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Today’s Headlines: Queen Elizabeth II Dies, Prince Charles Succeeds Queen Elizabeth As King

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Queen Elizabeth II Dies

Queen Elizabeth II of England died at the age of 96 on Thursday. The queen was said to have died peacefully.

the crowd had gathered at the Buckingham Palace residence in London on Thursday as concern was growing over the Queen’s health.

Source: Punch Newspapers

Around 100 people braved torrential rain to stand at the palace gates, according to AFP, as senior royals rushed to Balmoral in Scotland, where the queen was being treated.

The royal family Twitter tweeted, “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.

Prince Charles succeeds Queen Elizabeth as King

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognizable to billions of people around the world has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday.

Source: Punch Newspapers

Her eldest son, Charles, 73, succeeds as king immediately, according to centuries of protocol, beginning a new, less certain chapter for the royal family after the queen’s record-breaking 70-year reign.

Protesters storm the party secretariat and ask Ayu to resign

Young members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Thursday stormed the National Secretariat of the party to demand the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu.

Source: Daily Post Nigeria

Most of the protesters carried placards with inscriptions reading, “Ayu Must Go”, “Ayu must step down”, “We need justice, and fairness for all”, we don’t want Northern PDP, we don’t want southern PDP”, “we have to be united, not divided” and “we don’t want to lose any election in 2023”.

Meanwhile, the party National Executive Committee (NEC) members have started arriving at the party National Headquarters in Abuja.

FG Should Allow Amotekun Carry Weapons-Akerodolu

The Federal Government has been urged by the Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, to allow Amotekun and other State security outfits to bear sophisticated weapons for the protection of the populace.

Source: Punch Newspapers

Akeredolu, who explained his stance on the Oil Pipeline Surveillance contract issued to private people and organizations, stated that his attitude was to permit Amotekun to use heavy weapons like the non-state actors hired to secure the oil pipelines.

The governor stated this during the inauguration of the newly built office complex at the Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, OSOPADEC, in Oba-Ile, Akure North Local Government Area of the State.

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