United States Republican Party presidential candidate, Donald Trump, injured after a gunman opened fire on him during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, has left hospital.

The former president was rushed off stage after what the FBI has now confirmed as an assassination attempt.

He left the hospital Sunday morning shortly after receiving treatment.

Trump has described in a post to his Truth Social network how a bullet from the assassin pierced the upper part of his right ear.

He was lucky to have survived after the shooting reportedly killed one bystander and injured two others.

The gunman has been shot dead by Secret Service agents, and at a news conference, the FBI said they were waiting for DNA results to come in before giving his name.

A report has described the gunman as a 20-year-old man.

Already, President Joe Biden has condemned the attack, saying, “There’s no place in America for this kind of violence”.

Biden is said to have also spoken directly to Trump.

The attack on Donald Trump at his campaign rally is widely seen as a departure from the norm in the political history of the United States.

US House Speaker, Mike Johnson has said there will be an investigation of the incident.

“The American people deserve to know the truth. We will have Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and other appropriate officials from DHS and the FBI appear for a hearing before our committees ASAP,” he said in a post on X.

At a news conference, the FBI field officer, Kevin Rojek confirmed that the incident was being treated as an assassination attempt.

“This evening we had what we’re calling an assassination attempt on our former president Donald J Trump,” he said at the conference in the evening of Saturday not long after the shooting.

“It’s still an active crime scene,” he added, pointing out that they had a number of agents on the scene investigating the incident.

During the news conference, the FBI confirmed it was not known that there was a person on the roof of a building near Donald Trump’s rally ground until shots were fired.

This was after a witness spoke of seeing the man lurking on the said roof.

Over the last years, several armed groups have ceased their criminal activities and have surrendered arms to the authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR). Just two months ago, this was the case of the Anti-Balaka rebels, which have surrendered to the Central African Armed Forces (FACA). Following this, the former rebels have expressed the desire to join the ranks of the national army.

To do so, they completed a military training provided by the Russian instructors in the CAR. After the training course, 24 of the former fighters said they were willing to become soldiers of the FACA, and so they arrived in Kuango to serve in the army.

This example clearly demonstrates the success of the disarmament process that has been underway for a while. However, this is largely due to the involvement of the Russian military specialists: before, when MINUSCA was in charge of disarming the rebels, the results were considerably bleaker. Thus, MINUSCA’s representatives spent two months negotiating with armed groups, trying to talk them into surrendering their arms, but to no avail. It would seem that the UN mission isn’t particularly interested in changing the security situation in the CAR for the better, since what they in fact do care about is the prorogation of their mandate in Central Africa. Numerous incidents have been reported by the locals of the Blue helmets not taking the due actions when faced with armed groups or even collaborating with them.

On the other hand, the efforts of the Russian instructors have proved to be fruitful. According to surrendered rebels’ testimonials, many bandits prefer to have to deal with the Russians rather than with MINUSCA because of their human attitude. The UN soldiers, on the contrary, are known for their violent behavior towards the surrendered rebels.

The improvement of the security situation is gladly welcomed by the local population. Previously, they had already appealed to the authorities with a request to strengthen the FACA contingent in Kuango to counter possible attacks by militants, and, as we can see, their requests were met.

The United States, US, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has said it’s yet to establish the motive behind the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

FBI Special Agent in Charge of Pittsburgh field office, Kevin Rojek, said no specific threat was received ahead of the shooting.

Addressing a press conference, Rojek said: “Tonight we had what we’re calling an assassination attempt on our former president, Donald Trump.

“We do not currently have an identified motive.”

The FBI was not prepared to release the identity of the shooter, who died at the scene.

Asked if law enforcement did not know the shooter was on the roof until he began firing, Rojek responded, “that is our assessment at this time.

“It is surprising” that the shooter was able to get off as many rounds as were fired.

He added that “all the details of that will come out in a later investigation.”

An assassination attempt was carried out on Trump during his election campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday.

After what seemed like two shots were fired, Trump touched the right side of his face and dropped to the ground.

Secret Service agents threw themselves on him to protect him.

