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Eight Killed, Homes Razed in Fresh Attack on Plateau Community

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1 year ago

June 12, 2025

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At least eight people have been confirmed dead and several others injured following a deadly night attack by gunmen on Chicim community in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Eyewitnesses said the attack occurred around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, taking residents by surprise as many had already retired for the night.

A local resident, Nankus Habila, recounted that the attackers stormed the community and began firing indiscriminately, triggering panic and a desperate attempt by villagers to flee.

The violence reportedly spread to the nearby Gyenbwas community in Langai District, where several houses were set ablaze during the assault.

Efforts to obtain an official response from security agencies proved unsuccessful as of press time. Calls to the spokesman of Operation Safe Haven (OpSH), Major Samson Zhakom, went unanswered, while the phone number of Plateau State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Alfred Alabo, was unreachable.

The latest incident has heightened tension in the area, with residents appealing for urgent government intervention and the deployment of additional security personnel to prevent further bloodshed.

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LPPC Bars Ozekhome from Using SAN Title Amid Ongoing Ethics Review

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2 hours ago

June 25, 2026

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BY SUNDAY SAMUEL The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has directed prominent lawyer Mike Ozekhome to stop using the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) pending the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings against him.

The decision was made in line with Paragraph 26(6) of the guidelines governing the award and regulation of the SAN rank. The measure will remain in force until the committee reaches a final decision on matters currently before its Disciplinary and Ethics Sub-Committee, as well as other related proceedings.

According to the LPPC, the action is intended to protect the honour, reputation and standing of the prestigious SAN designation while the issues under consideration are thoroughly examined.

As a result, Ozekhome is prohibited from portraying or identifying himself as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria until the disciplinary process is concluded.

The committee reaffirmed its dedication to promoting professionalism, ethical conduct and accountability within the legal profession, stressing the need to preserve public trust in the SAN institution.

Ozekhome was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2010, joining a group of 19 distinguished legal practitioners admitted to the Inner Bar that year.

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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war

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2 hours ago

June 25, 2026

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Dutch Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma visited Washington this week to meet with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and members of Congress to oppose the MATCH Act, a bill that would bar Chinese chipmakers from accessing Western semiconductor equipment, and one that would hit ASML especially hard.

ASML, based in the Netherlands, is Europe’s most valuable company and the only maker in the world of the sophisticated lithography machines that are used to make cutting-edge AI chips.

“It’s exceptional that I’m coming here to broadly outline our concerns to Congress,” Sjoerdsma told Bloomberg after the meetings. “The stakes for the Netherlands may be very high.”

China accounts for 19% of ASML’s net system sales. The MATCH Act would go further than existing controls, extending curbs to ASML’s deep ultraviolet immersion machines on top of the long-standing ban on its most advanced extreme ultraviolet, or EUV, tools reaching China.

As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — gear first shipped about a decade ago — the same machines the MATCH Act would now relegate off limits.

The bill, introduced in April, hasn’t yet faced a full House or Senate vote; Bloomberg notes it would likely need to be folded into a larger package to pass.