Tag: Israel

Ethiopian Airlines Suspends Tel Aviv Flights
June 16, 2025 No Responses

Ethiopian Airlines Suspends Tel Aviv Flights

The management of Ethiopian Airlines has suspended all Tel Aviv Flights. The airline in a statement on Monday said: “Ethiopian Airlines would like to inform its esteemed passengers that due to operational considerations, all flights between Addis Ababa (ADD) and...
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Pope Francis Calls For ‘Arms To Be Silenced’
December 26, 2024 No Responses

Pope Francis Calls For ‘Arms To Be Silenced’

Pope Francis called Wednesday for “arms to be silenced” around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan as he denounced the “extremely grave” humanitarian situation in Gaza. He used h...
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Iran Launches Direct Strikes On Israel
April 14, 2024 No Responses

Iran Launches Direct Strikes On Israel

Iran on Saturday launched drones at Israel directly from its territory, the Israeli army said, marking a major escalation of the long-running covert war between the regional foes Iran had repeatedly threatened to strike Israel in retaliation for a deadly...
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Shell Suspends All Red Sea Shipments 
January 18, 2024 No Responses

Shell Suspends All Red Sea Shipments 

Shell has suspended all shipments through the Red Sea indefinitely amid the ongoing Houthi attacks from Yemen on commercial vessels on the key global trade route. Shell is the latest firm in a long line of companies, which decided to...
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British Airways Suspends Flights To Tel Aviv
October 12, 2023 No Responses

British Airways Suspends Flights To Tel Aviv

British Airways has suspended flights to Israel after turning back one of its planes shortly before landing, due to security concerns. Flight BA165 has returned to Heathrow after nearly reaching Tel Aviv on Wednesday, BA said. A spokesperson for Israel’s...
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UN Officials Condemn Deadly Attacks In Israel
October 8, 2023 No Responses

UN Officials Condemn Deadly Attacks In Israel

The UN Secretary-General condemned “in the strongest terms” the attack by Hamas against Israeli towns, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said. At dawn, a Hamas-led operation launched thousands of rockets towards Israel from the Gaza Strip, according to th...
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Lagos Airlifts 310 Pilgrims To Jordan, Israel
October 2, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Airlifts 310 Pilgrims To Jordan, Israel

Lagos State Government, on Saturday night, airlifted 310 intending pilgrims earlier scheduled for the Easter edition of the Holy pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Jordan and Israel. A statement explained that the pilgrims landed in the Holy Land on Sunday,...
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Air Peace Begins Two Weekly Flights To Israel  
April 21, 2023 No Responses

Air Peace Begins Two Weekly Flights To Israel  

Air Peace has, again, made another history as the first ever Nigerian airline to fly direct, nonstop to Israel. The airline commenced scheduled operations into Tel Aviv on April 20, 2023, from Lagos and Abuja. At the well-attended inaugural flight...
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Air Peace Begins Israel-Nigeria Direct Flights April 20
April 16, 2023 No Responses

Air Peace Begins Israel-Nigeria Direct Flights April 20

Direct flights between Israel and Nigeria begins on April 20, 2023, Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria, Mr Michael Freeman, said in Abuja on Saturday. “On April 20, we will be starting direct air links between Israel and Nigeria; there will...
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Nigeria Partners Israel, Japan On Manufacturing Of Electric Vehicles
August 27, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Partners Israel, Japan On Manufacturing Of Electric Vehicles

The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Israeli and Japanese companies to commence assembling and manufacturing environmentally friendly, green, electric and smart automobiles by 2023. The National Agency for Scie...
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Israel Imposes Quarantine On All Inbound Travelers
July 17, 2021 No Responses

Israel Imposes Quarantine On All Inbound Travelers

Israel’s health ministry announced on Friday that all passengers entering Israeli borders would have to go through a mandatory quarantine.  The ministry said the new regulation would start from Friday.  It said that passengers arriving from the cou...
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Etihad Airways Makes History, Lands In Israel
October 20, 2020 No Responses

Etihad Airways Makes History, Lands In Israel

Etihad Airways became the first Gulf-based airline to fly to and from Israel on a commercial passenger flight, as the Abu Dhabi carrier’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner landed in Tel Aviv on October 19, 2020.  The flight, operated by Etihad’s Boeing...
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Nigeria, Israel Seal Bilateral Agreement On Green Energy
July 30, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria, Israel Seal Bilateral Agreement On Green Energy

The State of Israel and Nigeria on Wednesday signed bilateral agreement in the field of green energy development.  The agreement was the outcome of a closed door meeting between Mr Yotam Kreiman, Deputy Head of Israeli Mission to Nigeria, Dr...
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