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At least 35 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah on Sunday, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and Palestinian medics, shortly after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv for the first time in months. Gazan authorities and medics say the attack hit a displacement camp that had been designated by Israel as a “safe zone.” The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the bombardment hit a militant compound in the area, killing two senior Hamas officials. Videos shared on social media show a large fire at the site, which included a large container…
By Halimah Olamide Cryptocurrency company’s executive Mr Tigran Gambaryan, May die in correctional facility in Kuje Abuja. This was the fear raised by the lawyer handling the trial of Gambryan Aluko and Oyebode and Co. The law firm alleged that malaria may kill the Binance chief executive of something is not done urgently. In a letter dated and filed on May 23, which was sighted on Sunday, was titled: “Re: Charge No: FHC/ABJ/CR/128/2024 – Application for the Provision of Medical Treatment to Mr. Tigran Gambrayan at Nizamiye Hospital.” Caleb said: “We continue to act as counsel to Mr. Tigran Gambaryan,…
I’m At dawn on Friday 12 April, Israeli teenager Benjamin Achimeir walked out from his settler outpost in the occupied West Bank, with a flock of sheep, and disappeared. Achimeir, 14, had been living and working on a tiny farm outpost near his family’s settlement, Malachei HaShalom – one of nearly 150 Israeli settlements in the West Bank regarded as illegal under international law. The young teenager was murdered that morning out on the pasture, according to Israeli police, but it would be 24 hours before his body was found. When the flock of sheep returned to the farm without…
By Halimah Olamide We are human and can err at any time,” the deputy governor said Amidst crisis engulfing Kano State over the reinstatement of deposed Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Deputy Governor Aminu Gwarzo has apologized to the National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Nuhu Ribadu. NPO Reports that Gwarzo had alleged that Ribadu aided the return of the deposed Emir Aminu Ado Bayero to Kano on Friday after Sanusi had been reappointed as the new Emir. The situation has caused a stalemate in the ancient city with two Emirs holding court. Ribadu had threatened to drag Gwarzo to…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Army has debunked claims of its involvement in the Kano emirate tussle by the Kano State chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). According to a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, its troops have not been involved in the ongoing crisis in Kano and are not involved in enforcing any court order. Recall that NPO reported that the association’s chairman, Sagir Suleiman Gezawa, on Saturday stated that it is unconstitutional for the Federal Government to deploy soldiers to enforce a court order. However, the NA said its troops…
By Halimah Olamide The state government took a decision through the proper legal process The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Aminu Gwarzo has said the government cannot be intimidated over its decision to bring back the deposed Emir, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Gwarzo said the decision to repeal the law that set up the new emirates under the administration of former Governor Umar Ganduje was well thought out. Speaking with journalists in Kano, Gwarzo said ”The state government took a decision through the proper legal process. Nobody will intimidate us for taking a decision that serves the common good of the…
By Halimah Olamide There was panic in the Papa Ajao area of Mushin, Lagos State, after a mosque collapsed on Sunday. The Secretary of the Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Femi Osanyintolu confirmed the incident in a statement. According to Osanyintolu, the mosque located on Yusuf Street, Off Ladipo Road, Papa Ajao, collapsed while prayer was ongoing. Additionally, as at the time of filing this report, seven casualties have been recorded with three persons injured in various degrees of injury. “Following an extensive exercise, the final casualty report on the above incident is that three fatalities and seven casualties varying…
By Halimah Olamide Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 48-year-old Paris, France-bound businessman, Emmanuel Okechuku Orjinze for ingesting 111 wraps of cocaine. This was contained in a statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday. Orjinze excreted the substance after days of observation in the agency’s custody following his arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja. The self-acclaimed professional footballer in Europe was arrested on Tuesday 21st May during the outward clearance of Airfrance flight AF 878 from Abuja to Paris, France. After a body scan confirmed he ingested illicit drugs,…
By Halimah Olamide My ex-wife came to inform me that she was pregnant when I stopped sleeping with her for almost a year Popular Nigerian artist, Harrison Okiri, fondly known as ‘Harrysong’, has made a startling revelation about his estranged wife, Alexer Peres Harry. In a dramatic Instagram live session, Harrysong accused his ex-wife of being pregnant with another man’s child while still married to him. The Reggae Blues crooner also alleged that she was involved in promiscuity, adding that his former mother-in-law has been married multiple times and continues to cheat in her current marriage. Harrysong disclosed that Alexer…
By Halimah Olamide A student of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State has been ruthlessly beaten to death over allegations of phone theft. The student who has been identified as Alex was beaten by his fellow students at a hostel, Shepherd Inn on the school’s premises. According to information gathered by NPO Reports, the incident unfolded on Friday at about 10. pm, following the discovery that he stole the phone. Meanwhile, the school’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Atoyebi, has debunked earlier claims stating that the involved parties were members of a cult group. “Contrary to what is trending, the university…