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THE digital media space in the last few days has been awash with a series of false narratives bordering on the accountability, trust, and financial worthiness of some key political aides of the Kano State Government. One of the ill-intended narratives, most likely sponsored, was a publication on Daily Nigerian, a Kano-based online news platform, on August 22nd, 2025, which particularly drew government attention to the allegation of withdrawal and diversion of ₦6.5 billion from the state treasury. Central to the case of purported misappropriation, already under litigation at the High Court, is the Director General, Protocol Directorate, Kano State…

MANCHESTER United remain without a Premier League win this season after being held 1-1 at Fulham on Sunday, while a Jack Grealish-inspired Everton opened their new stadium with a 2-0 victory over Brighton. Ruben Amorim’s United were left to rue Bruno Fernandes’ wayward first-half penalty as they were pegged back at Craven Cottage. Rodrigo Muniz’s own-goal put United in front on the hour mark, but Emile Smith Rowe came off the bench to rescue a point for Fulham. Amorim is seeking an upturn on a disastrous 15th-placed finish last season, but so far his new £200 million ($270 million) forward…

HUDA Abu Naja lies weak and emaciated on a thin mattress in her family’s tent in a displacement camp in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah. The 12-year-old Palestinian girl’s arms are painfully thin, and the bones on her torso are protruding from under her skin, a telltale sign of her acute malnutrition. “My daughter has been suffering from acute malnutrition since March when Israel closed Gaza’s borders,” Huda’s mother, Somia Abu Naja, tells Al Jazeera, stroking her daughter’s face. “She spent three months in hospitals, but her condition did not improve,” said Somia, explaining that she decided to bring Huda back…

THE United Kingdom on Sunday said criminals would be barred from pubs, concerts, and sports matches under new sentencing powers as part of its Plan for Change. It said that judges would be able to curtail offenders’ freedoms with driving limits, travel bans, and restriction zones confining them into specific areas. The changes are expected to toughen up community punishments to deter reoffending and force offenders back on the straight and narrow. It said that as part of the government’s work to do everything in its power to keep Britain safe, offenders coming out of prison and supervised by the…

THREE young Libyan sisters have drowned in a rubber boat carrying migrants in the central Mediterranean after waves of up to 1.5m (4.9 ft) repeatedly washed over the vessel, a German rescue charity has said. About 65 people were rescued, including the sisters’ mother and brother, as well as three pregnant women and a seven-month-old baby, RESQSHIP added. The “dangerously overcrowded” rubber boat had departed from Libya’s Zuwara city and “started taking on increasing amounts of water” a few hours later, the charity said. Libya is a major launching pad for migrants who make the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean,…

AT least 63 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, medical sources tell Al Jazeera, as Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza City as part of their effort to seize the city and forcibly displace about one million people. Al Jazeera Arabic obtained footage on Saturday showing Israeli tanks advancing into the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, signalling an expansion of the military’s ground invasion of the area. Sabra is near the besieged Zeitoun neighbourhood, which has been increasingly targeted by the Israeli army over the past week. A source at Gaza City’s al-Ahli Hospital told Al Jazeera…

RUSSIA on Saturday said its forces had taken two villages in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, increasing the military pressure as world leaders struggle to broker an end to the conflict. Russian forces are slowly advancing in the embattled eastern region of Donetsk, grinding closer to Kyiv’s key defensive line in costly metre-for-metre battles. Moscow’s defence ministry said on Telegram that its forces had captured the villages of Sredneye and Kleban-Byk. The taking of Kleban-Byk would mark a further advance towards Kostiantynivka, a key fortified town on the road to Kramatorsk, where a major Ukrainian logistics base is located. On Friday,…

GUINEA‘s military rulers have suspended the country’s three main opposition parties, including that of former President Alpha Conde, in the run-up to a constitutional referendum next month. The order on Saturday prevents Conde’s Rally of the Guinean People, the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea, led by former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, and the Party of Renewal and Progress from engaging in any political activities for 90 days with immediate effect. “These parties have not fulfilled the obligations required of them,” the order stated. In a separate order read on state television late on Friday, Guinea’s military rulers also…

THE UK government has agreed to pay compensation to thousands of Kenyans who were affected by a fire caused by a British military training exercise four years ago. The out-of-court settlement follows a lengthy legal battle in which 7,723 claimants said they had lost property and suffered health complications because of the 2021 fire in the Lolldaiga conservancy in Kenya’s Rift Valley. A spokesperson from the British High Commission in Nairobi said the UK “accepts responsibility for the fire and that is why compensation has been paid”, adding “it is the right thing to do”. The British government has not…

DUTCH Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned after failing to secure cabinet support for additional sanctions against Israel over its military onslaught in Gaza. Veldkamp, a member of the centre-right New Social Contract party, said on Friday that he could not achieve agreement on “meaningful measures” and had repeatedly faced resistance from colleagues over sanctions already in place. His efforts included imposing entry bans on far-right Israeli ministers, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, citing their role in inciting settler violence against Palestinians. Veldkamp also revoked three export permits for navy ship components, warning of “deteriorating conditions” in Gaza and the…

