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 ...

EFCC ARRAIGNS SUSPECTED FRAUDSTER YESTERDAY FOR CONTRACT SCAM IN KANO.{PHOTOS}

Image may contain: 1 person                                  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday arraigned one Jamilu Yunusa before Justice Yahaya Galadanci of the Kano State High Court on a seven count charge of Conspiracy and Obtaining by False Pretense.The accused person alongside two others,Inuwa Abdu and Habibu Inuwa who are still at large allegedly connived and defrauded the complainants to the tune of One Million,five hundred and twenty thousand Naira by claiming that he had a contract with Dantata and Sawoe for the supply of pipes to the company.He convinced his victims by promising to share the contract profit with them.However,investigation by the EFCC revealed that the accused person never had a contract with Dantata and Sawoe.One of the charge read ''that Jamilu Yunusa,Inuwa Abdu {at large} and Habibu Inuwa {at large} sometime last year in Kano within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court conspired among yourselves to do an illegal act to wit: obtaining by false pretense the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Naira only,from Nuhu Abubakar through Skye Bank account belonging to Inuwa Abdu,which was done pursuance to the said agreement and thereby committed an offence contrary to section {8} of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act,006 and punishable under Section 1{3} of the same Act''.After listening to the charge,the accused person pleaded not guilty.Prosecution counsel Douglas Ijah Gift asked the court for a trial date in view of the plea of the accused person.Counsel for the defendant Amina Umar Garba applied orally that the accused person be admitted to bail.The matter has been adjourned till January 5,next year for hearing of bail application.The accused person was remanded in prison custody.One more photo below.
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