By Mark Longyen Amb. Troy Fitrell, U.S. Department of State’s acting Head of Africa Bureau, says the country has now shifted its diplomacy in Sub-Saharan Africa from an ‘assistant-led’ to an ‘investment-led’ strategy. The envoy, who disclosed this in a digital news conference during an official visit to West Africa,Continue Reading
By Chinenye Ofor/Maureen Okon Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Abbas Tajudeen, has described Nigeria as one of the most attractive and lucrative investment frontiers in Africa. Abbas made this known on Wednesday in Abuja at the maiden edition of the Nigeria-Italy Investment Summit 2025 (NIIS 2025), themed “BuildingContinue Reading
U.S. trade with Africa ‘will be much more focused around a reciprocal relationship, one that addresses the needs on both sides,’ says ambassador Troy Fitrell. Ambassador Troy Fitrell, senior official at the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, said that Washington is “very directly, very intentionally” shifting toward anContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has warned that West Africa and the entire African continent are at risk of severe climate-related disasters. Keyamo raised the alarm, while declaring open a regional workshop of ECOWAS Directors of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs)Continue Reading
Participants at the First Ordinary Session of the 2025 ECOWAS Parliament on Tuesday in Abuja. (NAN) By Mark Longyen Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament Memounatou Ibrahima has urged member states to deliberately embrace, cultivate, and reinvent the institution’s integration agenda as it marks its 50th anniversary in May.Continue Reading
By Busayo Onijala A new book, Chinese Imprints on World Currency, highlights China’s growing global partnerships and infrastructure projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Launched on Monday in Beijing, the book showcases 121 coinsContinue Reading
By Tiamiyu Arobani The UN says it has been forced to cut spending, freeze hiring and scale back some services as the global organisation faces a worsening cash crisis. Member States on Monday urged members to pay up, warning that the deepening financial crisis threatened the world body’s ability toContinue Reading
By Abdulwahab Deji The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has intensified its efforts for the success of the 2025 Hajj by conducting a catering simulation exercise at the Rawaf Mina office in Makkah. This is contained in a statement by Ahmad Musa, Head, Public Affairs, NAHCON made available toContinue Reading
German residents narrowly support shifting to a weekly limit on working hours, instead of a daily cap, according to a survey released on Monday. The study, conducted by pollsters YouGov for dpa, found that 38 per cent of respondents would support the policy, while 20 per cent opposed it andContinue Reading
By Deji Abdulwahab Prof. Abdullahi Saleh, the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has commended the outstanding efforts of the Madinah team in receiving Nigerian pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj. The NAHCON boss said this in a statement issued by Hajiya Fatima Usara, the commission’s Assistant Director,Continue Reading
