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Senate Seeks Increased Security Surveillance In Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi Borders

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In response to the region’s escalating violence and banditry, the Senate has demanded that security forces immediately set up more security camps and increase surveillance along the Taraba, Plateau, and Bauchi states.

In response to a deadly farmer-herder conflict in the Taraba State Munga Lelau and Maigami villages, the resolution came after Senator Isa Shuaibu Lau (Taraba North) moved an urgent national importance motion.

According to Lau, the crisis started on May 23, 2025, and grew worse over the weekend, resulting in the displacement of more than 200 residents, as well as the death of 60 to 70 people.

READ MORE:  Recent Taraba Attacks Leave Over 30 Residents Dead and Many People Injured.

Many people were forced into makeshift camps in Karim Lamido and nearby Lau, where the violence, which was reportedly fueled by reprisals between farming and herding communities, resulted in the displacement of many.

The Senate expressed concern that Karim Lamido, which has strong security ties to Plateau and Bauchi states, has grown to become a haven for bandits.

Senator Lau also expressed concern about the ongoing attacks, which have caused thousands of people to flee and threaten regional stability.

Trump says Harvard should cap foreign enrollment, provide student list

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Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has escalating his dispute with Harvard University, calling for the university to cap foreign enrollment and share data with the government regarding its foreign students.

“We need to see their lists,” Harvard says. Nearly 31% of their students are foreigners. We’re curious about the origin of those students. Do they create problems? What nations are they from, exactly? Trump addressed reporters on Wednesday at the White House. Foreign students make up 27% of Harvard’s student body, according to data from universities that enrol.

Trump argued that there should be a cap on enrollment, not 31 percent, adding that he wanted students to be able to choose “people who are going to love our country” at universities.

More control over the university’s curricula, information about foreign students, and additional steps to crack down on pro-Palestine student activism, which the Trump administration has described as anti-Semitic, have been among the demands made by the Trump administration.

“Harvard must act on their own,” says the professor. Trump addressed reporters in the Oval Office, “Harvard is treating our country with a lot of disrespect, and they’re only getting in deeper and deeper.”

The university has fought back against what it claims is an attempt to undermine its commitment to academic freedom and independence.

The Trump administration announced that it would completely revoke Harvard’s ability to enroll international students and that it had cut off grants worth billions of dollars. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Harvard “promoted violence, antisemitism, and coordinated with the Chinese Communist Party.”

The university claimed in a statement at the time that the decree was a “series of government actions” aimed at punishing Harvard for its inability to grant academic independence and to retaliate against the federal government for its illegal granting of control of our curriculum, faculty, and student body.

A judge temporarily blocked the order on Friday after the university quickly filed a legal challenge to it in court.

Trinity Washington University president Patricia McGuire claimed on Wednesday that Trump’s policies against foreign students enrolling at US universities “make no sense.”

According to McGuire, “It’s so irrational because higher education is one of the top US exports to the world and the international students who come here enrich American universities greatly and transfer their knowledge to all of their countries around the world for the improvement of their countries and their populations,” McGuire told Al Jazeera from Washington, DC.

According to McGuire, Trump’s actions are in line with “an administration that has literally snatched students off the street and taken them detention centers,” referring to Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained by masked federal agents in broad daylight on a street near her Massachusetts home in March.

The 30-year-old Turkish doctoral student was released from the immigration and customs enforcement agency this month by a court order.

Woods’ son Charlie wins junior event in Florida

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Timothy Abraham
Journalist for BBC Sport

Charlie Woods, who will follow in Tiger’s footsteps, won his first American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) championship.

The 16-year-old American won the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Bowling Green, Florida, by three shots.

Tiger Woods won eight AJGA matches between 1991 and 1993, the highest total after Phil Mickelson.

Charlie finished the final round of his fifth AJGA competition one shot ahead of overnight leader Luke Colton.

The teenager, who was ranked 606th by the AJGA, put together eight birdies for a six-under-par 66 on the Black Course at Streamsong Resort, which placed him 15 under the leaderboard.

The younger Woods had previously placed in 25th place at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March, which was his best performance on the AJGA circuit prior to this week.

He and his father have competed in the last five PNC Championship competitions, which are two-player teams made up of a family member and a major champion, and they both finished in the top five last year.

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Kenyan Author Ngugi Wa Thiong’o Has Died

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Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a known author from Kenya and one of the most influential writers in East Africa, passed away on Wednesday, his daughter announced on Facebook. &nbsp, He was 87.

Wanjiku Wa Ngugi wrote, “We are sad to announce the passing of our father, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, this morning.

She continued, “He lived a full life and fought hard.”

The celebrated author quickly received ovations and warm reception for his decision to stop writing in English and concentrate solely on his native Kikuyu, which established him as a powerful representative of post-colonial African identity.

On X, a Kenyan opposition leader, Martha Karua wrote, “My condolences to the family and friends of professor Ngugi wa Thiongo, a renowned literary giant and scholar, a son of the soil and a great patriot whose footprints are indelible.”

After staging their play “Ngaahika Ndeenda,” which was viewed harshly as a critique of post-colonial Kenyan society, Ngugi was imprisoned without charge in 1977.

Prior to a global campaign that led to his release from Kamiti Maximum Security Prison in December 1978, Amnesty International designated him as a prisoner of conscience.

On Wednesday, Amnesty International’s Kenya branch wrote, “Thank you Mwalimu (teacher), for your freedom writing.”

He moves from being mortal to being immortal, according to the statement.

After being prohibited from staging plays in Kenya, Ngugi fled to the United States and then initially to Britain.

The Road to Mandalay | The Full Report

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Myanmar was struck by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in March. As a result of the crisis, countless people lost shelter, food, and water, according to Al Jazeera.

In March 2025, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake devasted Myanmar and left behind numerous communities. The only international broadcaster with a team stationed in the area witnessed the crisis’s development. A survival story emerged from the experience of overwhelming odds.

Our cameras captured the desperate search for survivors and the magnitude of destruction from the capital, Naypyidaw, to Mandalay’s spiritual heart. Near the epicenter, entire neighborhoods were in ruins as countless people found themselves without food, clean water, or shelter. Emergency services had trouble figuring out what was needed.