The Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, and her UK’s counterpart, Rt. Hon. Simon Case, have agreed to collaborate, strengthen ties and advance Nigeria’s civil service reforms. The move was made when Walson-Jack met with the UK Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Rt. Hon. Case in his Cabinet…
The British Government has awarded 82 Nigerians, the prestigious Chevening and Commonwealth scholarships to study a wide range of postgraduate programmes in the UK in 2024. This is according to a statement by Atinuke Akande-Alegbe, Senior Communications and Public Diplomacy Officer at the British High Commission on Friday in Abuja. Akande-Alegbe said that 32 scholars…
Ten foreigners were killed when a bus they were traveling in overturned in South Africa’s Limpopo Province Tuesday night, local authorities said Wednesday. The bus was en route to Johannesburg from neighboring Zimbabwe when the accident happened on the N1 highway near Makhado, the Limpopo Provincial Department of Transport and Community Safety said. “All the…
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday called for the temporary evacuation of Palestinian residents against the backdrop of a major counterterrorism operation in the north of the West Bank. “The Israel Defence Forces has been intensively operating in the Jenin at night, and Tulkarm refugee camps to combat the terrorist infrastructure established there. “Iran…
NATO member states were skeptical about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call to intercept Russian missiles over Ukraine from their territory. Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said this on Wednesday. “There is a lot of scepticism on this issue. “No single country will make such decisions individually. “I have not seen any supporters of this decision…
Emergency services were searching for two people who went missing amid flooding and landslides in the southern Italian region of Campania, the fire brigade said late on Tuesday. The fire brigade said that a woman in her 70s and her son in his 40s went missing from the area of San Felice a Cancello, near…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised the test of an improved rocket launcher, state media reported on Wednesday. The launcher, tested on Tuesday, had been “technically updated in its manoeuvrability and concentrated firing capability,” state news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday. The upgrades had proved to be “advantageous in all indices, including newly…
At least 20 Israeli attacks in Gaza are highly likely war crimes with U.S.-supplied weapons involved, a U.S. think tank research has found. The Israeli military had used U.S. weapons for attacks on refugee camps, schools, and hospitals, and in disproportionate attacks on military targets. All almost surely in violation of international humanitarian law and…
Israel’s large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank could last for several days, the Times of Israel reported on Wednesday, citing sources in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). The main focus of the operation, which began overnight, is the Tulkarem region, but forces are also active in the city of Jenin and a refugee…
The Nigeria Immigration Service has ordered the immediate repatriation of a Zimbabwean cleric, Mr Eben Nhiwatawi for allegedly violating immigration laws. This is contained in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Mr Kenneth Udo on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the cleric was apprehended by Operatives…
