The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations highest court, on Monday dismissed a genocide lawsuit filed by the Sudanese government against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) . The court, in The Hague, said it was not legally competent to rule on the matter. The Sudanese government had accused the UAE of aiding genocide…
Three people were reported dead and five others injured following a shooting at a restaurant in a Phoenix suburb on Sunday night, police confirmed. Police received calls about shots fired around 7:45 p.m. at El Camaron Gigante Mariscos & Steakhouse, according to Glendale Police Department Officer Moroni Mendez during a briefing. Mendez confirmed that three…
Prof Sonni Tyoden, the immediate past Deputy Governor of Plateau, is dead. Mr Simon Lalong, the immediate past governor of the state, confirmed the development to newsmen on Sunday in Jos Lalong, who visited the residence of the deceased to condole with the family, described his former deputy as a trusted political ally, confidante, teacher,…
The Ebonyi Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says it has reactivated its temporary Internally Displaced Persons Camps (IDP) in the state to prepare against any eventual flooding. Mr Clement Ovuoba, Executive Secretary of the agency, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Wednesday. Ovuoba said the reactivation followed…
A Ukrainian drone attack ignited a fire on Wednesday at an industrial site in the Russian city of Murom, about 300 kilometres east of Moscow. According to Russian Telegram news channel Astra, citing local residents; the target was a factory producing ignition devices. However, the governor of the Vladimir region, Aleksandr Avdeyev, said on Telegram…
Seventeen people were injured in a residential complex explosion on Wednesday afternoon in Taiyuan, capital of north China’s Shanxi Province. Four people were in critical condition with three discharged after treatment, the local authorities said. The blast occurred in the Beiying neighbourhood of Xiaodian District at around 1p.m., but by 3 p.m., the fire triggered…
President Donald Trump is pushing Ukraine to cede territory to Russia to end the war. He has threatening to walk away if a deal becomes too difficult and causing alarm bells in Europe about how to fill the gap. Ukraine’s European allies view the war as fundamental to the continent’s security, and pressure is now…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, has reported that an accident at Ukpo Junction, on Nteje-Awka Road in the state, resulted in eight fatalities on Sunday night. The Sector Commander, Mrs Joyce Alexander confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday, in Awka. Alexander said the crash involved a Mack tanker without a…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted sunshine and thunderstorms from Wednesday to Friday across Nigeria. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja, envisaged sunny skies on Wednesday with prospects of thunderstorms over parts of southern Adamawa and Taraba States later in the day. It stated that sunny skies with few patches of clouds…
Georgia welcomes the completion of talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia on peace agreement, Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili said on Wednesday. “Georgia welcomes the completion of talks between Baku and Yerevan on the provisions of a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia. “It is undoubtedly a step forward in the presentation and use of the region’s…
