Chadian Ambassador to Russia Adam Bechir, on Tuesday said Russians detained in Chad, including sociologist Shugaley, will soon be released and handed over to Russian authorities. On Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow was taking all necessary measures to ensure the release of three Russian and one Belarusian citizens detained in Chad on…
The Taliban government has issued new directives to media outlets in Kabul that prohibit live broadcasts of political programmes and criticism of its laws and policies. According to the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), media outlets are now required to pre-record programmes, submit guest lists for approval, and censor content critical of the Taliban policies. Failure…
China firmly supports Lebanon in safeguarding its sovereignty, security and national dignity, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib in New York. During exchange of views on the…
Beijing has assured Beirut of its support in the Middle East conflict and sharply criticised Israel for launching its deadliest wave of airstrikes in decades at the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New York said China is firmly supporting Lebanon in safeguarding its sovereignty, security and national dignity, Wang met his…
Irish premier Simon Harris is to hold a bilateral meeting with the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. It would be the first meeting between the duo since Ireland recognised the state of Palestine in May. They would discuss efforts for a ceasefire in the Middle East, efforts to release Israeli hostages and the…
Türkiye has announced that it will present evidence regarding the killing of a Turkish-American woman by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. The evidence would be presented to both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot during a protest against an Israeli settlement…
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced an American businessman, Marco Antonio Ramirez, to 74 years in prison over his involvement in a $1.2 million US visa scam. Justice Dada handed down the verdict after she found the foreigner guilty of a 16-count charge of defrauding…
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump were at the same 9/11 memorial the day after a fiery debate – their first of the 2024 US presidential election. It has been 23 years since the 9/11 attack on downtown Manhattan – where both the US presidential election and the war it resulted in and the withdrawal from…
The Director-General, Ghana’s National Disaster Management (NADMO), Nana Prempeh, has urged ECOWAS and member states to scale up disaster preparedness response mechanisms. Prempeh made the plea at a mid-term consultation meeting of the regional committee for disaster management in West Africa (GECEAO) in Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
Miss Jennifer Ezeonyeasi, Culture and Events Administrative Assistant at the Korean Cultural Centre in Nigeria (KCCN), has urged the creative sector to utilise the opportunity to infuse cultural attires of Korea and Nigeria through fashion. Ezeonyeasi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, stating that…
