International

The Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, threw out the suit by the Niger Republic junta against the region’s Authority of Heads of State and Government. Ripples Nigeria reports that the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, led by Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, on August 8, imposed sanctions on …

Iran has detained eight suspects related to Sunday’s attack on Shiite Muslim shrine in the southern city of Shiraz, the judiciary said on Monday, adding that all were foreigners. One person was killed and ten people were wounded, Iran’s Nournews reported, calling it a “terrorist attack” on the shrine known as Shah Cheragh. Authorities said a man had opened fire …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday condemned the deadly attack on a hospital in northern Gaza. Hundreds of people were reportedly killed and injured when an Israeli airstrike struck al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City earlier on Tuesday. However, the details of the incident have not been verified by agencies in the troubled zone. In a statement posted on …

The military junta in Niger Republic that removed President Mohamed Bazoum in a coup on July 26, say it will prosecute him for “high treason and undermining the internal and external security” of the country. Spokesman for the junta, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, who disclosed this in a statement on national television on Sunday, said Bazoum had plunged the country …

Death toll from flood emanating from tropical Storm Daniel that swept through several areas in eastern Libya has surpassed 5,300, with an unspecified number still missing, Libya’s Minister of Civil Aviation,Hichem Abu Chkiouat, said on Wednesday. The substantial storm, according to emergency services officials, had hit the country on Sunday, causing torrential rain which caused the disaster before sweeping across …

After an initial stand off and refusal to back off, the leader of the military junta in Niger Republic, Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani has finally accepted to meet and dialogue with leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tchiani’s new position came after a meeting with prominent Nigerian Islamic scholars led by the national leader of Jama’atu Izalatil …

The war between Israel and Palestinian militant group, Hamas has echoed in the United States of America, as a landlord was charged with murder and hate crimes Sunday after allegedly stabbing a Muslim woman and six-year-old boy dozens of times in an attack. According to the police, the vicious attack was linked to the war between Israel and Hamas. The …

A former President of Mauritania, Mohammed Abdel Aziz has been sentenced to five years in prison by a court in Nouakchott for having abused his position to amass an ill-gotten fortune. Aziz had been on trial since January alongside 10 other prominent figures, including two former prime ministers, for illicit enrichment, abuse of functions, influence-peddling and laundering. Read also: DSS operatives, …

Barely one week after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the Afghanistan city of Herat on October 7, a similar quake hit the city early Sunday morning. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the latest quake hit at 0336 GMT, 33 kilometres (20 miles) from Herat city, the capital of the western province, the same region where entire villages were …

At least three people have been killed and nine injured in an explosion that hit a Catholic Church in Southern Philippines during mass on Sunday morning, authorities have confirmed. According to the Regional Police Director, Brigadier General Allan Nobleza, the incident occurred at the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, the country’s largest Muslim city. “On 3rd December, an …