![]() The Lagos State Governor also directed the State Ministry of Education to commence investigation into the case of a student who was reportedly sent out of school, for using a poster of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi to wrap her books. In another development, the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday kept his promise to support traders affected by the fire outbreak at an Auto spare parts market in Olodi Apapa, by donating N100 million Naira to the victims. ![]() The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour in a short video shared on social media, said traditional rulers should know better than engaging in any festival that will disenfranchise voters. The Mornach’s media aide denied the reports stating that people are being mischievous by spreading unfounded allegations against the kingdom, and assured lagosians that the festival will not interfere with the conduct of the elections since the Oro rites would end by 5am on Saturday, and voters can go about with the exercise. The violence has shattered a 2013 ceasefire aimed at assisting the search for a final peace deal to end the PKK’s three-decade insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.On Wednesday, social media was abuzz after news began circulating that Lagos monarch, Saheed Ademola Elegushi, the elegushi of Ikate had scheduled a traditional rite known as the Oro festival on Saturday March 18th to disrupt the governorship and house of assembly elections in Lagos. The PKK has been staging daily attacks against the Turkish armed forces as the military conducts a sustained operation against the group in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq. In a sign of the gravity of the attack, Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s prime minister, broke off a trip to Konya to watch a national football game and summoned an emergency security meeting in Ankara, Anatolia said.ĭavutoglu was taken in his motorcade to attend the security meeting with officials including Hulusi Akar, the army chief of staff, and Hakan Fidan, the spy chief. He said the attack happened during a “clean-up operation” against PKK fighters. A struggle was being waged under such conditions.” ![]() “The weather conditions were unfavourable. There will be a very particular and decisive fight there. The PKK described the assault as an “act of sabotage”, in a statement posted on the website of its military wing, the People’s Defence Forces (HPG).Įrdogan reacted to the attack during a live television interview on A Haber channel, saying: “A mine attack has been staged. Q&A: Turkey’s fight against PKK is ‘legitimate’ “This seems like a particularly serious attack on the Turkish military since the two and half years ceasefire with the PKK effectively collapsed in mid-June, with both sides blaming each other for the collapse,” our correspondent said. Roadside bombs were detonated as the convoy passed, followed by a gun battle, Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith, reporting from Bodrum, said. The official Anatolia news agency said the attack on two military vehicles in a convoy in Daglica in Hakkari, a known PKK stronghold, had left several soldiers dead and others wounded. There was no immediate official casualty toll but the Turkish military immediately scrambled fighter jets to strike PKK targets after Sunday’s ambush in the country’s southeast. Several Turkish soldiers have been killed and others wounded in a major attack in Hakkari province carried out by fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), according to both the Kurdish group and official Turkish media.
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