Tag: Israel
Israel reopens Sinai crossing, warns that dangers remain
Israel’s border crossing to the Sinai Peninsula was reopened on Friday after a one-and-a-half-week closure, but Israel warned its citizens…
Bleak Easter for Palestinians as Israel seals border crossings with West Bank
Israel sealed its border crossings into the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Monday for the duration of the…
Bilateral Trade: Ambode Seeks Partnership With Israel On Agric, Technology
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday expressed the readiness of the State Government to tap into the agricultural expertise…
Russia Summons Israel’s Envoy
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Israel’s Ambassador to Moscow to protest an Israeli military strike near the Syrian city of…
Israel To ‘Continue’ Targeting Hezbollah-Bound Arms In Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel's latest air strikes into Syria targeted weapons bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah,…
Israel begins move to censor Facebook
A bill allowing Israeli courts to force social media companies to remove content defined as incitement passed its first reading…
US chides Israel over Mid-East peace
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the prospect of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal based on a two-state solution…
Israel introduces new visa procedure for Nigerians
The Embassy of Israel in Nigeria has introduced a new visa application procedure for Nigerians with effect from Jan. 1.…
Israel’s parliament set to ban short skirt
Israel’s parliament speaker went on national radio on Thursday to try to quell anger over a ban on female staff…
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Former Israeli President Shimon Peres dies at 93
Shimon Peres, who served twice as Israel’s prime minister and once as president, has died at the age of 93.…
U.S., Israel sign $38 billion military aid package
The United States will give Israel $38 billion in military aid over a decade, the largest such aid package in…
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres suffers stroke
Former Israeli president Shimon Peres has been rushed to a hospital following a stroke, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The…
Wike approves vocational training for 200 youths in Israel
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has approved the sponsorship of 200 less-privileged Rivers youths to Israel…
Donald Trump postpones visit to Israel after Muslim comments
United States Republican presidential aspirant Donald Trump on Thursday said he would delay his planned visit to Israel until “after…
ARCHIVE: Mossad – The World’s Most Efficient Killing Machine
By Gordon Thomas “Mossad agents in Nigeria have provided important details on al-Quaeda in that country.” Standing on a canteen…
Israel welcomes release of spy Jonathan Pollard in US
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday welcomed the release of Jonathan Pollard, who was convicted of spying for Israel…
Palestinian refugee camps breed new generation of militants
Bethlehem (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Nearly 30 years ago Hisham and his brothers — natives of the Dheisheh Palestinian refugee…
Israel erects wall to protect Jews in east Jerusalem
Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli police on Sunday began erecting a wall in east Jerusalem to protect a Jewish neighbourhood subject…
2015 Pilgrimage: Pregnant women, others not eligible
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Chairman of the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, CPWB, Archbishop Oludotun Ogunseye has stated that pregnant women…
Israel policeman stabbed in Jerusalem’s Old City, attacker killed
AFP – An Arab stabbed an Israeli policeman at an entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday and was shot…
Israel bars Palestinians from entering Jerusalem after attacks
Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel took the rare and drastic step of barring Palestinians from Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday as…
3 Israelis wounded in Jerusalem knife, gun attack – Officials
AFP – An assailant wielding a knife and gun seriously wounded three Israelis in Jerusalem’s Old City Saturday, before himself…
Israel PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for peace talks with Palestinians
AFP – Israel’s prime minister went to the United Nations on Thursday to call for an immediate resumption of peace…
Buhari to end FG sponsorship of pilgrimage
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to pull the plug on federal government sponsorship of pilgrims to Israel and Saudi Arabia,…
Israel bars UN human rights envoy from its territory
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson, confirmed that government has banned the entry of a UN human rights envoy, Makarim Wibisono, into…
Israel to support Nigeria in fight against Boko Haram, corruption
Israel has promised to assist Nigeria in fighting corruption and terrorism and also help to develop the the agriculture sector.…
Israeli company supplying Army vehicles for operation – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Authorities of the 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army has allegedly secured donation of 13 Hilux van by…
Netanyahu claims victory in tight Israel vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in elections Tuesday as exit polls put him neck-and-neck with centre-left rivals after…
Palestinian fisherman killed by Israeli fire
A Palestinian fisherman was shot dead by Israeli forces Saturday off the coast of the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for…
UN accuses Israel of razing 77 Palestinians homes
The United Nations has accused Israel of illegally demolishing the homes of 77 Palestinians, mostly children, this week in annexed…