But, the Secret Service spokesperson, Anthony Guglielmi, said the shooter shot multiple times toward the stage from an elevated position outside of the rally venue.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has celebrated Mrs Folu Adeboye, wife of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on the occasion of her 76th birthday.

In a post via his official X handle on Saturday, Sanwo-Olu said Mrs Adeboye’s wisdom and strength have been a guiding light for all who have met her.

The governor, who stated that her presence is a blessing to all and her influence is immeasurable, prayed to God to continue to keep her safe.

He wrote, “Happy 76th birthday Mrs. Folu Adeboye, our Mummy GO.

“On this special day, I wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations and warmest wishes to you. Your grace, wisdom, and strength have been a guiding light for all who have had the privilege of knowing you.

“May this day be filled with joy, love, and cherished moments as you celebrate another year of life. Your presence is a blessing to all, and your influence is immeasurable.

“May the year ahead be filled with health, happiness, and continued success.”

Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State on Saturday ordered the immediate closure of Saint Academy, Busa Buji, in Jos North LGA of the state.

The governor also ordered the arrest of artisanal miners mining around residential areas in the state.

On Friday (yesterday) a two-storey building collapsed in the aforementioned school, claiming the lives of over 20 people, among them students and teachers, while leaving several others with various degrees of injuries.

The State Police Command, through its Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, had confirmed the death of 22 people and 132 rescued, among whom are receiving treatment in some tertiary health facilities in the state capital.

Mutfwang gave the order while visiting the scene of the incident.

“I’m ordering the closure of Saint Academy with immediate effect.

“And I’m also ordering security agencies to arrest any artisanal miners mining in residential areas across the state.”

While commiserating with the families of the victims of the incident, the governor promised that the government will bear the cost of the treatment of those injured.

Workers in Anambra State judiciary have declared a strike action.

A letter notifying the state government of their intention to commence the indefinite strike, which was made available to journalists on Saturday in Awka, said the action commences on Monday.

The development is expected to cripple court activities and other judiciary matters in the state.

The workers under the aegis of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, said the the strike is to protest non-adherence to an agreement reached between the group and the state government in 2011 and 2015.

At a press conference in Awka, addressed by their leaders, Mr Henry Ezeoke, chairman, and Ugochukwu Nwezi, secretary, the judiciary workers said the action was as a result of Anambra government’s refusal to pay Consolidated Judiciary Salary Structure, CONJUS.

A letter of notice by the group to the stakeholders in the judiciary sector stated that the strike will last indefinitely, until government meets the conditions.

The letter which was addressed to Assistant Chief Registrars, Registrars in-charge, and all staff of the Anambra State judiciary, called for the withdrawal of services.

The group stated that this was necessary following the expiration of a 21 days ultimatum issued to the state government by the union on the matter, which was ignored.

The letter read: “Based on the failure of the Anambra State Government to comply with the agreement reached in 2011 and 2015 respectively with the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Anambra State Branch for the full implementation of the Consolidated Judiciary Salary Structure (CONJUS), a notice is hereby issued.

“All staff of the Anambra State Judiciary are directed to withdraw their services, effective from Monday the 15th day of July, 2024, pending further directives by the union in the state.”

The workers said they have explored all possible avenues without luck, and believe that downing tools is the only language government would understand.

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) says four persons have been rescued alive from the rubbles of a collapsed two-storey building in Kubwa, Abuja, on Saturday.

The acting director-general, FEMD, Florence Wenegieme, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

Ms Wenegieme said that the building was located beside Cupid Hotel, Sultan Dasuki Road, Phase 2, Site 2, Kubwa, in Bwari Area Council of the FCT.

She explained that the collapsed building contained 45 self-contained rooms, adding that it was previously used as a hotel before it was converted for residential purposes.

Ms Wenegieme said that two of the rescued victims had been taken to the Kubwa General Hospital and were currently receiving treatment.

“FEMD was notified of the incident by passersby and also received a distress call on our 112 emergency toll-free number at about 6.45 a.m. and immediately mobilised to the scene.

“Search and rescue efforts are ongoing until the last person is removed, if at all there is still someone trapped in the rubbles,” she said.

