ISRAEL AND LEBANON AGREE TO EXTEND US-BROKERED CEASEFIRE BY 45 DAYS, STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS. (PHOTO).

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 Israel and Lebanon agree to extend US-brokered ceasefire by 45 days, State Department says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a U.S.-brokered ceasefire by 45 days, according to U.S. officials, in an effort to allow further progress in ongoing negotiations aimed at reducing hostilities along their shared border. A State Department spokesperson said the April 16 cessation of hostilities would be extended by an additional 45 days following what officials described as “highly productive” talks held in Washington on Thursday and Friday. The two sides are expected to resume negotiations on June 2 and June 3. The discussions mark the third round of meetings between Israel and Lebanon since renewed fighting escalated earlier this year, including Israeli airstrikes following missile fire from Hezbollah and subsequent Israeli ground operations in southern Lebanon. While the conflict has continued in parallel with broader regional tensions, officials said violence has largely remained ...

DANFO DRIVER,KILLED BY A SOLDIER TODAY AT OBALENDE.

•The danfo driver after he was killed by a soldier at Obalende this morning         The danfo driver,with vehicle number LSD451XG,parked at Obalende bus stop,near the BRT bus park,was said to have refused to move his vehicle from the park when the soldier who was in a mufti refused to pay any fare.An argument was said to have ensued between them during which the soldier,said to be from Dodan Barracks in Ikoyi,strangled the driver.The soldier attempted to run after the deadly duel but commuters and passersby who witnessed the scene arrested him and told him to carry the corpes to the hospital.Sensing that soldier was about to be mobbed,a police man at the scene phoned his collegues at the Kam Selem police Divisional Headquarters,Moloney street and four police patrol vehicles with policemen arrived the scene.A detachment of armed soldiers from nearby Dodan Barracks also arrived the scene to prevent the culprit from being killed by the mob.The soldiers took,away their colleague and the corpes to their barracks after dispersing hundreds of people.

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