At least 33 people died and three others sustained serious injuries in a fire at a smuggled petrol warehouse on Saturday in Seme Krake, Benin’s southeastern department of Oueme, local authorities said. Dallys Ahouangbegnon, Chief of the local fire brigade, said the fire also ignited houses and vehicles parked near the site. Ahouangbegnon said the […]
UN General Assembly (UNGA) President, Dennis Francis, on Friday commended the Group of 77 (G77) and China for supporting multilateralism. “At a time when multilateralism is being tested at every turn, the countries of the G77 and China continue to resolutely support the multilateral system,” he told the annual ministerial meeting of the G77 and […]
British museums have handed over many looted artefacts to the Ethiopian Embassy in London, Ethiopian state-affiliated media outlet, Fana Broadcasting Corporate, reported on Friday. The artefacts included Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) tablets, a lock of hair of an Ethiopian prince, three cups made of silver and a shield. The British handed over the artefacts […]
By Peter Ejiofor, London Nigerians in South Africa have raised an alarm over fresh terror attacks being unleashed on them by a criminal vigilance group in Sasolburg, Freestate Province. The Nigerians, under the aegis of Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA), raised the alarm in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Habib Miller, and […]
Israeli forces have killed three Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank and another one in a separate incident in the blockaded Gaza Strip. This is because Israel bars entry to thousands of Palestinian labourers from the coastal enclave. The West Bank raid took place, on Tuesday, in the Jenin refugee camp, with […]
South Africa will train and deploy over 2,300 tourism monitors to enhance safety of tourists in the country, Tourism Minister, Patricia De Lille, said on Tuesday in Cape Town. De Lille announced this at the launch of the 2023 Tourism Summer Campaign in the Eastern Cape province. The minister said one of her department’s primary […]
Five Malian soldiers and 40 terrorists, died in an attack on Malian Armed Forces in northern Mali, a statement from the Malian army said on Tuesday. On Sunday afternoon, the terrorists in vehicles and motorcycles, stormed camps of National Guard Group. They also stormed the Army in Lere, in northern Mali, according to the statement. […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has petitioned the Egyptair management over its non-responsiveness on the death of a Nigerian, Ms Remilekun Toyosi Meshioye. TheNewsZenith reports that Meshioye died on board the Egyptian airline on Sept. 4. In the petition she personally sighed, NIDCOM Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa demanded justice from the airline. […]
By Peter Ejiofor A Ugandan national, suspected to be on a revenge mission against his father, has set fire to the automobile workshop in Vom Hagen Street, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA) said in a statement, on Tuesday in Pretoria, that the suspected arsonist destroyed nine cars and auto parts. […]
India’s factory activity, determined by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 5.7 per cent in July, the government data showed on Tuesday. For the month, the quick estimates of IIP with the 2011-12 fiscal year’s base stand at 142. In July, the indices of industrial production for mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors stood at […]