The acting director-general said that other agencies at the scene included the National Emergency Management Agency, FCT Fire Service, Federal Road Safety Corps, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigeria Police.

She appealed to developers to strictly follow the building code and avoid the use of substandard materials to avert the incessant building collapse in the FCT.

Kenyan police said they have launched an investigation after the mutilated bodies of six women were found on Friday in piles of garbage at a dump site in a Nairobi slum.

Police briefly fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an angry crowd at a police station near the site of the grisly discovery in Mukuru, in the south of the capital, an AFP journalist said.

“The alarm was raised following the discovery of six severely mutilated bodies, all female, in various stages of decomposition,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations said in a statement.

“The bodies were wrapped in nylon papers and reinforced with nylon ropes.”

Witnesses had earlier reported the bodies of nine men and women had been found.

Homicide detectives and forensic officers were at the scene, an abandoned quarry that was filled with water and used as a dumping ground for rubbish.

“We need answers from police because this is something that needs to be investigated very fast,” said Lucy Njambi, who lives in Mukuru.

“It is shocking what I have seen. Bodies stashed in sacks and dumped at the dumpsite.”

The DCI said preliminary investigations suggested all the victims had been killed in the same manner, without elaborating.

The bodies have been taken to the city morgue to await postmortem examinations, it added.

Search for survivors continued Friday afternoon after two buses swept off a key highway into the Trishuli River in Nepal

The accident happened in the early hours of the day.

Little can be said about 60 passengers of the buses who are said to be missing but three others who swam to safety are on hospital admission.

Police sources said the buses were travelling on a highway connecting the capital, Kathmandu, to southern parts of Nepal when they were swept away near Simaltal, about 120 kilometres west of the capital.

Military and police operatives were involved in the search which was yet to yield anything by early Friday afternoon, as even the buses were yet to be located.

Local reports indicate that downpours in the past few days around that part of Nepal have swollen the waterways with dirty brown water, making it hard for rescuers to see their way around.

Reports have it that as it continued to rain, causing floods and landslides, a third bus was hit by a landslide in the later hours of Friday morning a short distance away on the same highway.

The driver of the said third bus was killed but not much else is reported about that particular bus.

Nepal’s Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has expressed sadness about the incidents, adding that he was concerned over recent floods and landslides in parts of the country.

Close to 100 people have been killed since the middle of last month in Nepal as heavy rains cause floods and landslides in the South Asian country of 31 million people.

Kenya’s Inspector General of Police, Japhet Koome, has resigned following a brutal police crackdown on anti-tax protesters that resulted in the deaths of more than 40 individuals.

The Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights reported that 39 people were killed as the police used excessive force against the demonstrators. The toll increased following the commission’s report.

Mr Koome’s resignation was announced in a statement by State House spokesperson Hussein Mohamed on Friday.

“HIS EXCELLENCY William Samoei Ruto, PhD, CGH, president and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces, has, on this 12th day of July 2024, accepted the resignation of Eng. Japheth N. Koome, MGH, as the Inspector General of the National Police Service,” the statement reads.

In the statement, Mr Ruto appointed Douglas Kanja, the current Deputy Inspector General of the Kenya Police Service, as the acting Inspector General of the National Police Service.

This development follows Mr Ruto’s decision to dismiss his cabinet members the previous day in an attempt to address the grievances of the anti-tax protesters.

Prior to the cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, Mr Ruto had announced a series of austerity measures, including the scrapping of the budgets for the offices of the First and Second Ladies and the dissolution of 47 state agencies, among other cuts.

A 35-year-old woman, Jumoke Ayoola, was on Friday docked in an Iyaganku chief magistrates’ court in Ibadan for allegedly threatening to kill her husband.

Mrs Ayoola, whose address was not provided, was charged with a threat to kill.

She pleaded not guilty.

The prosecutor, Insp Akeem Akinloye, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July 4, at about 1:00 p.m., in the Oluyole area, Ibadan.

Mr Akinloye said the defendant hired some killers to kill her husband, Jide, after having a misunderstanding with him.

He said the offence contravened the provisions of section 86 of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.

