The Brief: Plateau killings; Ekiti roadblock; Taliban Afghanistan

Ilasa Ekiti ground to a halt in protests on Sunday cutting off travellers from Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan. The protests were against the relocation of Ekiti south council headquarters.

The Taliban has been relentless in its pursuit to take Afghanistan. On Sunday it closed in on the capital Kabul, sending diplomatic missions to evacuate their staff and the president fleeing.

While the government of Plateau State is imposing a 24-hour curfew on Jos-North Local Government Area,  Fulani leaders have demanded that perpetrators of an attack that reportedly claimed the lives of at least 25 travellers be brought to book.

In this episode of Nigeria Daily, we seek to find out the real reasons for imposing the curfew. Listen or download to find out what is happening in Jos.

Five people were reportedly killed, another five injured in an attack on Madamai community in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State Sunday, Daily Trust gathered.

An eyewitness, who escaped with gunshots, Emmanuel Nache, told Daily Trust that the attackers invaded their community in numbers around 5:00 am and started shooting sporadically.

With less than a week to the commencement of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, the captain of Team Nigeria Paralympics, Lucy Ejike, has assured the country of medals in Tokyo.

Although Team Nigeria only managed one silver and one bronze at the just concluded Tokyo Olympics, the Paralympians who have consistently been Nigeria’s saving grace are confident of putting up a good show in Tokyo.

President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his delegation to London, the United Kingdom (UK) will self-isolate in line with COVID-19 protocols.

Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this Sunday to Daily Trust on Sunday, said the measure became necessary after the lockdown of the Nigerian High Commission for 10 days in observation of UK COVID-19 regulations.

Vehicular movement and other activities were grounded as Lagos, Abuja and Kwara travellers were stranded Sunday due to protest embarked upon by Ilasa Ekiti residents, over the relocation of Ekiti South East Local Council Development Authority (LCDA), from the community.

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President Ashraf Ghani left Afghanistan on Sunday after Taliban fighters entered the capital Kabul, capping their return to power two decades after being forced out by U.S.-led forces.

American diplomats were evacuated from their embassy by chopper after the militants swept across Afghanistan in days with little resistance from local forces trained and equipped by the United States and others for billions of dollars.

The Senate has said that Nigeria lost N17.6bn to tax evasion in 2015. The unrecovered taxes, it said, were made up of Value Added Tax (VAT), Company Income Tax (CIT), Withholding Tax (WHT), Education Tax (EDT) and NITDEF.

Some of the survivors of Saturday’s attack on Fulani travellers around Gada-Biyu – Rukuba road in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, Sunday narrated how security agents and other good Samaritans rescued them from the mob.

Their accounts came as new tally shows that 27 of the travellers were killed in the carnage, which has drawn outrage and condemnation.