The Israeli Army has destroyed the home of the man who carried out a deadly gun attack in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv nearly three months ago. Israeli troops detonated explosives on the second floor of a four-storey building near Ramallah in the West Bank on Tuesday, the Palestinian News Agency, Wafa, reported […]
Prince Harry on Tuesday lost a bid to legally challenge the British government’s decision not to allow him to pay for police protection while he is in the United Kingdom. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, was stripped of the police security usually afforded to royal figures in the United Kingdom after he and his wife […]
By Temitope Ponle The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice is set to hold a conference to address unconstitutional change of government in some member states. Justice Edward Asante, President of the court made the disclosure, when he visited the Chief Justice of The Gambia, Hassan Jallow, on May 19. The visit was ahead of the […]
By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed a suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Department of State Services (DSS) for adoption of processes. The matter was fixed for June 20 by the court registrar for adoption of applications filed by parties […]
by Ebere Agozie The Supreme Court has adjourned until May 26 to deliver judgment in a case by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu and Kassim Shettima, the vice-president-elect. The PDP had urged the apex court to reverse the Court of Appeal judgment, led by Justice James Abundaga, which […]
By Ummul Idris South Korea on Monday began strengthening quarantine inspection on U.S. beef imports after the outbreak of a mad cow disease in the United States. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it decided to increase the proportion of sampling inspections on imported U.S. beef from three per cent to 10 […]
By Leonard Okachie Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, on Friday, urged the public to disregard the purported sack of his principal by a Federal High Court in Kano. Ekeoma made the request while reacting to the media report at a news briefing in Umuahia. […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba UN and partners on Friday appealed for nearly US$400 million to prevent widespread hunger and malnutrition in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, in the north-east of the country. Associate Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Ms Stephanie Tremblay, made the appeal at a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York. […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba The World Health Organisation (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) say 43 countries, including Nigeria, now face outbreaks as increasing numbers of cholera cases are being reported. They said the outcome for patients was worse than 10 years ago. The UN agencies, in a statement on Friday, said that after years […]
By Imelda Osayande Benin, May 19, 2023 (NAN) Police in Edo have arrested three suspected cultists at upper Sakponba in Ikpoba-Okha Local government area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the Edo Police Command Spokesman, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, wjhich was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday […]