~ Oil Tanker Seized by Pirates Sparks Fear Along Somali Coast ~ . . . ~ Co-ordinated Violence Erupts Across Mali with Explosions and Gunfire ~ . . . ~ Julius Malema Sentenced to Prison for Firing Gun at Rally ~ . . . ~ Ijaw Youth, Ex-Agitators Lead Mass Protest at National Assembly Demanding Transparency in N2.1 Trillion Pipeline Surveillance ~ . . . ~ Eyewitness Account Reveals How Priest Balamene Karowei Vanished After Forced Abduction Linked To Bodmas Kemepadei, Godfrey Tare Pondi, Joshua Maciver And Tompolo ~ . . . ~ ‘We Work To Survive’: Poverty Drives Children Into Mining In DR Congo ~ . . . ~ Muslims Celebrate Eid al-Fitr Around The World Amid Shadow of War ~ . . . ~ Iran Targets Kuwaiti Oil Refinery As Israel Intensifies Strikes On Tehran ~ . . . ~ UK Agrees Deal with Nigeria to Speed Up Return of Illegal Migrants ~ . . . ~ A Call to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu: Do Not Renew the Pipeline Surveillance Contracts – Decentralize for the People of Niger Delta ~ . . .