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  • Militants Abduct 300 Children From Catholic School in Nigeria

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    Gunmen stormed a Catholic school in Nigeria, abducting more than 300 students and teachers at a time when President Trump is threatening military action to protect Christians in the West African nation.

    The attackers hit St. Mary’s Catholic School in central Niger State in the early hours Friday, spraying bullets into the air before rousting students from their dormitories and forcing them into the forest at gunpoint, police said.

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  • Opinion | Trump and Nigeria’s Persecuted Christians

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    President Trump wanted the attention of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, and he’s got it. On Friday Mr. Trump designated Africa’s most populous nation a “country of particular concern” for religious persecution. And on Saturday he wrote that if Nigeria fails to protect its Christians, the U.S. may go in “‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.”

    Christians account for nearly half of Nigeria’s population, and they’ll welcome Mr. Trump’s attention. Open Doors International, which tracks religious persecution, says more Christians are killed for their faith in Nigeria than anywhere else in the world.

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  • Nigeria lifts emergency rule in Rivers State after 6 months of political crisis

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    ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president lifted emergency rule and removed the suspension of a state governor and lawmakers in oil-rich Rivers State on Wednesday after six months of emergency rule in response to a protracted political crisis and oil pipeline vandalism, according to a statement on social media.

    The choice to impose emergency rule was meant “to arrest the drift toward anarchy in Rivers State,” said President Bola Tinubu in a statement defending the choice.

    “This is undoubtedly a welcome development for me and a remarkable achievement for us. I therefore do not see why the state of emergency should exist a day longer than the six months I had pronounced at the beginning of it,” he said.

    The crisis in the southern oil-producing region of Rivers State began after a political confrontation between incumbent Gov. Siminalayi Fubara and state lawmakers. Some lawmakers attempted to impeach Fubara, accusing him of illegally presenting the state budget and altering the composition of the legislature. Fubara has denied these accusations.

    The oil-producing region of Nigeria has seen militant attacks targeting oil pipelines for years.

    During the period of emergency rule, Nigeria’s retired former navy chief Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas, ruled the state.

    The Nigerian constitution allows emergency rule to maintain law and order in rare circumstances.

    The last emergency in Nigeria was declared under President Goodluck Jonathan in 2013, in the northeastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe during the height of the Boko Haram insurgency. However, the state governors were not suspended then.

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  • Suspended Nigeria central bank governor charged after weeks in detention

    Suspended Nigeria central bank governor charged after weeks in detention

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    KANO, Nigeria (AP) — The suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria was charged after a month in detention under a court directive Thursday that officials act against the man or let him go, the secret police agency announced.

    Godwin Emefiele was charged after being investigated for alleged “criminal infractions,” said Peter Afunanya, spokesman for the secret police, the Department of State Services.

    Afunanya’s statement, however, did not specify the charges filed against Emefiele in the capital, Abuja. The police agency had in 2022 accused him of terrorism financing and economic crimes, both of which carry long jail terms.

    Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has told federal legislators that his government plans to pay $10 every month to poor households to ease the hardship caused by his administration’s removal of subsidies for gasoline.

    FILE - People walk through floodwaters near flooded farmlands after heavy rainfall in Hadeja, Nigeria, Sept 19, 2022 .Authorities in Nigeria say they have activated a national response plan for another round of deadly floods blamed mainly on climate change and infrastructure problems. The West African nation's National Emergency Management Agency said Thursday, July 6, 2023 it has begun to work based on dire forecasts by seeking air support for search and rescue missions while stockpiling relief materials. (AP Photo, file)

    Authorities in Nigeria say they have activated a national response plan ahead of what’s expected to be another round of deadly floods blamed mainly on climate change and infrastructure problems.

    Rifkatu Andruwus, 66, stands in front of her makeshift home, at the Durami camp for the displaced, in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, June 9, 2023. Hundreds remain homeless in Nigeria's capital of Abuja after losing their shanties to government bulldozers. Authorities say the demolitions seek to rid the city of crime and restore Abuja's master plan, a conceptual layout meant to promote growth of this oil-rich Western African nation. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)

    Hundreds of people remain homeless in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja after losing their shanties to government bulldozers.

    Solar panels on the rooftop of a house in Abuja Abuja, Nigeria. Saturday June 17, 2023. Nigeria's removal of a subsidy that helped reduce the price of gasoline has increased costs for people already struggling with high inflation. But it also potentially accelerates progress toward reducing emissions in Africa's largest economy. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga)

    Nigeria’s removal of a subsidy that helped reduce the price of gasoline has increased costs for people already struggling with high inflation.

    Shortly after he took office in June, new President Bola Tinubu directed Emefiele’s suspension, saying the move was related to the investigation of his office as the central bank governor and planned reforms in the financial sector.

    Emefiele was then taken into custody and has been detained since, prompting him to sue the secret police recently on the grounds of illegal detention and a breach of his human rights.

    While ruling on his application earlier Thursday, a high court in Abuja directed that the former central bank governor either be charged within one week or be released.

    “The continued detention of the applicant cannot be justified in the absence of any charge against him. At the very least, justice demands that applicant (Emefiele) should be released on administrative bail,” the local judge said.

    It is unclear what the duration of Emefiele’s trial could be though such high-profile trials in Nigeria typically last for several months.

    The secret police said it would ensure professionalism, justice and fairness in handling the matter.

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