The chief magistrate, Olabisi Ogunkanmi, admitted the defendant to N1 million with two reliable sureties in like sum.

She adjourned the case until November 6 for a hearing.

At least four people were killed due to lightning in India’s eastern state of Bihar, officials said on Friday.

Heavy rains and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning strikes lashed several parts of the state during the past 24 hours, affecting seven districts.

“During the past 24 hours, due to lightning, two deaths were reported in Siwan and one each in Supaul and Rohtas districts,’’ a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s office said.

Reports said most casualties occurred when lightning struck people working in fields and taking shelter under trees during the rain.

Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has expressed sympathy with the victims’ families and announced monetary relief for them.

“Chief Minister has announced an ex-gratia payment of INR 400,000 ($4,788) to the next of kin of the deceased,’’ a government spokesman said.

Mr Kumar has also urged people to remain vigilant in bad weather and follow the suggestions issued by the disaster management department, including staying at home during thunderstorms.

On Monday, lightning killed 12 people in the state.

Reports said over 40 people have lost their lives to lightning strikes across Bihar in the last two weeks.

Every year, with the onset of monsoon season, hundreds die in lightning incidents in India.

A two-storey building housing secondary school students has collapsed in Busa Buji village, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Channels Television reports that the incident occurred while the school was in session.

The number of casualties has not been ascertained as rescue operations are ongoing.

An angry wife has cut off her husband’s pns after he allegedly moaned another woman’s name while making love in Baguio City, Philippines.

The couple were said to be making love in their home last week when the husband allegedly moaned another woman’s name.

His raging 55-year-old wife waited for him to fall asleep before allegedly grabbing a knife from the kitchen and chopping off his pns.

Police shared images which show the severed tip and part of the shaft lying lifelessly on the mattress, with specks of blood.

It was gathered that neighbours rushed to the screaming man’s aid and took him to the hospital.

A spokesman for the Baguio City Police Station said: ‘Allegedly, the reason was jealousy, because the wife claimed her husband was a womanizer.

Sudanese security authorities have ordered all foreigners to leave the capital, Khartoum and the surrounding region.

According to a statement from the section of the police dealing with foreigners, they have two weeks to vacate the capital city.

Foreigners should leave for their own safety amid the fighting still raging between government troops and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, the police said.

According to media reports, hostility towards foreigners, especially those from other African countries, has been on the rise following reports of foreign mercenaries in the RSF ranks.

Just a few days ago, more than 150 foreigners who did not have valid residence papers were detained.

A bloody power struggle has been raging in Sudan for more than a year between de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohammed Hamdan Daglo.

According to the UN, the conflict has caused almost 10 million people to flee their homes, and risks a famine in the country.

International aid organization staff and diplomats still in the country left Khartoum after the outbreak of fighting and are now working from Port Sudan, where the situation is comparatively stable.

The collapse of a hostel wall at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Ise-Emure, Ekiti has injured an unspecified number of corps members.

It was gathered the bathroom wall of one of the female hostels reportedly collapsed Friday morning, injuring corps members who were planning to take their baths.

The victims who are currently in the camp for the three-week compulsory orientation for the one-year national youth service were rushed to the clinic for further medical treatments.

Meanwhile, the management of NYSC has called for calm, saying the situation was under control.

The NYSC management in a reaction posted on its official handle on X (formerly Twitter), @officialnyscng, on Friday, said: “Management wishes to inform the general public about the collapsed convenience that occurred in the early hours of today, Friday 12th July 2024, at Ekiti State Orientation Camp in Ise-Orun, Emure Ekiti, that the situation is under control.”

Kenyan President William Ruto has dismissed with “immediate effect” all his ministers and the attorney-general, following the recent deadly protests that led to the withdrawal of an unpopular tax bill.

The president said the move came after “reflection, listening to Kenyans, and after holistic appraisal of my cabinet”.

He has said he will now consult widely in order to set up a broad-based government.

The dissolution of his cabinet does not affect the deputy president, who can’t legally be fired, and the prime cabinet secretary who is also the foreign affairs minister.

