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The prosecutor alleged that Nwajagu put fear in Lagos residents when he threatened to bring IPOB to the state. A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a leader of Igbo community in Lagos State, Eze Ndigbo Fredrick Nwajagu, for allegedly threatening to bring the proscribed Indigenous …

Opinion by Malik al-Abdeh, Lars Hauch (london) Wednesday, April 05, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Apr 05 (IPS) – Europe’s current approach to facilitating refugee returns and containing new arrivals from Syria is based on wishful thinking. Europeans have come to terms with the fact that a political settlement for Syria’s …

President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the ‘state of disaster’ in February in a bid to assuage South Africa’s power crisis. South Africa’s government has revoked a national “state of disaster” declared in February to manage a crippling electricity crisis. On February 9, President Cyril Ramaphosa invoked disaster regulations to fight the …

The former prime minister discussed the legacy she hoped to leave and ended the emotional speech in New Zealand’s Indigenous Maori language.

Haruna is said to have completed two tenures of five years each in the agency. President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered Prof. Mohammed Sani Haruna, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to vacate his office and hand over to the most senior …

CNN  —  A Syrian who arrived in Germany as a refugee in 2015 has won a mayoral election in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg. Ryyan Alshebl, who left his hometown of As Suwayda in Syria eight years ago, ran as an independent in the municipality of Ostelsheim. He won …

The announcement comes months after Vatican accused China of violating their accord on the appointment of bishops. The Vatican has said that Chinese authorities have appointed a new bishop to Shanghai, the largest Roman Catholic diocese in China, in an apparent violation of a bilateral pact between the two states. …

We’re spewing a torrent of waste and pollution that is affecting our environment, our economies, and our health, warns UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, April 04, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 04 (IPS) – Straight to the point: the current system of voracious …

An indictment and a trial in either the Jan. 6 case or the Georgia case would again focus attention on Trump’s anti-democratic behavior. Most of his supporters would probably stick by him, but the cases probably present a greater risk to his standing with swing voters than a case revolving …

Hong Kong CNN  —  An anticipated meeting between Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California this week has sparked concerns of a repeat of the pressure campaign China launched last year when then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei. At that time, Beijing encircled the island democracy …