By Sarafina Christopher Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, says China will provide a grant of RMB200 million (40.3 billion naira) to support the implementation of development projects in Nigeria. Yu disclosed this on Thursday during a meeting with Dr Dunoma Ahmed, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, inContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon The Cuban Government has appealed to Nigeria to support efforts to secure the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States (U.S.) on Cuba. The Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Miriam Palmero, made the appeal in Abuja on Thursday at a ceremonyContinue Reading
By Chinasa Nwankwo The Bangladesh High Commissioner to Nigeria, Miah Kabir, says the country’s present job quota reforms, youth political participation and institutional changes are all dividends of the country’s July 2024 Uprising. Kabir said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Sarafina Christopher India has urged a stronger role for Nigeria in BRICS, saying the country would enhance the influence and representation of the Global South. Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Abhishek Singh, made the call on Wednesday during a media meeting in Abuja. Singh said Nigeria’s status asContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says about 32 million community citizens currently risk displacement due to climate crisis, which requires about 294 billion dollars to tackle. Dr Kalilou Sylla, ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, disclosed this at a regional workshop to validateContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ethiopian Embassy in Nigeria have commended Mr Mufutau Ojo, the News Agency of Nigeria’s Editor-in-Chief, on his retirement from service. Mr Kimiebi Ebienfa, the ministry’s spokesman, and Mr Legesse Haile, Ethiopian Ambassador to Nigeria, made this known through separate goodwillContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen As the 2030 deadline for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approaches, countries are confronting widening financing, climate, poverty and development gaps that threaten global progress. The challenge has renewed debate over how developing countries can mobilise the resources, technology and partnerships required to accelerate progressContinue Reading
By Deborah Enwerem Nigerian and Chinese writers have expressed readiness to collaborate on literary projects to strengthen cultural ties and mutual understanding between both countries. They stated this at the August edition of the Reading and Writers Dialogue of the Abuja chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) onContinue Reading
By Habibu Harisu The National Onion Producers and Marketers Association has sought the intervention of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over lingering trade disputes between Nigeria and Ghana. The association’s national president, Alhaji Aliyu Maitasamu, made the call in an interview with newsmen of Sunday in Sokoto.Continue Reading
By Fortune Abang Sheikh Sidi Tidjani, Caliph-General of the Tijaniyya Order worldwide General Caliphate Headquarters, Aïn Madhi, Algeria has underscored the need to strengthen Algerian-Nigerian bilateral cooperation to advance growth between the two countries. He also prayed for peace and love in Nigeria, continued spiritual ties between bothContinue Reading
