By Mark Longyen Severe humanitarian crisis across the ECOWAS subregion caused by conflicts, lack of basic services and climate change has pushed no fewer than 64.5 million victims into dire need of urgent help. Mr Abel Enitan, Permanent Secretary, Nigeria’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (FMHAPA), disclosedContinue Reading
By Chinenye Offor The United Kingdom and Nigeria have made commitments to strengthen collaboration on migration and the fight against all forms of criminality. This is contained in a communique from the recent Annual Migration, Justice, and Home Affairs dialogue, which was held in London. The communique was signed by AtinukeContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Gen. Yakubu Gowon, former Head of State and founding father of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has lauded President Bola Tinubu for uniting the bloc under his leadership. Gowon made this known at the inauguration of the Academy of International Affairs (AIA), a foreignContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The United States government has called for urgent measures to end the war in Sudan. It says that the humanitarian crisis which trails the conflict has assumed a monumental level. U.S State Department Special Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, made this known during a digital newsContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon Optiva Capital Partners Ltd., a wealth management company has called for collaboration with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) to promote further inflow of diaspora investment to the country. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Jane Kimemia made the call on Thursday when she led a delegationContinue Reading
By Shedrack Frank Former President Goodluck Jonathan has led the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) to Senegal on a mediation mission ahead of the country’s presidential election on Saturday. This is contained in a statement signed and issued in Yenagoa on Thursday by the Communications Officer of the Goodluck JonathanContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The U.S. government has partnered Nigeria, among others, to unveil a five-year Global Food Security Strategic Country Plan to boost the country’s agricultural sector and drive agro-economic growth. Mr David Greene, the U.S. Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires, while unveiling the strategy on Thursday in Abuja, said it exemplifiedContinue Reading
The U.S. armed forces said that they carried out self-defence strikes against drones, missiles and weapons storage containers in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi militia late on Monday. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had successfully engaged and destroyed seven anti-ship missiles, three unmanned aerial vehiclesContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon The Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (DTAC) on Monday honoured 18 volunteers who served in Uganda and represented Nigeria excellently. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the technical aid corps volunteers returned to Nigeria on Sunday after two years service in Uganda. The Director-General ofContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Nigeria has called on palm oil producing countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to work assiduously towards resolving their disagreements, which threaten sub-regional trading in the sector. Amb. Yakubu Dadu, Head, ECOWAS National Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known atContinue Reading
