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NIS Places Temporary Ban On Passport Capture And Issuance
The Nigerian Immigration Services has placed a temporary stoppage of passport application and issuance from May 18, 2021 to an unannounced date in June. According to the NIS, the ban is to clear a backlog of unprocessed and unclaimed booklets. The Comptroller General of the NIS, Muhammed Babandede, said the ban would restrict the NIS from receiving…
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Palestinians Flee Homes As Israel Continues Air Raids on Gaza
10,000 Palestinians have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip as the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on the enclave reaches 126, according to the United Nations. Not less than 126 Palestinians, including 31 children, have been killed with 920 wounded since hostilities flared up on Monday, May 10, 2021. Thousands of Palestinian families have…
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5 People Killed During Ramadan Celebrations in Niger
Five people have died in an attack on the village of Fantio, in the western region of Tillabéri, Niger Republic as the country celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the Ramadan fasting period. Local officials reports that the attack happened on Wednesday morning by “a horde of terrorists who came on…
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UN Donates $65 Million To Aid War-Thorn Ethiopia
The United Nations has released $65 million for humanitarian aid in Ethiopia, with the greater amount for the Tigray region of the country where a military operation launched in November 2020, escalated into a war that has claimed the lives of thousands. The United Nations on Thursday announced that $40 million was to be donated…
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Nigerian Troops Rescue 13 Kidnapped Victims
The Kaduna State government has confirmed the rescue of 13 kidnapped persons from bandits in Gwagwada, Chikun local government area of the state. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan, revealed this in a statement yesterday in Kaduna. He explained that the 13 citizens, originally from Dutse, went to work at a farm…
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Bandits Release 27 Abducted Students Of Kaduna Forestry College
According to recent reports, bandits have released the 27 students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna State. An official present to receive the students revealed the release was facilitated by the Sheikh Ahmad Gumi dialogue committee with support from former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The students were among the 37 abducted 7…
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5 People Dead In Protest Against Military Rule In Chad
Demonstrations in Chad has turned deadly as thousands rally to the streets to protest against the rule of a transitional military council headed by the son of late President Idriss Deby who was killed last week by rebels. According to the military-led government, not less than 5 people died in the protest but a local…
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UN Reports 29 Million People In Need Of Humanitarian Assistance In Sahel
The United Nations have reported a hike in violent attacks in Chad and the Sahel regions in the north of Cameroon and Nigeria that have left many in need of humanitarian assistance. In recent years, large parts of the western Sahel, a semi-arid region directly south of the Sahara Desert, have been plagued by violence…
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Nearly 30,000 Displaced In Mozambique’s Palma Since March
The United Nations have revealed nearly 30,000 people have fled their homes in the town of Palma in northern Mozambique following attacks late last month that killed dozens of people. The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday that approximately 30,000 people fled Palma since the fighters linked to ISIL (ISIS) raided the coastal town on…
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Ghana Set To Deport 494 Nigerians For Violating Immigration Laws
Ghana has announced the arrest and repatriation of 507 foreigners who are citizens of Burkina Faso and Nigeria. David Fianko-Okyere, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and spokesperson for the Regional Police Command, made this known at an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Bolgatanga. The police spokesperson said the region had implemented a new…