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Adaptation is key characteristic of China’s Policy against COVID-19 – Envoy

On: January 7, 2023

By Lizzy Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, has said that adaptation is the key characteristic of China’s policy against COVID-19 as the country refines its policy in line with a changed landscape of viral contagion. Cui, in a statement made available on Friday in Abuja, said the refined COVID-19Continue Reading

Egypt gets back looted ancient ‘Green Coffin’ from U.S. museum

By: Ismail Abdulaziz

On: January 4, 2023

In: Foreign

The Houston Museum of Natural Science in the U.S. has handed over a looted ancient Egyptian sarcophagus, widely known as the “Green Coffin”, to its home country, Egypt. The wooden sarcophagus dates back to the late Dynastic Period (from 664BC to 332BC) The sarcophagus was returned by U.S. diplomats duringContinue Reading

Guterres renews call for global vaccination campaign as COVID-19 clocks 1

By: Rabi'u Sani Ali

On: March 12, 2021

In: Foreign, Health

By Harrison Arubu UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a global vaccination campaign as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic clocked one year. In a statement, Guterres stated that equity in vaccine distribution represented the “greatest moral test of our times”. It was on March 11, 2020 thatContinue Reading

Guterres renews call for global vaccination campaign as COVID-19 clocks 1

By: Edith Ike-Eboh

On: March 11, 2021

In: Foreign

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has renewed call for a global vaccination campaign as the Coronavirus pandemic clocked one year.Continue Reading

$797m outstanding: ECOWAS Parliament holds Extraordinary Session on improving funding

By: Edith Ike-Eboh

On: March 11, 2021

In: Foreign

Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Tunis says payment of outstanding community levies for the development of ECOWAS institutions .Continue Reading

Egyptian agency trains 100 African women on leadership

By: Ismail Abdulaziz

On: March 11, 2021

In: Foreign

The Egyptian Agency for Partnership for Development (EAPD) has commenced the training of 100 African women from 35 African countries on leadership initiatives on the continent.Continue Reading

Namibia eyes increasing red meat exports to China, Middle East

By: Rabi'u Sani Ali

On: March 11, 2021

In: Foreign

Namibia is eyeing raising red meat exports to China and the Middle East with a view to broadening its market access and hiking agriculture export earnings. The state-owned Meat Board of Namibia (MBN) disclosed this on Thursday. MBN Chief Marketing Officer Desmond Cloete said Namibia engaged the services of North-WestContinue Reading