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bureaucratic tricks to extend the core member national service year over the government's unacceptable intolerance of
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dissenting voices with former Nigeria Vice President Atiku Abu Bakr describing
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the NYSC action as impunity and as such cautioned the government against
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subjecting everything to politics. And on Monday morning, the four
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