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MINSK Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree on the transfer of presidential powers to the Security Council in the event of an emergency, the president s press-service said on Sunday. According to the new decree, if the president is assassinated, for example, the country will be temporarily governed by the Security Council, a body of top-ranking government officials, whose meetings are chaired by the Prime Minister. (Belarus-Decree) - - - - TBILISI Georgia Sunday marked the 76th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Representatives of the government and hundreds of veterans from across the country gathered at Veteran Park in downtown Tbilisi to commemorate the end of WWII and laid wreaths at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldiers to honor those who served in Georgia s Armed Forces. (Georgia-Victory Day-WWII)
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A gun has killed Nigerian police at a southern oil center: Police | Nigerian news
River State police stations and security controls are deteriorating security in the country.
Army men have killed at least seven Nigerian policemen on the night of an attack on an oil center in southern Rivers State, police said on Saturday.
The attackers fired at the checkpoint on Friday afternoon and then rushed to two police stations, the statement said. Authorities fired, killed two of the attackers and injured others who fled in a stolen car, police added.
The killings are undermining security in Rivers State (the capital of Port Harcourt, the gateway to the oil-rich Niger Delta delta region) and has reached other places in Africa’s largest crude exporter.
A manhunt is underway after a night of violence left at least seven police officers dead in Nigeria s oil-rich Rivers State on Friday.
Gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint in the southern state, then drove to two police stations, killing officers and burning patrol cars, police say.
Police killed two of the attackers but are searching for those who escaped.
It is not clear who was behind the killings, but the region has seen a surge in separatist attacks on police.
The unidentified armed men, driving a Toyota Hilux van, launched their surprise assault on the checkpoint at Choba Bridge at around 20:30 local time (19:30 BST) on Friday, police spokesperson Nnamdi Omoni said.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says no amount of intimidation will make the state succumb to any secessionist agenda.
The governor stated this in a reaction to the overnight attacks on police formations in Rivers State, after presiding over an emergency security meeting on Saturday.
In a statement signed by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, Governor Wike condemned the attacks by gunmen who he said “are bent on plunging Nigeria into another unwarranted crisis.”
He also expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the policemen and the Rivers State Police Command and assured residents to be calm.
Governor Wike said, “the Security Council has taken measures to secure the State.”