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The Israeli military said its forces rescued an Israeli hostage in southern Gaza on Tuesday after a "complex operation". Kaid Alkadi, a 52-year-old Israeli Bedouin, was abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the military said in a statement. "Kaid AlKadi was rescued... in a complex operation in the southern…
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned Tuesday that his new government's first budget in just over two months will be "painful", asking the country to "accept short-term pain for long-term good". Starmer, whose Labour Party won a landslide parliamentary majority on July 4, used his first major speech since then to lay the ground for…
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The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) has sympathised with farmers in Argungu Local Council and other parts of Kebbi and Niger States whose farm produce were destroyed by recent flood disaster. In a statement issued in Minna by the Head, Press and Public Affairs of the commission, Nura Tanko Wakili, he described…
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Minister of State for Water Resources and Sanitation, Bello Muhammad Goronyo, has declared the nation's unwavering commitment to eradicating open defecation by 2025. Citing the bold 'Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet' campaign, the minister stressed that the war against water-borne diseases is being fought at the highest political level, with one state and 126 Local…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a $135 million funding plan to support countries affected by the Monkeypox (MPOX) outbreak, including Nigeria. WHO, in a statement on Monday, said the funding is part of a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan aimed at stopping human-to-human transmission of the virus through coordinated global, regional, and…
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