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Palestinian media outlets reported Friday afternoon that the Israeli army and Hamas exchanged fire in the southern Gaza Strip.

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Critics condemned Israel's new "nation-state" law saying it delivers a serious blow to the country because it puts Jewish identity ahead of the nation's democratic principles while making Arab citizens "permanent foreigners".

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Israel's parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it will lead to blatant discrimination against its Palestinian citizens.

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Israeli police detained on Thursday a Conservative rabbi who presided over non-Orthodox weddings.

Rabbi Dov Haiyun of Moriah Congregation in Haifa was ordained by the Conservative movement, which is not recognized by Israel's Chief Rabbinate.

Read more @ https://www.ozonereporters.com/conduct-of-non-orthodox-weddings-lands-rabbi-in-trouble/

Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday commended INEC for doing what he described as an “excellent job” in the conduct of the governorship poll.

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The Yandang Community in Taraba State on Wednesday condemned the brutal killing of their people in Iware cattle market and called on security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the wicked act.

Read more @ https://www.ozonereporters.com/taraba-killings-we-demand-justice-yandang-community-cries-out/

Former Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has said that staying at the club for nearly 22 years may have been the biggest mistake of his career.

Read more @ https://www.ozonereporters.com/ive-hurt-a-lot-of-people-around-me-wenger/

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has blasted the opposition All Progressive Congress in the state for dabbling into what it described as a non-political matter, because of its usual mischief.

Read more @ https://www.ozonereporters.com/apc-plays-politics-with-everything-including-security-bayelsa-pdp/

Sen. Magnus Abe (APC) representing Rivers South/East Senatorial District has said there is no need for any litigation in the recent gubernatorial election in Ekiti State since the election was adjudged free and fair by observers.

Senator Abe made this statement while reacting to the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr. Kayode Fawemi, attributed the victory to the popularity of the APC and its candidate.

Read his full statement here https://www.ozonereporters.com/ekiti-poll-no-need-for-any-litigation-senator-abe/

Former U.S. President Barack Obama says the world is going through “strange and uncertain” times in a speech honoring anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela.

“They are strange, they are uncertain. Each day’s news cycles bringing more head spinning and disturbing headlines,” Obama says in his first major public address since leaving office.

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The police in Lagos have arrested a 27- year- old man Destiny Otubambo, for allegedly parading himself as a lawyer and buying exotic cars, phones and other valuables with false bank transfers.

Read more and see photos @ https://www.ozonereporters.com/i-bought-lawyers-gown-and-wig-just-to-show-off-on-my-instagram-page-fraudster/

Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, the All Progressives Congress National Chairman has said that the party will adopt the direct primary to pick its candidate for the Sept. 22 Osun governorship election.

He stated this on Monday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen after a closed-door meeting with members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).

Oshiomhole said that 17 aspirants who obtained the party’s Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest its ticket at its primary slated for Thursday, had all been screened and cleared.

According to him, the 17 aspirants are all competent to effectively govern the state.

“We do not lack competent hands to provide leadership in Osun after the exit of Gov. Rauf Aregbesola.

Oshiomhole added that though all the aspirants had been cleared, it is only one of them that would fly the party’s flag at the election.

Read more @ https://www.ozonereporters.com/osun-2019-we-do-not-lack-competent-hands-to-provide-leadership-oshiomhole/

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has said that many Nigerians do not understand the functions of the parliament in carrying out its constitutional responsibilities. Dogara said this on Monday at the opening of National Assembly Open Week in Abuja.

He expressed hope that the event will meet the expectation of informing Nigerians more of the workings of parliaments and other related activities.

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U.S. President Donald Trump sat down with Vladimir Putin for a long-awaited summit on Monday saying he wanted good relations with Russia, after blaming Washington's own past "foolishness and stupidity" for the countries' hostile ties.

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Indonesian villagers armed with knives, hammers, and clubs have slaughtered 292 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a crocodile at a breeding farm, according to an official.

Photographs released by Antara news agency on Sunday showed a large pile of bloodied crocodile carcasses in the Sorong district of the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua.

The head of Indonesia's Natural Resources Conservation Agency in West Papua said that the 48-year-old victim had entered the crocodile farm and was likely picking grass for animal feed when he was attacked.

"An employee heard someone screaming for help, he quickly went there and saw a crocodile attacking someone," Basar Manullang said in a statement.

After the burial of the man on Saturday, villagers entered the farm and killed all the crocodiles, said Manullang.

See photos here @ https://www.ozonereporters.com/revenge-attack-indonesian-villagers-slaughters-292-crocodiles/

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Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, says anything short of the credible conduct of the Ekiti governorship election on Saturday would not be acceptable. The nonagenarian spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.

Read more @ https://www.ozonereporters.com/anything-short-of-credible-poll-in-ekiti-wont-be-acceptable-adebanjo/