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00:00Queen Noamagbe Awuare II is the fourth wife of Benin monarch, his royal majesty, Oba Awuare II and the queen

00:07is also the biological sister of the Oba's fifth wife, Queen Isosa Awuare II, on Thursday early morning night.

00:15Queen Noamagbe apparently used a proxy TikTok account named Queen Awuare back up and accused the Benin Traditional Council, BTC

00:25of dishonest behavior, categorically stating, the BTC lied that Nigeria prominent social media streamer, Habib Hamzat Adelaja aka Pella was

00:35not authorized access into the palace of the Benin monarch where she accidentally met Pella and gave him a motherly

00:42welcome as the queen of the Oba.

00:44An action, the BTC has alleged she breached the palace protocol, hence, she risked being removed or sent packing from

00:51the palace, according to Queen Noamagbe in the apparent TikTok social media proxy account, Pella's visit to the palace is

00:59a mere cover up, that a lot has been happening behind closed door.

01:02She supported her claim with a document that suggests the Benin Traditional Council was aware of Pella coming to the

01:09palace, and the document dated February 23rd, 2026 indicated that the BTC received and acknowledged the letter of Pella planned

01:17visit.

01:18But, if, if the BTC actually wrote back to Pella to notify him about the acceptance or rejection of his

01:24request was not stated, this, the President of Igor Basinmi Movement Worldwide, Asaro Culture Iyamu, counted the document and said,

01:33The receipt of letter at any institution registry doesn't amount to approval, however, the moment the letter is received at

01:41our revered palace registry, it's forwarded to the private office of Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo Nobun Edo

01:49Uku Akpilokpolo, Oba Ewuare II.

01:52Oba of Benin will then instruct the secretary of Benin Traditional Council, BTC to either write formally or call those

02:00seeking for approval of their letters especially as it's relate to royal visitations, those who lured and deceived Pella without

02:07the approval of Benin Traditional Council, BTC are the real problem.

02:11For the avoidance of doubts, Queen Noamagbe may not be first Oba wife to be sent packing from the palace

02:18Oba breached of access into the Monarch Palace.

02:21The Oba eldest wife, Queen Irogama Ewuare II had been sent packing from the palace simply because one of the

02:28biological children of the Oba entered the palace allegedly in a manner the Oba did not like.

02:34This was made known in a reactionary public letter issued on December 30, 2025 by Prince Ezelekai Ewuare II, the

02:44Oba's eldest son who is believed to be the next Oba of Benin, according to Prince Ezelekai.

02:49I want to make it very clear.

02:51My mother did nothing wrong, six months ago, my youngest brother allegedly barged into the palace wanting to see his

02:59father.

02:59Our father wasn't happy with his approach, as a result, my mother was told to leave the palace.

03:06I would like to use this medium to plead on behalf of your senior children you wouldn't see, your second

03:12son, your third son and your second daughter, please, whatever our father said they did wrong, please forgive and forget,

03:20time is precious, we want togetherness, not division.

03:23On the issue he had with the Oba over the establishment of the Museum of West African Art, Armed Forces

03:30of Nigeria, AFN has stated that its men resisted and pushed back a group of Islamic State of West Africa

03:37province.

03:38I swap fighters at Malam Fertori area in the Abadam local government area of Borno State early morning on Wednesday,

03:46after the I swap fighters launched a simultaneous five multiple and separate offensive attacks against the troops of the Joint

03:53Task Force, North East Operation Hadamkai.

03:56This, the Nigeria Army supported its press release with a video of dead bodies of the suspected terrorists, some of

04:04whom, according to the military authority, were well-known ISWAP commanders who led other terrorists to carry out the attacks.

04:11Lt. Sani Uba, the media information officer, Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadamkai in a press release issued a

04:20few minutes ago, noted that Niger Republic Air Force supported in the killing of the terrorists and other defensive-offensive

04:27military actions that finally forced other surviving terrorists to withdraw and flee in disarray.

04:33Accordingly, the press release reads verbatim thus, Troops of the Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadamkai, OPHK, in the

04:43early hours of Wednesday successfully repelled a coordinated and simultaneous five-pronged terrorist attack on own positions at Malam Fertori

04:51in Sector 3.

04:52The terrorists, who advanced in large numbers on foot and deployed armed drones in a desperate bid to breach the

04:59defenses of locations of troops, particularly along the frontage of Bravo Company from the Daguri general area, were met with

05:06overwhelming resistance.

