THE Federal government has called for the de-escalation of hostilities between Israel and the Islamic terrorist organization, Hamas. Naija News reports that in the early hours of Saturday, the Palestinian militant group, Hamas launched an unprecedented and offensive attack by infiltrating Israel through land, sea, and air and firing missiles from Gaza Strip. …
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THE Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza on Saturday revealed that at least 232 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. The ministry further stated that 1,697 have been wounded. The ministry did not provide a breakdown of where the deaths occurred and if the deaths included Hamas militants or civilians in …
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FRENCH President, Emmanuel Macron, on Saturday, said he “strongly condemns the terrorist attacks that are currently striking Israel”. AFP earlier reported that Israeli Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, said Palestinian militant group, Hamas, launched a “war” against Israel after barrages of rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory …
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THE United States President, Joe Biden, has appointed two professionals who are of Nigerian descent as special advisers. Both Osagie Imasogie and Chineye Ogwumike were part of the 12 members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States. The appointment was contained in a statement …
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THE Russian Government has disclosed that it had placed the President of the International Criminal Court, Hofmanski Piotr Jozef Polish on its wanted list. This is as the ICC president had sought for the arrest of its President Vladimir Putin. “Polish is declared wanted under an article of the Criminal …
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AT least 34 people were killed when a contraband fuel dump burst into flames in southern Benin near the border with Nigeria, a government official said on Saturday. “A serious fire occurred in the town of Seme Podji,” Interior Minister Alassane Seidou told reporters. “Unfortunately we have 34 deaths including …
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FOURTEEN people have died in a plane crash caused by bad weather in the Brazilian Amazon on Saturday. The small propeller plane was moving to the end of its 400km (248 mile) journey between Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, and the remote jungle town of Barcelos when it plummeted. …
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that only 15 per cent of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets are on track, calling on key actors to rescue the goals. Guterres, at the opening of SDG Action Weekend at the UN headquarters in New York on Saturday, rallied a diverse cross section …
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THE military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defence pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali’s capital Bamako. The Liptako-Gourma Charter establishes the Alliance of Sahel States, Mali’s junta leader Assimi Goita posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. Its …
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VISIT visa to the United Kingdom for less than six months will now cost £115 (about N111,878.28 ) as opposed to £15 (14,592.70) effective October 4, the UK Home Office has announced. Student visa fee has also been increased from £127 (N123,537.58) to £490 (N476,677.59); representing a 286 per cent …
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