A senior Hamas leader and Israel’s Security Cabinet have confirmed that a mutual ceasefire deal has been agreed. The senior Hamas leader told CNN that the ceasefire will commence at 2am local time on Friday, though an official announcement from the Israeli Prime Minister’s Officer said the ceasefire would go into effect at an hour…
United States has said there is no plan to relocate its Africa Command from its current base in Germany to Nigeria or any other part of Africa despite the worsening state of insecurity in the region. The US gave the response barely two weeks after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), appealed to…
Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an Italian policeman and their Congolese driver have been killed in an ambush on a United Nations convoy in eastern DRC. The ambush on Monday occurred as the convoy carrying Ambassador Luca Attanasio was travelling from the city of Goma to visit a World Food…
The Colombian media insist on defining you as a “Colombian businessman”, while Venezuela recognizes you as a citizen (agent and diplomat) of that country. Why this differentiation? I am very proud of my Barranquillero and Lebanese/Palestinian origins. In Colombia I had one of the largest fashion clothing businesses with over 300 stores throughout the…
The number of deaths recorded in the U.S. in one day with a confirmed coronavirus infection has reached a new high as the authorities reported 4,942 deaths in one day. This is according to data released by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) on Friday in Washington. The previous high of 4,466 deaths was recorded on January…
Myanmar’s military have seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids. The army said it had carried out the detentions in response to “election…
U.S. lawyers dump Hushpuppi The lawyers representing Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, in his trial for fraud and money laundering in the United States, have applied to withdraw from his case. Gal Pissetzky and Vicki Podberesky said Mr Abbass stopped communicating with them and has now retained new lawyers to defend him in the case. The…
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) says Nigeria and the United States of America are committed to lead a global coalition against ISIS and other terrorist groups in the world. A statement by ONSA on Saturday in Abuja, disclosed that the decision was reached during a virtual meeting of the 82-member global coalition…
Young Professionals (YP) arm of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Organization, representing the Americas continent (NIDOA) has unequivocally expressed their support for the sustained protest by youth and young professionals against police brutality in Nigeria. In a statement signed by the group’s Chairman, Dr. Barth Shepkong through the group Instagram handle, @nidoayoungprofessionals, affirmed their…
Ikechukwu Onyekwere South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the country’s borders will open soon; pointing out that there is a significant drop in daily new corona virus infections. In response to this, the country’s Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula visited Cape Town International Airport to check on preparations. “If people come to our…