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Plateau attack: Gunmen Kill Three in Bassa LGA

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1 year ago

June 6, 2025

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Gunmen have killed three individuals in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, sparking renewed concerns about security in the region.

Joseph Chudu Yonkpa, a youth leader in the Irigwe community and National Publicity Secretary of the Irigwe Youth Movement, confirmed the incident to PUNCH Metro on Wednesday in Jos.

He said the victims were ambushed and killed on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, near Government Secondary School (GSS) Kwall, opposite the Military Drone Base, while returning home from Kwall District.

The community leader, who is also the National Publicity Secretary of the Irigwe Youth Movement, added that the deceased were identified as Sunday Ishaya, aged 37; Joshua Mishi, aged 51 and Range Kpeh, aged 32.

The community leader said, “Yes, it’s true. Yesterday, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, three individuals from Kwall District, Bassa LGA, were tragically killed in a violent incident while on their way home.

“The victims succumbed to bullet and machete injuries near the GSS Kwall, opposite the Military Drone Base, Kwall.

“The deceased are identified as: Sunday Ishaya, aged 37; Joshua Mishi, aged 51 and Range Kpeh, aged 32. May their souls rest in peace.”

When PUNCH Metro contacted the spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, Alabo Alfred, on Wednesday, for confirmation, he could not be reached as his phone was switched off at the time of filing this report.

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LPPC Bars Ozekhome from Using SAN Title Amid Ongoing Ethics Review

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19 minutes 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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22 minutes 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.