Human Rights Watch applauds ICJ ruling Israel
Human Rights Watch has applauded the provisional measures by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel in a lawsuit...
Month: January 2024
South Africa: Minister of Justice speaks on ICJ ruling against Israel, says ‘Nelson Mandela is smiling in his grave’
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled in favour of South Africa’s request for provisional measures against the Israeli government over...
Teenager bags jail term over attempt to rape 35-year-old woman
A magistrates’ court in Abeokuta, Nigeria’s southwest, has sentenced a teenager, Adeola Saheed, to six months’ imprisonment for attempting to...
Nigeria v Cameroon: Facts and Figures unmask possible winner ahead of crucial tie
Nigeria will take on arch-rivals Cameroon in the Round of 16 of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations at...
Waves of piracy swell off Somalia’s Coast as maritime security concerns mount
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has witnessed a significant uptick in recent months, with maritime security compromised following Houthi...
Nigerian man seeks divorce, says wife neglects marital duties, attends church too much
Aku Bakari, a public servant, on Friday dragged his wife, Mary, before a customary court in Nyanya, Abuja, for allegedly...
Army troops pound IPOB separatist camps; recover burnt police officers’ corpses
Troops of the Nigerian Army have destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory in the Okigwe Local Government Area of...
Israel must act to prevent genocide in Gaza, ICJ says
Although it stopped short of imposing a cease-fire, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday directed Israel to take...
Mali junta terminates Algiers Accord with Tuareg rebels, accuses Algeria of ‘hostile acts’
The Mali government announced it has ended the Algiers Accord, brokered by the United Nations, with immediate effect, saying it...
South Sudan receives nearly one million refugees fleeing conflict in Sudan – UN
In a recent situational report on the ongoing crisis in Sudan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
