Ringleaders of Cape Town refugee protests kicked out of SA 19 April 2021 - 15:21 At the height of the protests, police and refugees clashed in the Cape Town city centre where the refugees had camped outside the UN High Commission for Refugees office before occupying the Central Methodist Church. File photo. Image: Esa Alexander/Sunday Times
Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has confirmed a decision to deport 41 people who were part of a group of foreign nationals in Cape Town who wanted to be taken to Canada.
A further 121 foreigners had decided to take up an offer to be flown back to their home countries by the UN.
Woman, four kids die in gas explosion
An electric spark caused by leakage flattens two houses
LAHORE:
Four children and a woman were killed and 12 other people injured after a gas leak caused an explosion in Burki, Lahore area.
Two houses collapsed due to the explosion. The Punjab chief minister also sought a report on the incident.
According to police, a call was received on the emergency number at 6:30am on Tuesday that a loud explosion had been heard in Pangali village on Burki Road.
Station House Officer (SHO) Qamar Abbas told The Express Tribune that when he reached the spot, two house covering about 14 marlas had collapsed and there was smell of gas in the area.
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Kuwait Finance House - Bahrain (KFH-Bahrain) was awarded the J.P. Morgan “Quality Recognition Award” and “Elite Quality Recognition Award” 2020, for the bank’s exemplary performance in individual and financial institutions money transfers.
The STP award recognises leading financial institutions that have successfully adopted technologically-advanced e-services, in line with JP Morgan’s standards for operational excellence.
The award comes following initiatives implemented by KFH- Bahrain to ensure high-quality performance in adopting the Straight-Through Processing (STP), in compliance with J.P. Morgan’s standards.
It is worth noting that less than 1% of its total funds transfer clients qualified for a J.P. Morgan STP Award in 2020, which further highlights KFH-Bahrain’s exceptional success in meeting the J.P. Morgan rigorous criteria.
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Samuel Aruwan, the state commissioner for security and internal affairs, confirmed the killings in a statement on Wednesday.
According to him, security agencies reported a sequence of attacks by armed bandits on soft targets in Igabi and Chikun LGAs occurring over the last 48 hours, leading to the death of 18 people.
“According to the reports, Anaba village in Igabi local government area was attacked, with seven residents killed, listed as: Ali Musa, Isa Sharehu, Tijjani Isa, Auwalu Shehu, Hashim Abdullahi, Hassan Saidu, and Umar Rilwanu,” he said.
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“Many of the houses in the community were burnt down, along with storehouses and barns. About 20 cows were rustled and a number of poultry slaughtered and carted away.
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Some bandits have raided the Igabi and Chikun local government areas of Kaduna State, killing 18 persons.
The PUNCH learnt that the separate attacks happened between Monday and Tuesday.
The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, said the bandits attacked soft targets in Igabi and Chikun in the last 48 hours.
He said security operatives informed the state that the bandits first invaded Anaba village in Igabi LG, killing seven residents while houses were razed and over 20 cows rustled.
The commissioner gave the names of those killed as Ali Musa, Isa Sharehu, Tijjani Isa, Auwalu Shehu, Hashim Abdullahi, Hassan Saidu and Umar Rilwanu.