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UNICEF Urges International Support For Schools Affected By Beirut’s Blasts

Fatima Sule Sep 4, 2020 0

UNICEF on Friday urged the international community to urgently scale up support for education for children in Beirut, following the explosions that destroyed a large number of schools in the city. SEE ALSO: NAF Conducts COVID-19 Sample…

Foreign

Rescue Workers In Beirut Begin Search To Find Survivor In Rubble

Babatunde Abdulfatah Sep 4, 2020 0

Chilean rescue teams, along with Lebanese civil defence volunteers, resumed Friday their search for a possible life under rubble in Beirut, raising hopes that there might be a survivor even a month after a massive blast rocked the city’s…

Foreign

No Fewer Than 70,000 Workers Rendered Unemployed From Beirut Explosions- UN

Harrison Arubu Aug 18, 2020 0

The United Nations says no fewer than 70,000 workers are believed to have been rendered unemployed by the recent devastating explosions in Beirut, Lebanon. SEE ALSO: Minimum wage: Ekiti workers begin 3-day warning strike Monday A…

Opinion

Oke-Afa And The Message From Beirut – By Olusegun Adeniyi

John Ogunsemore Aug 13, 2020 0

It is a measure of the collective amnesia that defines our country that Nigerians are hardly paying attention to what is happening in Lebanon. Perhaps more significant is the contrasting response from the two countries. A similar tragedy 18…

Foreign

Beirut Death Toll Climbs As Rescue Operation Continues At Blast Site

Yahaya Isah Aug 11, 2020 0

The Lebanon’s Ministry of Health official on Tuesday said the death toll from Beirut port blast had risen to 165, as rescue operations continued in spite dimming hopes of finding survivors. SEE ALSO: Boris Johnson To Pledge Billions To Get…

Foreign

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Warns Against Politicising Deadly Beirut Blast

Abiodun Oluleye Aug 10, 2020 0

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday warned against “political exploitation” from the recent explosions in Beirut. SEE ALSO: S. Korea, Japan welcome U.S. relisting North Korea as sponsor of terrorism “It is unacceptable for various groups,…

International

Beirut Explosion: Death Toll Rises To 200, Third Minister Resigns

News Agency of Nigeria Aug 10, 2020 0

Over 200 people have reportedly been killed by Tuesday's destructive explosion in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, its governor announced. Marwan Abboud said dozens were still missing, many of them foreign workers. On…

Foreign

Lebanese vent rage against their leaders after blast; protesters gather

Babatunde Abdulfatah Aug 8, 2020 0

As Beirut mourned its dead and grappled with the scale of rebuilding after this week’s massive blast, some Lebanese angered by their government’s response called on foreign states on Saturday to topple their leaders and run the country.…

Foreign

U.N. agencies scramble to support Beirut blast victims

sheji.halima Aug 7, 2020 0

The deadly warehouse blast in Beirut which devastated Lebanon’s already faltering healthcare system and U.N. agencies are scrambling to support hundreds of thousands of people, officials said on Friday. SEE ALSO: NDLEA Destroys Over 14…

World

Beirut: Horrifying Moment Bride’s Photoshoot got Disrupted by Massive Explosion

News Agency of Nigeria Aug 6, 2020 0

More pictures and videos have emerged which were taken minutes before the massive explosion that rocked Beirut, capital of Lebanon on August 4. The Herald on Tuesday reported no fewer than scores of people died and thousands of people…

Metro

“I thought war broke out” – Nigerian footballer in Beirut narrates experience

John Ogunsemore Aug 6, 2020 0

A Nigerian footballer in Lebanon, Ifeanyi Vincent has explained how he thought he was going to die following twin explosions that rocked the Beirut port close to his residence. The Tuesday blast, one of the most deadly in recent history,…

Foreign

WHO To Send Medical Supplies To Lebanon For Injured People In Beirut Explosion

Emmanuel Yashim Aug 5, 2020 0

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is sending medical supplies to Lebanon for 500 wounded people as well as 500 surgery kits after a massive explosion took place in Beirut. SEE ALSO: Egypt, Lebanon Finally Reopen Airports After…

World

UPDATE: Beirut Explosion Deaths Now Over 100 – Red Cross

John Ogunsemore Aug 5, 2020 0

A Red Cross official says the death toll in Tuesday's blast at a warehouse in Beirut port rose to 100 overnight with more than 4,000 wounded, Daily Star reported. Lebanese Red Cross head, George Kettaneh, who gave the figures to local…

World

UN, U.S. commiserate with Lebanon over deadly explosions

Harrison Arubu Aug 5, 2020 0

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has commiserated with the people and government of Lebanon over Tuesday’s explosions in the capital, Beirut. No fewer than 70 people died while 2,700 others were injured in the massive blasts at the…

News

Mushroom Cloud Covers Central Beirut as Explosions Rock Lebanon (Video)

Tony Abu Momoh Aug 4, 2020 0

A mushroom cloud covered central Beirut as two powerful explosions rocked the Lebanese capital on Tuesday evening. According to Lebanese media, dozens of people are wounded and trapped underneath buildings as the cause of the explosions…

Foreign

Lebanese Group Campaigns Against Sexual Violence

Hadiza Mohammed Dec 6, 2019 0

A campaigner in Beirut said on Friday that Lebanese Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Abaad has launched a rap-style video that aims to protect Arab women from sexual violence. The footage shows young women walking through…