Following an attempt on the life of former United States President Donald Trump at a political rally on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Pennsylvania, authorities have identified the shooter as 20-year-old Thomas Crooks. “Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, is the subject involved in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on…
Former President Donald Trump has released a statement following the shooting incident at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, which left one person dead and another seriously injured. Trump himself sustained a minor injury during the attack. “I want to thank The United States Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response…
The leader of market heads in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Akinwande Olajire, has said Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, banned market groups in the town over their roles in current high cost of food items in the community. A video of Olajire addressing traders in a neighborhood market in Ile-Ife had gone viral on Saturday….
The United States, US, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has said it’s yet to establish the motive behind the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. FBI Special Agent in Charge of Pittsburgh field office, Kevin Rojek, said no specific threat was received ahead of the shooting. Addressing a press conference, Rojek said: “Tonight we…
Donald Trump was injured in what the FBI said was an attempted assassination at an election rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, an act of political violence that threatens to upend an already tumultuous US election race and deepen the country’s polarisation. The former president was injured in a volley of gunfire at 6.15pm from…
President Joe Biden spoke with former President Donald Trump on Saturday night, just hours after a possible assassination attempt on him at his rally in Pennsylvania. “I’ve been thoroughly briefed by all the agencies in the federal government as to the situation based on what we know now,” Biden told reporters and the nation earlier…
A section of the palace of Muhammadu Sanusi ll, the Emir of Kano, has been reportedly set on fire by suspected arsonists. Munir Bayero, chief of staff to the Emir, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday. Bayero said the fire gutted the palace at Kofar Kudu in Gidan Rumfa, adding that no casualties…
At least 10 children have been reported dead in Damangaza community, Lokogoma district of Abuja. NAN reports that the children died as a result of a suspected measles outbreak. James Budebo, Damangaza community head, was said to have announced the fatalities during an outreach programme on Friday. The programme was organised by Damangaza primary health…
Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova has won her first-ever Wimbledon ladies’ singles title. The 28-year-old defeated Jasmine Paolini, her Italian opponent, in the 2024 final on Saturday. Krejcikova dispatched off Paolini to the crown in a three-set thriller at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. The Czech dominated the opener with an…
The two journalists and their families abducted in Kaduna have regained freedom from their abductors. On July 6, Abdulgafar Alabelewe and Abdulraheem Aodu, journalists with The Nation and Blueprint newspapers, respectively, were abducted alongside their wives and children by some gunmen at about 10pm at Danhonu community, in the Millennium City area of Kaduna. Asma’u…
