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Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is expected to address the country’s parliament on Thursday as pressure mounts on his government over the killing of hundreds of ethnic minorities in two separate attacks in recent weeks. The violence last month in farming villages in Oromia region, in the country’s west, claimed more than 300 lives. Many were killed in yet another attack two weeks later. This will be Mr Abiy’s second appearance before lawmakers in less than a month.

Some filling stations Yesterday dispensed petrol, at over N175/litre, higher than the government-approved N165/litre price, as oil marketers insisted to embark on strike from next week if the government fails to pay them. VOP FM gathered that some outlets in Lagos that sold the commodity at N169/litre last week had to adjust their pumps yesterday as they dispensed PMS to motorists at N175/litre. Our correspondent also observed that many filling stations, particularly those belonging to members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, were shut due to a lack of products to sell to customers

It has been uncovered that the gunmen who bombed the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja on Tuesday night released 600 inmates, including 15 deadly Boko Haram commanders who masterminded the March 28 attack on the Kaduna-Abuja train at Katari, Kaduna, in which eight persons were killed and over 68 passengers kidnapped. The Islamic State West Africa Province claimed responsibility for the attack in a 30-second video which showed the gunmen setting ablaze vehicles parked in the facility. The gunmen were said to have operated for about two hours without any response from the security agencies.

Nigerian superstar Asisat Oshoala has been ruled out of the ongoing African women’s nation’s cup. The Football federation tweeted that she sustained an injury that will require her to go back to Spain on Thursday Oshoala was greatly criticized for the loss against SouthAfrica in the first game of the super falcons

Paul Pogba is set to rejoin Juventus on a free transfer after his Manchester United contract expired. It is understood the 29-year-old France midfielder will have a medical at the weekend before completing the move. Pogba joined United from the Italian side in 2016 for a then-world-record fee of £89m. United and Pogba failed to agree on a new contract and the club confirmed at the start of June that he would leave as a free agent this summer. It is anticipated that Pogba will begin training with Juventus next week prior to their trip to the United States, where…

Russian shelling killed eight civilians in Ukraine over the past 24 hours and wounded 25 more, Ukrainian officials say, while pro-Russia separatists say attacks by Ukrainian forces killed four civilians. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the publication of a call between Russian and French leaders is a breach of “diplomatic etiquette”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says air alerts rang out across almost all of Ukraine last night, as he calls again for a modern, effective air-defence system. Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting, making their way into Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the governor of Luhansk has said.

More than 8.79 million people have crossed the border from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in late February, the UN refugee agency has said. On its website, the agency said 8.793 million people had made the crossing since February 24.

The Chairman Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Uba Sani, has reiterated the willingness of the National Assembly to continually support the debt recovery efforts of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria. The Senator made the appeal while speaking at a one-day retreat held recently in Niger State. The retreat was themed: “Asset Recovery as a Tool for Enhanced Growth and Stability of the Banking Sector Sustaining the Impact and Bridging the Challenges of AMCON.” While appealing to sister agencies of the Federal Government and all stakeholders to support the recovery drive of AMCON, Sani said the…