Tag: Israel
Israel convicts ex-PM Olmert for corruption
A Tel Aviv court on Monday found former premier Ehud Olmert guilty of bribery linked to a Jerusalem property development,…
Filipina wins X-Factor in Israel, stirs celebration at home
Celebrations broke out in the Philippines Wednesday after a Filipina who has spent nearly half her life as a carer…
Sharon, ex-Israeli PM dies after 8 years in coma
Former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon died in hospital near Tel Aviv Saturday after eight years in a coma, prompting a…
African migrants protest in Israel
Nearly 200 African asylum seekers who entered Israel illegally demonstrated Tuesday in Jerusalem against being housed at a new open…
Nigerian Pilgrims Abscond In Israel
Five Nigerian pilgrims who went to Israel for this year’s pilgrimage have absconded. Two were from Lagos State while the…
Israel slams Iran nuclear deal
Israel said Sunday that a nuclear deal struck Sunday between Iran and world powers in Geneva was “bad” as Tehran…
JP Jonathan promises better electoral deal
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday in Jerusalem promised to stabilise Nigeria’s electoral process. Jonathan, who made the promise at an…
Stella Oduah Lies Low In Israel
Nigeria’s embattled Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, has kept a low profile in Israel where she is with President…
Outrage As Oduah Follows Jonathan To Israel
Nigerians have expressed shock and indignation over the trip to Israel by Stella Oduah, the embattled minister of aviation, who…
Jonathan leaves for pilgrimage Wednesday
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will late Wednesday embark on a pilgrimage to Israel, according to a statement by his special…
Israel hits Lebanon after rocket attack
The Israeli air force carried out an attack in Lebanon on Friday, the army said, hours after militants there fired…
US in $10b arms deals with Saudi, UAE, Israel
The United States unveiled plans Friday to sell $10 billion worth of advanced missiles and aircraft to Israel, the United…
Israel urges citizens to avoid Nigeria
Nigeria was listed among the nations that the Israel authorities warned its citizens to avoid during the Passover holidays at…
11 die as abnormal weather blasts Middle East
Abnormal storms which for four days have blasted the Middle East with rain, snow and hail have left at least…
Nigerian Pilgrims Visit Jesus’ Birth Place
Nigerian Christians currently on pilgrimage in Israel on Sunday in Bethlehem visited the Church of Nativity built on the manger…
Palestinians celebrate new UN status
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories(AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas returned to the West Bank on Sunday after winning upgraded UN status…
Israel kills Palestinian joy by new home plans
Israel revealed plans on Friday to build 3,000 settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank in response to…
Palestine state wins UN recognition
The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to recognize Palestine as a non-member state, giving a major diplomatic triumph…
Was Yasser Arafat poisoned to death by Israel?
What really happened to 75 year-old Yasser Arafat in 2004 when he died? Theories about his death abound, with many…
Israel hits Hamas headquarters in Gaza
GAZA CITY (AFP) – Israeli air strikes have hit the cabinet headquarters of Gaza’s Hamas government, the group said early…
Iran expects war with Israel, says Guards chief
An Israeli war on Iran “will eventually happen,” but the Jewish state will be destroyed as a result, the head…
Ahmadinejad: Israel a cancerous tumour
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has told demonstrators holding an annual protest against the existence of the Jewish state that Israel…
Israel readying for Iran strike tests missiles
Israel on Sunday began testing an SMS system for warning the public of an imminent missile attack as chatter over…
Nigerians arrested in Israel
Israeli immigration authorities said on Thursday that they had arrested 300 African illegal immigrants, among them Nigerians, since the start…
Glo Extends Prepaid Roaming To US
Globacom has announced the extension of its prepaid roaming service to the United States and five other countries. The five…
We Want Nigerian Food, Pilgrims Cry Out
Large number of the fifth batch of over one thousand Kaduna Pilgrims performing the 2011 pilgrimage in Israel have lamented…