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UN Delegates Rejects Israel Accusation It Buried Sexual Violence Report—-The UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in conflict, rejected an accusation by Israel that the UN attempted to suppress a report.

A report that showed members of the Palestinian Hamas movement had committed sexual violence against Israelis during the Oct. 7 massacre.

I must be clear and categorical.

There had been no attempt by the (UN) Secretary General (António Guterres) to silence my report or suppress his findings,’’ Pramila Patten told the UN Security Council in New York.

“On the contrary, I received his full support, politically, logistically and financially and he also gave clear instructions for the public release of my report, and its immediate transmission to the Security Council.’’

Patten was responding to the accusation made by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who was also present at the meeting of the most powerful UN body.

A week earlier, Katz accused the UN of wanting to sweep Hamas’ crimes under the carpet.

In the report, the UN classified the Israeli allegations of sexualised violence during the massacre by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 as credible.

There were reasonable grounds to believe that rapes and gang rapes had taken place in at least three locations during the attacks.

There was also convincing information that sexualised violence had been committed against kidnapped hostages and that this could continue while they are held in captivity in the Gaza Strip, report said.

Meanwhile Katz had also called on the UN Security Council to put pressure on Hamas to release the remaining hostages held in the Gaza Strip.

“I’m demanding from the security council of the UN to put as much pressure as possible on the Hamas organisation to release immediately and unconditionally,’’ the hostages, Katz told the security council.

“Please try your utmost to stop this living hell on earth,’’ the minister added.

In a series of coordinated attacks on Oct. 7 2023, militants from Hamas and other extremist Palestinian organisations killed 1,200 people, mainly civilians, in southern Israel.

They also took an estimated 240 hostages back to the Gaza Strip.

112 had since been freed or released. A further 100 are thought to be still alive and in captivity.

The Oct.7 attacks triggered Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza’s health ministry reported on Monday that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip had surpassed 31,000.

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NDLEA Nabs Malaysian Returnee With Meth Hidden In Speakers

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NDLEA Nabs Malaysian Returnee With Meth Hidden In Speakers

 

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 41-year-old ex-convict and Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu (alias Richard), for attempting to smuggle 2.7 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed inside two giant music speakers.

“He was found with two new music speakers containing four packages of methamphetamine and a cash exhibit of ₦22,300,” Babafemi said.

“Ndubuisi confessed to returning to Nigeria to resume drug trafficking after serving a jail term in Malaysia for similar offences.”

In a separate joint border operation with Customs officials at the Nigeria–Cameroon border in Mfum, Cross River State, NDLEA operatives arrested Odoh Peter Ikechukwu, 35, for trafficking 8,740 ampoules of assorted opioids, weighing 395kg. Seized substances include: 1,080 ampoules of fentanyl injection, 2,160 ampoules of morphine sulphate injection and 330 ampoules of midazolam injection.

In Kano, operatives on April 11 arrested Aliyu Ibrahim, 27, with 25,600 pills of Tramadol (225mg and 250mg) and 20 ATM cards in the Bachirawa area.

Similarly, in Abuja, 48-year-old Gambo Lawan was arrested at Wazobia Motor Park, Gwagwalada, after NDLEA officers intercepted a consignment containing 8,960 Tramadol pills during a routine check along Gwagwalada Expressway on April 7.

In Niger State, operatives recovered 124 kilograms of skunk (a potent strain of cannabis) from a Lexus vehicle (KTU 54 CU) driven by Ademiluyi Adedapo Collins, 58, on Mokwa–Jebba Road on April 11.

Beyond enforcement, NDLEA intensified its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) through sensitisation campaigns in schools, communities, and religious institutions. Recent outreach efforts include:

New Era Secondary School, Nteje, Anambra, Promise Land College, Ikotun Egbe, Lagos, Cherryfield College, Jikwoyi, FCT, Federal Polytechnic, Ayede, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, and Nurul Faruq Islamic Academy, Gombi, Adamawa.

A courtesy visit to Oloro of Oro Kingdom, Oba Joel Olaniyi Oyatoye Titiloye Olufayo II, in Kwara State

NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended the agency’s operatives in Adamawa, Cross River, FCT, Kano, and Niger State for their outstanding performance.

“Our officers must not rest on their oars. We must continue to raise the bar in both our offensive operations against drug cartels and our advocacy for drug demand reduction,” Marwa charged.

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Social Media Activist VeryDarkMan Submits Petitions Against Nedu To S.A., Moroccan, Turkish Embassies Over Alleged Drug Dealings

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Social Media Activist VeryDarkMan Submits Petitions Against Nedu To S.A., Moroccan, Turkish Embassies Over Alleged Drug Dealings—-VeryDarkMan stormed the embassies to alert them about Nedu’s alleged involvement in drug deals and fraud in their countries.

Thecloudngr reports that controversial social media critic, VeryDarkMan, has visited the South African, Turkish, and Moroccan embassies to submit petitions against popular media personality, Nedu Wazobia.

VeryDarkMan stormed the embassies to alert them about Nedu’s alleged involvement in drug deals and fraud in their countries.

The social critic made the development public in a video of his visit, shared on his Instagram page on Tuesday evening.

He submitted the petition alongside an alleged audio recording of Nedu in conversation with his friends, who are purportedly Yahoo Boys and drug dealers in those countries.

Captioning the video, he wrote: “If they try to bring you down and you survive, make sure they don’t. EXTREMIST #RATEL.”

This comes amid the ongoing social media feud between the duo, following comedian Deeone’s remarks about VeryDarkMan in an interview with Nedu on the Honest Bunch podcast.

 

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