Israel on Wednesday denied agreeing to a week long ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for a list from Hamas of hostages that the group would release. Media reports claimed the proposed deal would include a six-to-eight-week ceasefire, expanded aid access to the Palestinian enclave, and efforts to rebuild its...
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By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja- The Palestinian authority said the Gaza Strip has been ravaged by 419 days of relentless attacks, resulting in the loss of thousands of innocent lives. As of November 27, the death toll has risen to 44,249 Palestinians, with a staggering 104,746 injured, mostly women and...
Israel’s actions in Gaza have been described as a humanitarian crisis, with the country using starvation as a weapon of war. The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah M. Abu Shawesh, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, further, accused the Israeli government of deliberately denying civilians in Gaza...
President Tinubu at the Extraordinary Joint Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Nov.11 President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, called for an end to Israeli aggression in Gaza, warning “the conflict in Palestine has persisted for far too long, inflicting immeasurable suffering.” Addressing the extraordinary Arab-Islamic...
Ukraine said on Friday it had received the bodies of 563 soldiers from Russian authorities, mainly troops that had died in combat in the eastern Donetsk region. The exchange of prisoners and bodies of killed military personnel remains one of the few areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja- The Palestine Embassy in Nigeria has denounced the Israeli Knesset’s vote to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). NATIONAL ACCORD reports that UNRWA is the backbone of the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip and...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Gaza strip’s devastating situation has left its one million children in a dire state, according to Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General, who described the area as “the real-world embodiment of hell on earth” for these young victims. This is contained in a statement issued...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – A devastating humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Gaza, with the death toll surpassing 42,227 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and 98,464 injured. The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah M. Abu Shawesh, in a statement onSunday, said the occupied West Bank has seen 11,300 detentions,...
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said that North Korea has sent soldiers as well as weapons to support Russia in its fight against neighbouring Ukraine. “We see an increasing alliance between Russia and regimes like North Korea. “This is no longer just about transferring weapons. “It is actually about...
“No end to hell,” wrote Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, on X about the situation in northern Gaza. “At least 400,000 people are trapped in the area.” He said that many people were refusing to listen to evacuation orders “because they know...
The Ukrainian Air Force said it had destroyed a road bridge to of strategic importance in Russia on Saturday, amid its offensive in the Kursk region. Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk published a video on a Telegram channel showing the bombing of a bridge, in what experts...
Pope Francis on Sunday said he was hopeful the Paris Olympics which gets underway on Friday would be an occasion for truces in the world’s conflicts. The Pope, who said this during his weekly address to the crowd in St Peter’s Square, urged athletes to be messengers...
The highest court of the United Nations will on Friday deliver their opinion on the legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. The opinion is not legally binding, but if the 15 highest UN judges in The Hague find that Israel is violating international law, it will...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestine Embassy in Nigeria has condemned in strong terms the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which has resulted in the death of over 38,000 Palestinians. In a statement released yesterday, the embassy decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which has left 87,903 injured...
At least 20 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in waves of Russian missile attacks across Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Monday. Kiev was among the cities worst impacted with seven dead and at least nine injured, the city administration said. Kryvyi Rih...
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Russia’s claims that there had been an air defence error causing a deadly strike on a children’s hospital in Kiev that caused extensive destruction on Monday. “What cynicism the bastards in the Kremlin have shown, that it was allegedly Ukrainian air defence and...
A Civil Society Organization under the umbrella of “Civil Society for Good Government, has has urged all relevant government agencies to expedite action in the ongoing war against corruption by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led administration. Speaking against the background of the corruption case against a former Kogi...
Ahead of his visit to North Korea on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised Pyongyang for its support in Moscow’s fight against Ukraine. Putin praised North Korea’s “unwavering support for Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine,” using the Kremlin’s wording to refer to the war, in a...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the Middle Eastern governments to pressure Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement to accept U.S. President Joe Biden proposal to end the war in Gaza. “My message to governments throughout the region and people throughout the region: If you want a ceasefire, press...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – pa The State of Palestine has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria for its show of solidarity and its clear stance in support of international law and rejecting the ‘law of the jungle’ in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah...