By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice-President Kashim Shettima has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the multilateral trading system. Shettima spoke on Saturday during a meeting with WTO Director-General, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in New Delhi, India. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the ongoing BRICS Leaders’Continue Reading
By Hafsah Tilde/Abbas Bamalli A Xinhua News Agency senior journalist, Wang Jiang, says China’s zero-tariff policy for African goods is already boosting trade and ties between both sides. Wang said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on the sidelines of the Seminar on Broadcasting Convergence andContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris New Delhi (India), Nigeria is seeking to deepen partnerships at the 18th BRICS Summit holding from Sept. 12 to 13 in India, as Vice President Kashim Shettima, representing President BolaTinubu arrived on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit is part of Nigeria’sContinue Reading
Ethiopia says it has made significant progress in the application of artificial intelligence (AI), creating opportunities to compete at the global level, TV BRICS a NAN partner reports Mohamed Abdi Ware, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), said this on Friday while highlighting Ethiopia’s growing useContinue Reading
By Damilola Charles Burkina Faso and Nigeria have pledged to deepen economic relations, targeting increased trade, investment, transportation, manufacturing, logistics and digital economy cooperation. Nigeria’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Syndoph Endoni, and leaders of the General Confederation of Faso Enterprises (COGEF), made the commitment in Ouagadougou. Endoni said in aContinue Reading
Iran has recorded the world’s largest volume of newly discovered gas since 2025, with combined discoveries at the Takht and Pazan gas fields reaching 17.5 trillion cubic feet. This is according to a report on Thursday by TV BRICS, a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) partner. The figure covers gasContinue Reading
Zanele Sabela, spokesperson for the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), has called for greater focus on inclusive economic growth and stronger trade among BRICS member states. Sabela said this at the 2026 summit, saying that this should help advance the objectives for which BRICS was established, particularly inContinue Reading
Astronomers have analysed data collected by the “Chinese Sky Eye” (FAST) and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), covering approximately 2.5 million galaxies across about one-third of the sky. The international team, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, used spectral line stacking – a technique that combines faint 21-centimetreContinue Reading
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus/Adewale Owoade A senior journalist with Xinhua News Agency, Wang Hongjiang, has called for expanded content exchange between Xinhua and the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to promote greater understanding of China-Africa relations. Hongjiang made the call in an interview with NAN on the sidelines of the SeminarContinue Reading
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus China on Wednesday commenced a two-week training programme on Broadcasting Convergence and Communication Capacity Building for 28 Nigerian media professionals. The seminar, which began on Sept. 9 and will end on Sept. 22, is sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and organised by the Research andContinue Reading