NORTH Korea has accused South Korean forces of firing warning shots earlier this week at its soldiers who were part of a border reinforcement project, cautioning Seoul that its actions risked raising tensions to “uncontrollable” levels. In a report published on Saturday, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted the North ‘s Korean People’s Army Vice Chief of the General Staff Ko Jong Chol as saying that the South should stop its “premeditated and deliberate” provocation, which he described as “inciting military conflict”. Calling the incident a “serious provocation”, Ko said the South Korean military fired more than 10…

A MILITARY prosecutor on Friday demanded the death penalty for DR Congo’s former president Joseph Kabila, who is on trial in absentia on treason charges. General Lucien Rene Likulia called on the judges to condemn Kabila to death for war crimes, treason and organising an insurrection, the court heard. The former president went on trial in his absence in July for his alleged support for Rwanda-backed militants M23. Kabila, who has been outside the DRC for two years, is also accused of having plotted to overthrow President Felix Tshisekedi and charges including homicide, torture and rape linked to the M23…

NINE bodies have been exhumed from fresh graves suspected to be linked to Kenya’s notorious starvation cult. In one of the worst ever cases of cult-related mass deaths, more than 400 bodies were found in 2023 in the remote Shakahola Forest, inland from the coastal town of Malindi. It is believed they were followers of self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie, who is alleged to have encouraged them to starve themselves to death. These exhumations were ordered in July after the disappearance of some children triggered a new probe. Prosecutors said 11 people had been arrested in connection with the case, including…

MANCHESTER United have just 11 days to complete more deals in this transfer window before the September 1 deadline. So far, Matheus Cunha, Diego Leon, Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko have been the new additions at Old Trafford. Cunha and Mbeumo both started in United’s Premier League opener against Arsenal, while Sesko came on in the second half, replacing Mason Mount. It remains to be seen whether the final days of the window will bring another addition or two. In the meantime, the club continues working behind the scenes to finalise exits for Alejandro Garnacho, Tyrell Malacia, Jadon Sancho, and…

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will give final approval for the seizure of Gaza City while also restarting negotiations with Hamas aimed at returning all the remaining captives and ending the nearly two-year-old war, but on “terms acceptable to Israel”. Speaking to soldiers near Gaza on Thursday, Netanyahu said he was still set on approving plans for seizing Gaza City, the densely populated centre at the heart of the Palestinian enclave, forcibly displacing close to 1 million people and carrying out the systematic demolitions of Palestinian homes. “At the same time I have issued instructions to begin immediate…

THE United States Department of State has said that it’s reviewing the records of more than 55 million foreigners who hold valid US visas for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules. The news came shortly before an announcement on Thursday by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the country was immediately pausing the issuance of all worker visas for commercial truck drivers, who claimed on X that foreign truck drivers were “endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers.” In a written response to a question posed by The Associated Press, the department said that…

SUDAN’s army has denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy taking aid to a famine-hit area in the country’s Darfur region. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had blamed the army for Wednesday’s air strike in the town of Mellit, which is under RSF control. A UN agency said a drone hit the convoy, and three lorries in the 16-vehicle convoy caught fire and were destroyed. All staff travelling in the convoy were safe, it added. Sudan plunged into a civil war in April 2023 after a vicious power struggle erupted between the army and the RSF, creating one…

A PROMINENT South African lawmaker fired his gun to fend off a violent attack by a gang on him and two of his colleagues in Cape Town. Ian Cameron – along with two other members of parliament’s police committee, Lisa Schickerling and Nicholas Gotsell – were returning from a work trip when their vehicle was ambushed in the township of Philippi on Tuesday. The assailants smashed the car’s windows with bricks, injuring Cameron and Gotsell. Cameron, whose teeth were broken, retaliated by opening fire, injuring one of the attackers. Police said two teenagers, aged 16 and 18, had been arrested…

EBERECHI Eze is expected to join Arsenal for £60m after the Gunners reached an agreement in principle to sign the forward from Crystal Palace. Sources have told BBC Sport that Eze favours a move to Arsenal, with whom he started his youth career, despite north London rivals Tottenham having been in talks to sign him. A deal for Spurs to sign Eze had been agreed between the clubs earlier on Wednesday after talks lasting 10 days, sources said, but it was not finalised. Arsenal’s offer also includes £8m in add-ons. The Gunners have concerns over a knee injury sustained by…

THE fluorescent lights of Adana City Training and Research Hospital cast harsh shadows across Hamed Abu Zerka’s gaunt face as he stands beside his six-month-old daughter’s hospital bed. The 34-year-old’s weathered hands tremble as he adjusts Habiba’s blanket. Abdullah, his four-and-a-half-year-old son, died Tuesday morning in this same room, his small body finally succumbing to the malnutrition that had been slowly consuming him for months as Israel laid siege to Gaza. The family became emblems of the Israel-imposed famine on Gaza’s 2.1 million people when a video of Abdullah went viral weeks ago, the clearly malnourished child screaming in hunger,…