By Cecilia Ologunagba UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has advocated reform to address an annual development financing gap of up to 1.6 trillion dollars facing Africa. Guterres made the call in a video message to the 12th session of Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, taking place in Adidas Ababa.Continue Reading
By Tiamiyu Prudence Arobani The World Health Organization (WHO) says Nigeria and nine other countries in Africa and Asia accounted for about 70 per cent of the global Hepatitis B related deaths in 2024. WHO, in its newly published ‘2026 Global Hepatitis Report, on Tuesday, also said Nigeria and nine other countriesContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, has described China as West Africa’s most strategic partner, adding that China’s multifaceted engagements with the sub-region would continue to deepen. Touray stated this at the handover ceremony of a new multimillion dollar ECOWAS headquarters complex, funded and builtContinue Reading
On Tuesday, April 28, China officially handed over the China-Aid Project of ECOWAS Headquarters Building to the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, Nigeria. Located on the Airport Road, about 15 kilometres from the city centre, the complex spans 70,186 square metres, with a total floor area of 36,606 square meters. ItContinue Reading
By Philomina Attah The Catholic Television of Nigeria (CTV) says its audience has risen more than 300 per cent daily, reaching about eight million viewers across Africa after joining GOtv Channel 115 one year ago platform. Executive Director of CTV Very Rev. Fr Patrick Alumuku disclosed this in Abuja duringContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) When UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, eulogised China as “the country that has made the greatest contribution to global poverty reduction,” he was, in effect, articulating what many observers already acknowledge about China’s record-time economic transformation. “China has lifted over 800 million peopleContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) has appealed to the Federal Government and African leaders to halt the prevailing xenophobic attacks by South Africans against fellow Africans in the country. NICASA President, Frank Onyekwelu, made the appeal following the incessant harassment, intimidation and the brutalContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang Abuja, April 27, 2026 (NAN) The Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg has condemned the killing of two Nigerians, Amaramiro Emmanuel and Ekpenyong Andrew by South African National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel on April 25, in Port Elizabeth. The Consul-General, Amb. Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, disclosed this in a statement onContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang Abuja, April 23, 2026 (NAN) The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, says Nigeria and the European Union (EU) will continue to deepen bilateral cooperation between them in trade, security, education and technology. The minister stated this on Thursday in Abuja during the 4th Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu Memorial Lecture. The NewsContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria has announced the signing of a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Kwara’s Ilorin Innovation Hub, a tech centre, to develop the state’s technology sector. A statement by the U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria, on Thursday in Abuja, said the development markedContinue Reading