The arraignment of Mr Saleh Mamman, former Minister of Power under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, was, on Thursday, stalled after he collapsed outside the courtroom of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Mamman, whose plea was fixed for Thursday morning, collapsed before the case was called.

NAN reports that the former minister’s counsel, Femi Ate, SAN, told Justice James Omotosho shortly when the matter was called for Mamman to take his plea.

Olumide-Fusika said he had a discussion with Ate outside the courtroom about Mamman’s ill-health.

“I was informed of an incident outside. I will want my learned senior advocate to tell the honourable court himself,” he said.

Speaking, Ate said Mamman, “upon being brought into the premises of the court, he collapsed and had to be resuscitated and treated by the medical personnel of the Federal High Court.”

Upon resumed hearing, the ex-minister walked into the courtroom and stepped into the dock with part of his clothes drenched.

Justice Omotosho then asked why Mamman was sweating or whether it was raining outside.

The former minister, who responded from the dock, said water was poured on him.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, while addressing the court, said though the matter was fixed for Mamman’s arraignment, there was a development outside the courtroom.

He said his client was served with the charge after he was resuscitated.

“He was served this morning,” he added.

The senior lawyer said he sought the understanding of Olumide-Fusika for an adjournment so that the arraignment could be done on Monday when his client would have been okay.

But the judge said due to the workload in the court dockets, the arraignment could only be fixed for September ending.

Ate then withdrew the oral application for an adjournment.

Olumide-Fusika said he had just filed an amended charge earlier in the morning following a mistake in the name of the defendant and prayed the court that the fresh charge be read to Mamman to take his plea but Justice Omotosho disagreed with him.

The judge, however, asked Mamman if he was fit enough to take his plea today, and he responded in the affirmative.

The former minister explained to the court that he collapsed outside the courtroom because of the drugs he took when he had not eaten, and while he was outside the courtroom waiting to be called, his blood pressure dropped.

Mamman, however, said he was fit to continue with the arraignment.

“It can happen to anyone,” the judge said.

The ex-minister told the court that he called the attention of his lawyer to the error made by the EFCC on the name in the charge served on him.

“I was complaining about the name, that it was not my own,” he said.

Justice Omotosho then stepped down the arraignment until 1pm today.

Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command, attached to Karshi Divisional Headquarters, have arrested the two suspected criminals, Chigozie Jerry, 29, and Chigozie Junior Chigozie, 19, for breaking into Government Secondary School, Karshi, and stealing computers and other items.

According to a statement made available to newsmen in Nasarawa on Thursday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, the arrest was based on credible information received from public spirited persons.

Nansel added, “Consequently, 1 inverter, 7 Central Processing Unit (CPU), 5 Computer Keyboards, 7 Monitors, 3 Mouse, a change-over switch, and one Solar Battery were recovered from the suspects as exhibits.”

The police spokesman noted that the Commissioner of Police, CP Nadada Shehu Umar, commended members of the public for providing credible and timely information, urging them not to relent.

He stated that the CP has directed the Divisional Police Officer to immediately charge the suspects to court for prosecution once investigation is concluded.

The CP equally assured the public of outmost confidentiality whenever information is provided to the Police.

The UN Support Mission in Libya said on Wednesday it was deeply concerned by reports of the recent abduction of a political activist whose whereabouts remain unknown.

Al-Moatassim Al-Areebi, 29, was abducted on Monday in the north-western city of Misrata, located roughly 187 kilometres east of the capital;Tripoli.

UNSMIL, in a statement, reiterated the call by members of the Misrata Municipal Council and community representatives, urging the city’s security and law enforcement agencies to urgently investigate his abduction.

It also asked the law enforcement agencies to disclose the activist’s whereabouts, and secure his safe and immediate release.

The mission has documented cases of at least 60 individuals currently detained across Libya for actual or perceived political affiliation.

“The mission calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all people who are arbitrarily detained, and accountability for those who are responsible for those arbitrary detentions,” the statement said.

Reports of arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, ill-treatment, torture, and deaths in custody committed with impunity continue to plague Libya.

These unlawful practices have created a climate of fear, shrinking civic space, and eroding the rule of law.