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A security scare occurred at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos on Thursday night as burglars attacked Air Peace aircraft at the airport while it was taxiing to take off to Abuja.  The aircraft, a Boeing 737 was attacked at 7:35 pm by unknown bandits on the domestic runway of the airport.  A source close to the scene told our correspondent that suspected burglars opened cargo hold of Air Peace Flight 7138 taxiing for departure on Runway 18R (A1) of the Lagos Airport.  The Communications Manager, Air Peace, Mr. Chris Iwarah confirmed the incident and a passenger aboard the aircraft also tweeted about the incident.  The forced opening of the cargo of the aircraft led to delay in the departure of the aircraft for close to 2hours as security operatives attached to the airport carried out a comprehensive search on the airplane before being allowed to depart the airport.  8 Feb Sahara Reporters ✔ @SaharaReporters VIDEO: Resources meant for development are

While Netanyahu declares “Israel is not seeking war,” top Israeli analysts say that the conflict over a secret Iranian missile plant in Lebanon makes an Israeli strike almost inevitable. By: Steve Leibowitz, World Israel News Analysts looking at Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Sunday briefing to the Cabinet on the subject of his recent talks with Russian President Putin pointed at the particular significance of a remark he made after usual comments about Israeli readiness in the face of military threats. Netanyahu told the ministers that he and Putin, discussed “Lebanon, which is becoming a factory for precision-guided missiles that threaten Israel. These missiles pose a grave threat to Israel, and we will not accept this threat.” Netanyahu went on to say that the weapons factories are currently “in the process of being built” by Iran and Israel is “determined to do whatever is necessary to prevent those two developments.” Indeed top Israeli analysts say that the  Iranian “missil

Authorities investigate the scene of a fatal Amtrak train crash in Cayce, South Carolina on Feb. 4, 2018. Tim Dominick / The State via AP An Amtrak train traveling from New York to Miami collided with a CSX freight train early Sunday in Lexington County, South Carolina, killing two Amtrak personnel and injuring more than 100 other people, according to authorities. The crash overnight Sunday caused the lead engine and some passenger cars to derail, Amtrak said in a statement. There were 139 passengers and eight crew members aboard the Amtrak train when it collided with the freight at around 2:35 a.m. Sunday morning near Cayce, South Carolina, officials said. Hospitals treated 116 people in total, with injuries ranging from very minor to more serious, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said during a news conference Sunday morning. The engineer of the Amtrak train, Michael Kempf, 54,

Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, the p resident of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Socio-cultural Association, has said that anyone who takes the mandate of President Muhammad Buhari to rule the country come 2019, would be in for a bitter fight. Abdullahi Boyejo warned that nobody should try and remove Buhari in 2019, adding that the eyes of the Fulani all over the country have ‘opened’. “Nobody should try to remove Buhari in 2019. All the Fulani in Nigeria today, our eyes are open. All of us are behind Buhari; we have seen that they want to destroy the Fulani because of Buhari. “We would not allow anybody to intimidate the Federal Government or to take Buhari’s mandate; we would be ready to follow him and fight it. We are ready to do anything to ensure that Buhari comes back to complete the good work he is doing. The people criticizing him are just few and nothing would affect his chances of coming back.” He also reacted to the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to t

A London paper reports that Hamas believes an attack by Israel is imminent. Netanyahu responds that Israel “not interested” in war but will defend itself. By: Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News Al Hayat , an Arabic-language London-based newspaper, reported Sunday that the leaders of Hamas in the Gaza Strip are calculating that the chances of war with Israel are “at 95 percent” and assume it could erupt within days. The paper further said that the military wing of Hamas has declared a state of the highest alert, evacuating its headquarters and various sites in the Strip, such as the border areas, and spreading its armed forces in civilian areas for fear of an Israeli attack. Other Gaza terror groups, including Islamic Jihad, were reportedly preparing in a similar manner. The possible cover for such an offensive, they claim, could be the biennial Israeli-American Juniper Cobra training exercise, which is set to take place in the coming days. The drill involves thousands of sol