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The United Nations has warned that the removal of rubble from Gaza could destroy evidence needed to investigate alleged war crimes, raising concerns over the handling of sites where people were killed and human remains may still be buried.

Thousands of Palestinians gathered in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood on Sunday for a funeral procession for 100 people whose remains were recovered from beneath the rubble of homes destroyed during Israeli attacks.

The Nigerian Navy has handed over 19 bags of substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following their recovery during security operations in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.

A Utah judge has ruled that Tyler James Robinson, the 23-year-old man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will stand trial for murder after determining that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence for the case to proceed.

Chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dino Melaye, has criticised the reported increase in the number of aircraft attached to Nigeria’s Presidential Air Fleet under President Bola Tinubu, describing the development as excessive given the country’s economic challenges.

For many Nigerian households, putting food on the table has become less about choosing a healthy combination of meals and more about finding whatever can be afforded each day. The rising cost of food and shrinking household purchasing power are forcing families to reduce the variety of what they eat, with nutritious foods increasingly replaced by cheaper staples that can keep hunger away.

A former Russian deputy foreign minister and adviser to President Vladimir Putin has warned that British facilities producing military equipment for Ukraine could become targets of attacks carried out by unidentified actors, escalating concerns over the consequences of London’s expanding defence cooperation with Kyiv.

The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has postponed the release of the shortlist for its nationwide recruitment exercise, delaying the next phase of a hiring process that attracted hundreds of thousands of applications across multiple employment categories.

The White House has accused foreign exporters of increasingly using third countries to disguise the origin of goods entering the United States, saying the practice could be costing the US Treasury between $19 billion and $26 billion in lost tariff revenue each year.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has retained the Clacton parliamentary seat after winning one of the most unusual by-elections in modern British political history, defeating a crowded field of 33 opponents that included satirical candidate Count Binface, whose campaign captured national attention despite its comic premise.