The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,547, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza health authority. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) , further reported on Thursday morning that 68 per cent of the fatalities were children and women. It cited figures […]
No fewer than eight Syrian soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in Israeli strikes that targeted their posts in southern Syria, local media reported on Wednesday. “At about 1:45 am on Wednesday, the Israeli enemy launched an aerial act of aggression from the direction of occupied Syrian Golan, targeting several military sites in Daraa […]
By Rukayat Moisemhe Nigerians’ pasta consumption has increased by 320 per cent in the last one year, insights by Glovo Nigeria reveals. According to Mrs Lamide Akinola, General Manager, Glovo Nigeria, on Wednesday in Lagos, Nigeria also witnessed a 320 per cent increase in pasta units delivered via Glovo. This development, she said, makes the […]
By Femi Ogunshola The controversial bill to extend the retirement age of National Assembly staff to 65 years has resurfaced in the House of Representatives. The Bill was considered and passed for the second reading during plenary session in Abuja. The bill, titled “A Bill For an Act to Make Provisions for the Retirement Age […]
Bangladeshi authorities have lowered the warning for maritime ports and coastal districts after a cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal made landfall. This led to the killing of at least three people and knocking down trees and electricity poles. Cyclone Hamoon crossed the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar coast in the early hours on Wednesday and weakened […]
By Sandra Umeh A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, further adjourned until Nov. 20, for adoption of written addresses, in the trial of a surgeon Anuoluwapo Adepoju, charged with alleged evasion from investigation into a failed plastic surgery. The case which was scheduled for adoption of addresses on Tuesday, did not go […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba The number of people killed in Gaza has exceeded 5,000 according to latest reports from de facto authorities there, amid intensifying Israeli airstrikes in response to Hamas attacks, while humanitarians repeated urgent calls for a ceasefire and more aid convoys Echoing that message, World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus issued a new […]
By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Federal Government has received 108 irregular Nigerians migrants stranded in Niger Republic. This is contained in a statement by Mr Alexander Oturu, Southwest Zonal Coordinator, National Commission For Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) on Tuesday in Abuja. The commission said the Nigerians include 32 males, 29 females, 44 […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba United Nations (UN) Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric has said that a new aid convoy entered Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing comprises 20 trucks according to the Egyptian Red Crescent. Dujarric disclosed this while briefing reporters at UN headquarters in New York on Monday. He said that was equivalent to just […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, will run out of fuel in three days, putting humanitarian response in Gaza at risk, Director-General Philippe Lazzarini warned on Sunday. “Without fuel, there will be no water, no functioning hospitals and bakeries. Without fuel, aid will not reach those in desperate need. […]