ISRAELI hardline minister Itamar Ben Gvir has stepped down from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government following a ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza. His resignation, along with other ministers from his Jewish Power (Otzma Yehudit) party, was submitted on…
FORMER Senate Leader, Ali Ndume has described the pronouncement of the governors to give full support to tax reform bills as commendable. The Nigeria Governors Forum at the end of their meeting with the Presidential Tax Reform Committee last week…
Three female hostages released by Hamas have been reunited with their mothers. The freed hostages are Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari. Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into force at 0915 GMT after a delay. No fewer than…
THE Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has stated that the country will not proceed with a ceasefire in Gaza until it receives a list detailing the captives who are set to be released by Hamas as part of a phased…
A truce has come into effect in Gaza after Hamas released the names of three Israeli hostages it plans to free. The ceasefire, which was delayed by over two hours, finally started at 11:15 local time (9:15 GMT) on Sunday.…
THE Russian Ministry of Defence has said that the United States has deployed its modernised thermonuclear weapon in Europe. NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby indicated that the B61-12 variant of the gravity bomb has already been deployed across military bases in…
POLITICAL will is one of the most powerful forces shaping the trajectory of democratic processes and economic reforms worldwide. It is particularly crucial in both the Global North and the Global South, where governance, institutional strength, and socio-economic conditions differ…
THE Israeli government has approved a ceasefire agreement with the goal of facilitating the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip. The decision followed a lengthy cabinet meeting, during which 24 ministers voted in favour of the deal,…
THOUSANDS of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest against Donald Trump’s policies ahead of his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States on January 20. A coalition of several organisations, including Sakhi for South Asian Survivors,…
A GROWING number of Africans have found themselves recruited into Russia’s army since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While some volunteers joined private military companies linked to the Kremlin, others, like Samuel from Cameroon, were lured by false…
