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President Donald Trump’s order on the release of 80,000 pages of files connected to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been carried out. The National Archives on Tuesday announced the publication titled, “JFK Assassination Records – 2025 Documents Release.” The government agency noted that the release was in accordance with President Trump’s…
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Nigerian artist Naira Marley has addressed the public following his exoneration from any connection to the death of fellow musician Mohbad. In a statement posted on his X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, Marley disclosed that he and Mohbad had mended their relationship prior to his untimely demise, despite previous conflicts. Marley voiced his dissatisfaction with…
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A retired Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander, Isma’il Tanko Wudilawa, has responded to claims by U.S. lawmaker, Scott Perry that United States Agency for International Development, USAID, is allegedly sponsoring acts of terrorism worldwide, including in Nigeria. Recall that US Congressman, Scott Perry had alleged that USAID was providing funding to terrorist organisations, including Boko…
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Gunmen have shot and killed a 54-year-old prophet of the Celestial Church of Christ’s Eagle Parish in the Odo Eran Idiroko area of the Ogun State. The gunmen opened fire on the cleric during an active Sunday service and then escaped. The police spokesperson in the state Omolola Odutola confirmed the incident in a statement…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. No fewer than 60 bodies have been recovered from the scene of tanker explosion at Dikko, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State. A fuel-laden tanker exploded on Saturday morning, killing scores and injuring several others. The Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal…
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The Gombe State Police Command has arrested five teenagers accused of fatally assaulting a young man during an argument at a wedding ceremony. The incident which took place in the vibrant Pantami neighborhood, has left the local community in shock. Eyewitness account has it that what began as a verbal disagreement quickly escalated into a…
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A teen killed a fellow student and a teacher in a knife attack at a secondary school in northeastern Slovakia on Thursday and wounded another student. The 18-year-old was detained shortly after the crime, police said. “Two women aged 18 and 51 suffered fatal injuries,” Danka Capakova from Slovakia’s emergency service told AFP. Interior Minister…
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A few days into the year 2025, renewed onslaught by daredevil terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements is sending fearful signal across many parts of the country. MEZIESBLOG reports that there has been a series of unprovoked attacks on unsuspecting civilians and security operatives by non-state actors, causing tension across the nation. According to reports,…
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A Thai court on Monday (Jan 13) approved 12 days of detention for a man suspected of shooting dead a Cambodian opposition politician in an attack in Bangkok. Ekkalak Paenoi, who confessed to the crime on Saturday in a livestream video, was escorted to the court in Bangkok wearing a bulletproof vest and helmet alongside uniformed…
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Ogun State Police Command has raised concerns over a significant increase in reports of missing persons in the state. The Command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, made this known in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Odutola stated that the command had noticed an unprecedented rise in the number of missing persons across all age groups. She…
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Barriers protecting pedestrians were removed before the New Orleans attack for repairs because they were deemed “unreliable”, city officials have said. Officials had hoped to replace the “non-operational” barriers with a new bollard design by February, when the city is scheduled to host the NFL’s Super Bowl. While the works were taking place, the barriers…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed that the tax reforms initiated by his administration have come to stay. During the ongoing first presidential media chat, the president addressed mixed reactions regarding the tax reform bills before the National Assembly, stating that the benefits of the…
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Mikhail Shatsky, who is said to have overseen the modernisation of Kh-59 and Kh-69 missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, was reportedly shot dead near his home. A Russian weapons expert who helped to develop cruise missiles used in the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine has reportedly been assassinated in a forest in the Moscow region.…
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Key Takeaways At first glance, the assassin seemed too meticulous to be an amateur and too careless to be a professional. But the man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City sidewalk managed to evade capture for days – puzzling even law enforcement experts. “What surprises me is how well planned the…
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Strong person of interest’ Luigi Mangione taken into custody at Pennsylvania McDonald’s. Here’s what we know so far. At a press conference Monday afternoon in Manhattan, New York Mayor Eric Adams, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny provided details about 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who they described as a…
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Authorities in New York City said Monday that police in Altoona, Pa. have arrested a “strong person of interest” in last week’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan. At a press conference, police identified the person of interest as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who was spotted at a McDonald’s in Altoona and…
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