05:08Having maintained full situational awareness of the battle space, troops had anticipated the attack and deliberately prepared an offensive-defensive

05:17battle designed to decisively defeat and annihilate the assault elements.

05:20Through disciplined fire control, coordinated maneuver and superior tactical execution, the attackers were engaged, disrupted and rooted in disarray, with

05:31no fewer than 80 terrorists neutralized during the engagement.

05:35Additionally, the firefight was further reinforced by precision of close-air support from the air component of Operation Hadamkai, complemented

05:44by rapid strike passes from allied Nigerian air assets, which compounded the pressure on the fleeing insurgents.

05:50Exploitation of the engagement area led to the recovery of a substantial cache of weapons, ammunition and combat enablers, including

05:5952 AK-47 rifles, 8 PKT machine guns, 7 RPG tubes, 5 general-purpose machine guns, GPMGs,

06:08over 3,000 rounds of assorted 7.62 mm ammunition, 21 RPG bombs, 9 locally fabricated IEDs, multiple magazines, communication

06:22radios and components of armed drones deployed by the terrorists.

06:26Despite the scale and intensity of the assault, own troops recorded minimal casualties, with four soldiers wounded in action and

06:34promptly stabilized, while follow-on battle damage assessment of air interdictions remains ongoing.

06:41Significantly, the operation resulted in the neutralization of three high-profile terrorist commanders, namely Malam Abdulrahman Gobara, Malam Bayuram and

06:51Abu Ayyubah, who were key figures in coordinating and leading the failed assault.

06:55Furthermore, several other identified fighters were eliminated.

07:00Nigeria military authority has placed the citizens and residents in the West Africa country on a high alert over increased

07:07security threats in the country, following apparent multiple suicide bombings on Monday in the northeastern state of Borno State, wherein,

07:15the Nigeria police force confirmed 23 people were killed and 108 other persons sustained injuries when bombs exploded.

07:23Almost at the same time at three different locations in Meduguri, the state capital, at locations which included the post

07:31office area, Monday market access and the entrance to the University of Meduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH during the period of

07:40IFTA, breaking of fast, hours after the Borno State Command of the Nigeria Police Force had reported earlier on Monday

07:48that suspected Boko Haram,

07:49ISWAP terrorists made an attempt to infiltrate into the state capital with sporadic gunshots and explosions at Agilari Cross, Kofa

07:57area of outskirt of Meduguri Metropolitan Council, MMC, and Damboa Meduguri Road in Damboa local government area, and the latest

08:06activities and official reports indicated that the ISWAP and Boko Haram terrorists may have advanced and taken some positions closer

08:14to the state capital, this, the Nigeria police force said,

08:18The Borno State Joint Security Operatives has began aggressive patrols within the Meduguri Metropolitan Council and appealed to residents to

08:27alert the security agency for emergency response with contact numbers 080-680-75581 or 080-2-3-4-7-3

08:45-2-9-3.

08:47Lt. Col. Sani Uba, the media information officer of Joint Task Force in the Northeast Operation Haddon Kai in a

08:56press release on Monday, said,

08:58The headquarters Joint Task Force, the headquarters Joint Task Force, Operation Haddon Kai, OPHK, wishes to inform the general public

09:06of suicide bomb explosions that occurred at about 7.05 p.m. on Monday, the 16th of March, 2026, in

09:14Meduguri Metropolitan Council, MMC.

09:17The explosions were carried out by suspected Boko Haram terrorist suicide bombers who detonated improvised explosive devices at three different

09:26locations within the city,

09:28namely the post office area, Monday Market Access and the entrance to the University of Meduguri Teaching Hospital, UMTH, during

09:36the period of IFTA, breaking a fast.

09:39The cowardly attacks targeted crowded crowded public areas in an attempt by the terrorists to inflict mass casualties and create

09:46panic within the metropolis.

09:49Troops of Operation Haddon Kai, in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal, EOD, team and other sister security

09:58agencies,

09:59responded swiftly to the incident and immediately secured and cordoned off the affected locations to prevent further harm.

10:06Emergency response teams, including personnel from the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and other medical service providers,

10:16promptly evacuated casualties to the General Hospital, Specialist Hospital and the University of Meduguri Teaching Hospital for urgent medical attention.

10:25Medical teams are currently attending to injured victims of various health...

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