August 2025
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The Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Ahmed Alkali, has set up an investigation committee to ascertain the cause of the recent train derailment on the Abuja–Kaduna rail corridor and to propose measures to prevent a recurrence. The decision follows the derailment of a train on August 26, 2025, near Jerre, while en route from Abuja…
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Kidnappers collected N2.57 billion as ransom payment from 4,722 abducted victims in Nigeria from July 2024 to June 2025. This is according to a report released recently by SBM Intelligence. According to the report, the secured ransom stems from N48 billion demanded by kidnappers in the period under review. The figure paid is 29.9 percent…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. University teachers embarked on peaceful protests on campuses on Tuesday over what they termed the Federal Government’s failure to meet their demands for better welfare and improved funding of the education sector. The protests, which grounded academic activities, were called by the Academic Staff…
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, said that if conditions remain the same in 2027, President Bola Tinubu will be voted out. Adebayo made the statement on Wednesday during an appearance on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. He argued that the president should simply go home and…
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Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara is taking questions from the media at the end of the briefing. He says all of those injured in the shooting are expected to survive. “There are a range of injuries,” he adds. “I believe all of them have their parents with the now, they are all expected to survive.”…
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The principal and pastor of the Annunciation Catholic School have written a joint letter to the community after the shooting. “We are navigating an impossible situation together at this time,” principal Matthew DeBoer and Father Dennis Zehren said. “No words can capture what we have gone through, what we are going through, and what we…
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The second news conference of the day has now wrapped up after the shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. Let’s run through what we know, and point out what we’re still waiting to hear… The victims The killer What we don’t know
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Two children, aged eight and 10, have been killed in the shooting during a mass at Annunciation Catholic School. The killer opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a church and struck a group of children as they sat in pews. The attacker has since been identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, a male…
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On Tuesday, Farage vowed to pull the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights and start mass deportations of anyone who arrived in the country illegally. South African-born billionaire and tech mogul Elon Musk has reignited a feud with Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage, dubbing him “weak sauce who will do nothing”…
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Between a foldable iPhone and its slimmest one yet, these are all the Apple rumours swirling ahead of the expected September launch. With autumn comes the annual launch of Apple’s latest hardware, and rumours are already surfacing on what we can expect the company to drop. Apple announced on Tuesday that it would hold a…
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German media reported earlier that the Commission president would be a serious contender for the position of the Federal President of Germany in 2027. But according to her spokesperson, she’s fully focused on her duties as president of the European Commission. Ursula von der Leyen is not available to be the next German president, a…
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Hungary’s government, which maintains warm relations with Russia, has a history of regularly blocking EU support for Ukraine, which has strained relations between Budapest and several other EU countries. Hungary’s government has sued the European Union over a decision to grant billions of euros of aid to Ukraine from frozen Russian assets. The lawsuit, filed…
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Ahead of the Moldovan parliamentary elections on 28 September, the leaders of France, Germany and Poland visited Chișinău on the 34th anniversary of Moldova’s independence. With the renewed promise of future EU membership, the French, German and Polish leaders visited Moldova on 27 August, the country’s national day. The message from the French President Emmanuel…
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Chippa United goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali is doubtful for Nigeria’s upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and South Africa due to injury, MEZIESBLOG reports. Nwabali was stretchered off in the 35th minute of Chippa United’s South African Premier Soccer League clash with Richards Bay on Tuesday night. The 29-year-old now faces a race against…
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Here is a detailed explanation of the meaning of NATO. 1. The Basic Meaning: What Does NATO Stand For? NATO is an acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In short, NATO is a political and military alliance of countries from North America and Europe. 2. The Core Principle: Collective Defense The fundamental purpose of…
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NEED TO KNOW Donald Trump seemingly had a tense encounter with a White House staffer inside the Oval Office on Monday, Aug. 25. While delivering remarks at an executive order signing ceremony, Trump, 79, reportedly kicked one of his own people out of the room for causing a distraction. The moment happened as Trump answered a…
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