The International Court of Justice in The Hague delivered its ruling Friday on South Africa’s accusations of genocide against Gaza by Israel. The allegations stemmed from Israel’s military campaign launched against Gaza following an attack on October 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of civilians. South Africa brought Israel before the court,…
Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State has arrived in Abuja this evening to meet President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Villa. Nigeria is the third country Blinken is visiting on his Africa tour which is aimed at building a robust bilateral relations and partnership with the Continent Reports have it that his plane touched…
Tension engulfed Kidandan Village in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State as 10 children sustained injuries in an explosion on Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred while the children were playing with an object found in a nearby bush, suspected to be a bomb, which suddenly exploded. Photographs obtained by Daily Trust depict the victims…
In the past 24 hours, Gaza has witnessed a devastating surge in casualties, with at least 132 people losing their lives, according to reports from the Wafa news agency. The situation is exacerbated by an internet blackout, further isolating the region. Humanitarian aid denied access in Northern Gaza The UN Office for the Coordination of…
We can’t effectively deliver humanitarian aid while Gaza is under heavy, widespread & unrelenting bombardment In a harrowing development, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has taken to social media, specifically X, to plead for the safety of humanitarian staff engaged in aid delivery within the Gaza region. Expressing the dire challenges faced on the…
Gabriel Attal has experienced a meteoric rise in French politics, progressing from a work experience recruit in the health ministry to the second-highest office in the country in just over a decade. At the age of 34, he recently made history as France’s youngest prime minister and the first openly gay leader of the government….
In an unprecedented move and a new chapter of history, France President Emmanuel Macron has announced the appointment of a 34-year-old Gabriel Attal as the new Prime Minister of the country. The new appointment became necessary following the resignation of former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday. Now regarded as the youngest Prime Minister in…
The United Kingdom on Monday, through its Home Office, announced the commencement of the implementation of its dependant visa ban, which prohibits Nigerian students and other foreigners from bringing family members. UK’s Home Office, while announcing via X (formerly Twitter), reiterated that only international students in postgraduate research or government-sponsored scholarship could bring their dependants…
The Israeli military has confirmed that it will withdraw thousands of its soldiers from the war-torn Gaza Strip. In a statement on Monday, the military said that five brigades, or several thousand troops, were being taken out of the enclave for training and rest. The pull out of troops has been linked to the pressure…
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya-led Guinea military junta has announced that a constitutional referendum will be held in 2024. A critical step towards the restoration of civilian governance following a coup. According to reports, Doumbouya, who has ruled since deposing the country’s first democratically elected president in 2021, announced the vote during a year-end speech late Sunday….
Several raids and arrests were the major incidents perpetrated by the Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Christmas day The raid on Monday morning followed several other around the territory with regions in and near Nablus, Jericho, Ramallah and Bethlehem – which Christians believe is the birthplace of Jesus Christ raided overnight by…
The former US President Donald Trump has been disqualified from Colorado’s 2024 Presidential election ballot by the state’s supreme Court. In a 4-3 decision on Tuesday, the panel ruled Trump could be kept off the state’s GOP ballot under the 14th Amendment in connection with his actions leading up to the insurrection of 2020…
Following a 94-77 vote, the Denmark parliament on Thursday passed a law forbidding the public desecration of the Quran and other holy Books, saying offenders now face a fine or up to two years in prison. According to Al Jazeera, the decision came after several burnings of the Qur’an, which caused a stir in Muslim…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared his intention to run for president in March 2024. The Informant247 gathered that President Putin had informed Russian military officer Lieutenant Colonel Artyom Zhoga about his decision to take part in the upcoming vote, according to state-run news agencies, following an awards ceremony for army personnel at the Kremlin….
Following the unlawful detention and violation of fundamental human rights, the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the government of the Benin Republic to pay Yoruba nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, a sum of 20 million CFA…
Air strikes, heavy shelling and casualties have been recorded as Israel Military resumes the war against Hamas after efforts to extend the truce failed. According to Aljazeera, the resumption of hostilities came at about 7am local time (05:00 GMT) on Friday, as the deadline for the end of the week-long pause is elapsed. Gaza’s health…
Following days of multiple search and painstaking efforts, All the 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel for 17 days in northern India have been rescued. The rescue crew had to drill through the debris of rock to reach the workers through a 90-centimetre (three-foot) wide steel pipe, in the Himalayan…
Another two days truce deal extension has been reached in another move that will see the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas war paused. Qatar’s foreign minister made the announcement to extend the Gaza truce by two days on Monday. The initial four days truce was set to expire and the urgent need for humanitarian…
Streets in Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone were largely deserted on Sunday after a night-time curfew was declared. The curfew was declared by the nation’s information minister on Sunday morning after a reported attack at a military armoury in the capital leading to armed clashes and eventually a situation where by armed men…
The embattled former US President, Donald Trump has always been in the news. Most of it in the recent time is about the $250 million New York civil fraud trial. In September 2022, New York Attorney General Letitia James accused the former president of fraudulent business practicesfiled a $250 million lawsuit against him. The trial would later…
