[ad_1] A wedding photo shoot during colonial times in Nigeria. The Master of Ceremony, Mr JA Clarke, gave a speech in which he hailed what he described as: “The Union of the Howells of Nigeria and the Liverpool family of West Indies; East and West have been united together as it were. It is hoped […]

[ad_1] The Police in Bauchi State have arrested one Isyaku Babale, 30, of Anguwan Dawaki in Bauchi Metropolis, for allegedly stabbing his brother to death. Spokesperson for the command, SP Ahmed Wakil, in a statement, said the suspect was arrested following a report received by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Township Police Station, Bauchi, which […]

[ad_1] A senior U.S. Government delegation is traveling to Dallas to participate in the 16th U.S.-Africa Business Summit on May 6-9, 2024. Hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa, the Summit will bring together more than 1,500 U.S. and African public and private sector executives including Heads of State, international investors, U.S. and African government […]

[ad_1] The Middle East Investors Expo, a premier investment event, is scheduled to take place on July 4-5, 2024, at the five-star Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja Nigeria. This highly anticipated event aims to bring together investors, business leaders, and industry experts from the Middle East and Africa to explore investment opportunities, promote economic growth, and […]

[ad_1] A few hours after the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement announced that it would agree to the mediators’ proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, the Israeli army attacked targets in the east of the city of Rafah late on Monday evening. According to an army spokesman, the targets were Hamas facilities. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s […]

[ad_1] Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, May 06, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 06 (IPS) – On 22 April, Dominica’s High Court struck down two sections of the country’s Sexual Offences Act that criminalised consensual same-sex relations, finding them unconstitutional. This made Dominica the sixth country in the Commonwealth Caribbean – […]

[ad_1] Hamas officials have shown Al Jazeera a copy of the Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal that the movement says it has agreed to. The proposal includes three phases and would see an end to Israel’s war on Gaza as well as the release of Israeli captives held in the enclave and Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. […]

[ad_1] After the Israeli military issued its evacuation order, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain reiterated that he remained “deeply concerned” about an invasion, while Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry warned Israel against advancing what it called a “bloody and systematic” campaign to storm all of Gaza and displace its residents. In Rafah, some Palestinians quickly […]

[ad_1] This is the moment Gazans celebrated after Hamas says it accepted the terms of a ceasefire plan put forward by Qatari and Egyptian mediators. Video shows people jumping up and down and chanting joyously outside Al Aqsa hospital in Central Gaza. A Hamas official says the “ball [is] now in Israel’s court” after the […]

[ad_1] Vice President Kashim Shettima was on Sunday forced to cancel his trip to the United States where he was scheduled to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit, due to a fault with his aircraft. Stanley Nkwocha, media aide to Mr Shettima disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He said […]