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Akeredolu Playing Politics With Lives Of Ondo People – PDP
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo State chapter has accused Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of playing politics with the lives of the people of the state.
According to the party, the lackadaisical attitude of the governor in securing the state led to the withdrawal of the soldiers from checkpoints across the highways in the state.
Insecurity looms in the State following the withdrawal of soldiers from various checkpoints across the state.
Also, PDP on Wednesday had alleged that the failure of Akeredolu to pay the soldiers their allowances was the reason for the withdrawal from the checkpoints, but Akeredolu through his Information Commissioner accusing the party of politicising the issue.
PDP in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei on Thursday, emphasised that with the festive season approaching, Akeredolu should be more concerned in beefing up security across the state.
While lashing out at the governor over his excuse that the withdrawal of soldiers at checkpoints was due to cold war with the Amotekun Corps, Peretei stated that the excuse was laughable and unreasonable.
Peretei added that the soldiers of 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, the State capital who had also been providing security in Ekiti State did not withdraw from checkpoints in the state where Amotekun also operates.
DAILY POST quoted him as saying, “In the first place, what has been the spectacular achievements of the Ondo Amotekun? Is there no Amotekun in Ekiti State, a juridiction covered by 32 Artillery Brigade, stationed in Akure? Are soldiers not at the checkpoints in Ekiti State? Why does he think that it is the Ondo Amotekun that must be sabotaged of all the States in the South West?
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“Governor Rotimi Akeredolu should own up to his failure to live up to his responsibility in this regard. Of all the six states in the South West, it is only in Ondo State that Amotekun is led by a man who has no military background. This is not far fetched, Akeredolu is simply patronizing his kinsman from Owo.”
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Serbia Indicts Ex-minister, 12 Others Over Train Station Tragedy
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September 16, 2025By
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Serbian prosecutors filed an updated indictment on Tuesday against 13 people, including a former minister, over a fatal railway station roof collapse that has triggered a wave of anti-government protests.
The prosecution said all those indicted, among them former construction minister Goran Vesic, face charges of “serious crimes against public safety” over the tragedy that killed 16 people last November.
“The indictment proposes that the Higher Court in Novi Sad order custody for all the defendants,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
The roof collapse at the newly renovated station in Serbia’s second-largest city, Novi Sad, became a symbol of entrenched corruption and sparked almost daily protests.
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Protesters first demanded a transparent investigation, but their calls soon escalated into demands for early elections.
The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad initially filed an indictment at the end of December, but judges returned it in April, requesting more information.
The accused were released or placed under house arrest following the decision.
The prosecutor’s office said it had complied with the judge’s request and had now completed the supplementary investigation.
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The prosecutor specialising in organised crime and corruption in Belgrade is leading a separate, independent investigation into the tragedy.
That investigation is focused on 13 people, including Vesic and another former minister, Tomislav Momirovic, who headed the Construction Ministry before him.
In March, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) launched a third, separate investigation into the possible misuse of EU funds for the station’s reconstruction.
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Kazakhstan Bans Forced Marriage, Bride Kidnapping
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September 16, 2025By
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Kazakhstan has banned forced marriages and bride kidnappings through a law that came into effect Tuesday in the Central Asian country, where the practice persists despite new attention being paid to women’s rights.
Forcing someone to marry is now punishable by up to 10 years in prison, Kazakh police said in a statement.
“These changes are aimed at preventing forced marriages and protecting vulnerable categories of citizens, especially women and adolescents,” it added.
Bride kidnappings have also been outlawed.
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“Previously, a person who voluntarily released a kidnapped person could expect to be released from criminal liability. Now this possibility has been eliminated,” the police said.
There are no reliable statistics of forced marriage cases across the country, with no separate article in the criminal code prohibiting it until now.
A Kazakh lawmaker said earlier this year that the police had received 214 such complaints over the past three years.
The custom is also present in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, where it mostly goes unpunished due to indifferent law enforcement and stigma surrounding whistleblowers.
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The issue of women’s rights in Kazakhstan gained media attention in 2023 following the murder of a woman by her husband, a former minister, a case that shocked Kazakh society and prompted President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to react.
“Some people hide behind so-called traditions and try to impose the practice of wife stealing. This blatant obscurantism cannot be justified,” Tokayev said last year.
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Russia Arrests Woman For Detonating Bomb On Railway
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September 16, 2025By
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Russia’s FSB security service said on Tuesday it had arrested a woman in her fifties accused of detonating explosives in a bid to sabotage the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The suspect was allegedly working on behalf of Ukrainian intelligence, the FSB said, in the latest incident of alleged covert activity during the countries’ conflict.
“In August 2025, following the instructions provided by the adversary, the suspect manufactured a homemade explosive device from publicly available components, placed it on the railway tracks and triggered it,” the Russian agency said.
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“She recorded the moment of the explosion on her mobile phone camera and sent the footage as a report to the handler to receive a reward.”
The statement did not name the suspect but said she was born in 1974 and carried out the alleged attack in eastern Siberia’s Zabaikalsky region.
The FSB warned Russians that it was monitoring social networks and online messenger services such as Telegram and WhatsApp for evidence of Ukrainian services recruiting Russians to carry out sabotage.
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Separately, the agency told state news agency TASS that a man had been sentenced to 18 years and six months for transporting explosives on behalf of a “pro-Ukrainian” group.
A resident of the Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, had, the FSB said, established contact through the Telegram app with a banned “terrorist organisation”.
He allegedly retrieved explosives from a cache on the orders of this group before waiting for “further instructions”, according to the same source cited by TASS.
He was jailed by a military tribunal.
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