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UNGA 77: Nigeria Hijacked By Cabal-backed Terrorists, Groups Reply Buhari

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September 22, 2022

Some groups have presented their position on Nigeria as the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) gets underway.

The coalition of socio-cultural and self-determination groups from the South and Middle-Belt declared that the country has been “hijacked by a cabal being backed by foreign terrorists”.

President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the 77th Session of UNGA in New York on Wednesday.

A statement by the Oodua Peoples’ Sovereign Movement (OPSOM), Igbo National Council (INC), Middle Belt Patriotic Front (MBPF), Freedom from Nigeria (FFN), and others alleged that governance has been grounded.

They said the nation’s economy was now bleeding and hemorrhaging under a unitary constitution in a supposed Federal State.

The groups lamented how insurgents maim, oppress and subjugate the majority of the ethnic nationalities in a bid to hijack their ancestral land.

The communique issued by the spokesperson Dr. Ibrahim Yusuf said the North and Middle-Belt has been captured via state-sponsored terrorism, while the South has been encircled by government-backed terrorists whose sole mission is land-grabbing.

It stressed that unemployment, hunger, poverty, insecurity, kidnapping for ransom and infrastructural decadence now pervade the face of Nigeria democracy.

The coalition insists that the 1999 constitution “is fraudulent, a haven of corruption and an enabler of injustice”.

“Unless it is disabled and the country is subjected to a referendum for the indigenous people to decide on their sovereignty, peace and development will continue to elude the common man in Nigeria.

“Despite its claim as the giant of Africa, the economy of the country is now hemorrhaging and bleeding. The economy of Nigeria has turned majority of our young ladies who are graduates to prostitutes.

“We also wish to let the world know that terrorists and their negotiators now enjoy governance patronage and immunity in Nigeria.

“Terrorists masquerading as bandits kidnap for billions of ransoms and move untouched despite the thousands of armed military personnel mounting our roads in the North,” the group said.

It said Nigeria was now a failed State and becoming the headquarters of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Africa with over five million displaced.

They pointed out that Benue alone has over one million people in 27 camps within the State and more in Borno, while perpetrators of the massacres “are roaming around the streets”

The statement rejected the continued integration of terrorists into the society, and demanded that aliens “brought into the country via RUGA be returned”.

It further called for a referendum to be conducted “so that the people who never voted to be called Nigerians could decide on their sovereignty or decide the system of government they want”.

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Strait Of Hormuz: US Announces Sanctions Against Iran

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May 28, 2026

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The United States Treasury has announced sanctions against Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority.

Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, said this in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement extended the threat of sanctions to anyone paying the fees, saying they may be providing support to and receiving services from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, and therefore may be exposed to sanctions risk.

“The Iranian military’s latest attempt to extort global maritime trade is proof that Economic Fury has left the regime desperate for cash.

“Treasury has deprived the Iranian regime of revenue for their weapons programs, terrorist proxies, and nuclear ambitions,” Bessent said.

Bessent added that the US has succeeded in disrupting tens of billions of dollars’ worth of revenue from being accessible to Tehran.

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US Launches New Airstrikes On Iran

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May 28, 2026

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The United States has launched new airstrikes in southern Iran.

The strike shot down four one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz and then a ground control site.

A US official revealed that American forces struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone.

The official described the strikes as purely defensive, saying the US intended to maintain the ceasefire.

Report says this is the second time in three days that the US has carried out self-defense strikes against Iranian military targets in southern Iran.

Recall that on Monday the US carried out airstrikes against Iranian missile locations and boats that US Central Command said were preparing to launch mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Woman Passes Out After Receiving 100 Strokes Of Cane

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May 24, 2026

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A woman has passed out after she and her partner were each flogged 100 times in public for engaging in sex outside marriage under strict Sharia laws in Indonesia’s Aceh province.

The woman, whose identity was not disclosed, was later carried away after the punishment was carried out in Banda Aceh, located at the northern tip of Sumatra island on Thursday.

A masked official dressed in brown robes administered the caning before members of the public who gathered to witness the punishment.

Her partner was also seen wincing in pain while receiving the lashes.

The pair were among several individuals punished for violating Sharia regulations in the province.

Authorities from the Banda Aceh Sharia Court and the Prosecutor’s Office handed down punishments ranging from 25 to 100 lashes for offences including extramarital sex allegedly arranged through online applications.

Aceh remains the only province in Muslim-majority Indonesia operating under Sharia law, where unmarried couples are prohibited from having sexual relations.

Caning is commonly used in the province as punishment for offences such as gambling, alcohol consumption, same-sex relations and sex outside marriage.

Under Aceh’s Sharia regulations, child rape offenders face some of the harshest penalties, including up to 200 strokes of the cane, a prison sentence of as long as 200 months or fines equivalent to two kilograms of gold.

The punishments are usually carried out publicly as a way of shaming offenders in addition to inflicting physical pain.

Such canings are often conducted outside mosques or in open public spaces, with residents watching and taking photographs during the exercise.

Human rights organisations have continued to condemn the practice, arguing that it causes emotional trauma and violates international human rights standards.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have repeatedly criticised the punishments, saying they conflict with Indonesia’s constitution and global legal obligations.

Amnesty said in a statement: “Caning contravenes Indonesia’s constitution and is in clear violation of international human rights law and standards.

‘It constitutes a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and can amount to torture in violation of the UN Convention against Torture and other international covenants, to which Indonesia is a State Party.’”

Despite the criticism, local authorities have defended the punishments as part of Aceh’s religious and cultural identity, insisting they serve as a deterrent against immoral behaviour.

Earlier in January, another couple in the province reportedly received 140 lashes each after being found guilty of drinking alcohol and engaging in sex outside marriage.

(Daily Mail)