*💥Boko Haram: Muslim Group Blows😤 Hot Over Killing⚰ of Soldiers, Blames NASS*

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has expressed consternation, dismay and shock over the killing of Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram terrorists.

The Media reported that Boko Haram terrorists on Monday overran the 157 Task Force Battalion at Metele Village in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State.

Over seventy Nigerian soldiers allegedly lost their lives during the encounter.

The high death toll has already caught the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari who summoned top brass in the Nigerian military command to review the situation..

MURIC’s reaction was contained in a press statement signed and made available to DAILY POST on Monday, by the group’s director and founder, Professor Ishaq Akintola.

It read: “This is audacious, benumbing and preposterous. We are nonplussed. This is a national tragedy of no little proportion. We join millions of other patriotic Nigerians to mourn these fallen heroes. Our hearts go to those gallant soldiers who paid the supreme sacrifice for their country in active service. We ask Nigerians to pray for them and their families. We also implore our religious leaders to organize special prayers for total victory over the insurgents.

“But we must not spend all the time on our mats and knees praying. We must, in the spirit of ora et labora, work more and pray less because it is our handiwork that Allah will crown with glory. Allah himself confirmed this position when He said, ‘Tell them to work and Allah will see (i.e. He will reward you for) your work…’ (Glorious Qur’an 9:105).

“The question that arises here is how much work did we do? How well did we prepare for the insurgents? There are allegations that neglect and sabotage caused the Metele fiasco. Soldiers in that axis reportedly complained of poor weaponry but nothing was done about it."

Sri Lanka's President 🔊Says Will Not🚫 Reinstate Ousted PM*

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A political impasse in Sri Lanka could be set to drag on long after President Maithripala Sirisena said on Sunday he would not reinstate Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister even if he was able to prove his majority in parliament.

He said he replaced Wickremesinghe with pro-China former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa because of policy differences and a sharp rise in corruption.

Sirisena said he planned to appoint a commission to investigate corruption and malpractice “under Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s government.”

*Wike Speaks🗣 on Collapsed ⏬Building, Declares Contractors⛓ Wanted*

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has ordered the arrest of the contractors of a seven-storey building under construction in Port Harcourt, the state capital, which collapsed on Friday.

DAILY POST reports that about thirty-six people have so far been rescued from the rubble of the collapsed 7-storey building in GRA, Port Harcourt as four bodies were pronounced dead.

Speaking on the incident, Governor Wike, during a visit to the site on Sunday, ordered his Attorney-General to ensure those that put up the plan of the building were brought to book.

Describing the tragedy as a sad development, Wike ordered a commission of inquiry from the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in the ongoing rescue operations.

Wike, during a visit to the site, said: “I commiserate with families that have lost loved ones, who came to seek their daily bread. Government will do all it can to give them support.

“I have directed the Attorney-General of Rivers State to ensure that steps are taken to do what is right within the ambit of the law.

“Whoever approved this structure—contractor or government officials— will face the full weight of the law.

“Government will take steps to acquire this property. We cannot allow this illegality. The master plan of this area does not allow a seven-storey building.”

Maldives Top Court🚫 Cancels Jail Sentence👊 Of Former President👔 Nasheed*

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The Maldives Supreme Court on Monday canceled former president Mohamed Nasheed's 13-year jail sentence after a review of the controversial terrorism conviction.

The top court said the island nation's first democratically elected leader was wrongfully charged and the criminal court should not have proceeded to trial.

Under former leader Abdulla Yameen's administration, which jailed a number of opposition leaders on various charges, the Supreme Court previously upheld the conviction in 2016.

Nasheed had been found guilty of ordering the military to arrest and detain the Maldives' criminal court's chief judge in January 2012.

*US Border Patrol Agents 🔗Arrest 42 Central American👀 Migrants*

US border patrol agents have arrested 42 Central American migrants who crossed the southern frontier from Mexico, Chief Patrol Agent Rodney Scott said on Monday.

They were among a group of migrants mostly driven back when they tried to rush the border on Sunday from a camp where about 5,000, mostly from Honduras, are staying in hope of eventually becoming US residents.

*Taliban Kills⚰ 22 Afghan Cops in Ambush, 🔊Says Official*

At least 22 police officers were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan, a health official said today, in another blow to Afghan forces already suffering record casualties.

The attack on the police convoy in Farah province follows a wave of violence across Afghanistan in recent weeks, including a suicide bombing inside an army base mosque on Friday, and intensifying efforts to convince the Taliban to end the 17-year war.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a WhatsApp message, saying 25 police were killed and four wounded.