A plane with 21 people on board crashed in South Sudan on Wednesday, leaving 18 people dead, including two pilots, South Sudan Eagles Media reported. It added that three others are in critical condition. “A plane carrying 21 passengers, including the pilot, has crashed while departing from Unity Oil Field, killing 18 people and leaving…
No fewer than 81,000 Syrians have returned home from Turkey under the new authorities in Damascus, Turkish Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya said on Wednesday. According to current data, there are more than 2,870,000 Syrian refugees living in Turkey. “From Dec. 9 to today, 81,576 Syrians have voluntarily returned to the SAR (Syrian Arab Republic),’’ Yerlikaya…
The Afghan caretaker government wants the international community to differentiate between politics and humanitarian issues and not to politicise the humanitarian assistance. “We want the countries including the United States not to politicise the humanitarian assistances,” an official of the Ministry of Economy said. The Afghan official made the remarks in the wake of the…
Gautier Mignot, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has outlined the union’s plans to bolster trade, strengthen investment and positively impact the youthful population of Nigeria. Mignot made the plans known on Wednesday in Lagos at a media luncheon. He said that the EU would want…
An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced nine drug dealers to death on charges of drug trafficking. A statement by the Supreme Judicial Council said that the Central Criminal Court issued a verdict to execute nine drug dealers after 186 kg of various drugs were seized. The chaos and conflicts that have engulfed Iraq since the…
The UN agency that helps refugees, asylum seekers and people forcibly displaced within their own countries has been put on a savings drive. This comes after U.S President Donald Trump ordered a suspension of humanitarian assistance. “While we are still assessing the impact of the new U.S. administration’s decision, including possible exceptions, we are implementing…
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has urged the Republics of Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali to rescind their decisions to quit the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Musa made the appeal in a remarks at the 5th Lake Chad Governors’ Forum on Wednesday in Maiduguri. He urged them to…
President Bola Tinubu has urged regional leaders and international partners to demonstrate greater commitment to address security, social and economic challenges bedevilling the Lake Chad Basin. He said this at the inauguration of the 5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum, on Monday in Maiduguri. Represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, the president stressed the need for…
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday called for multilateral efforts toward ending all forms of racism, prejudice, and religious bigotry. The organisation made the call in Abuja at an event organised by the UN Information Centre in collaboration with UNESCO, the German and Israeli embassies to mark the International Day for the Commemoration of the victims of…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed an alleged human rights violation suit filed by one Patrick Eholor, on behalf of Makia Media Limited, against the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the applicant had in suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/43/21, alleged that Nigeria’s broadcasting laws violated social media rights, human rights defenders,…
