By Fortune Abang The Nigerian in Diaspora Organisation NiDO (Worldwide), has underscored the need for adequate investment in security to end spate of kidnapping in the country. The Coordinating Chairman of NiDO Worldwide, Dr Victor Ubani, made the call in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
Election By Ekemini Ladejobi Amb. Bankole Adeoye has been re-elected as Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security at the African Union Commission. He defeated Central African Republic’s Jean Jacques Demafouth. Adeoye was re-elected for another four-year term at the 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive council in Addis AbabaContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Dr Omar Touray, ECOWAS Commision President, has called on Turkey to step up its support to the subregional body’s efforts toward curbing the scourge of terrorism in West Africa. Touray made the plea when the outgoing Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Hidayet Bayraktar, paid him aContinue Reading
By Nabilu Balarabe The Moroccan Investment and Export Development Agency (AMDIE), says it will invest in the conservation of an 8,000-year-old canoe “Dufuna”, in Yobe as part of efforts to develop tourism in the state. Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Gov. Mai Mala Buni’s Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, stated this inContinue Reading
By Olawunmi Ashafa (News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The Iringa-Shinyanga transmission line, a 670-kilometer, 400 kV artery, a transformative power transmission project in Tanzania is positively changing the healthcare and fostering regional energy integration across Eastern and Southern Africa. The transmission line is boosting domestic power access while simultaneouslyContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says it has “unequivocally rejected” Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip, a Palestine territory. A statement from the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saudi Arabia was vehemently opposed to the idea, and would rather continue itsContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang The Middle East News Agency (MENA) and the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing media cooperation through news exchange. NAN reports that MENA, a regional news agency founded on Dec. 15, 1955, is based in Egypt andContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Gautier Mignot, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has outlined the union’s plans to improve trade, strengthen investment and positively impact the youthful population of Nigeria. Mignot made the plans known on Wednesday in Lagos at a mediaContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it will continue to engage with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, in spite of their formal withdrawal from the bloc on Wednesday. Dr Omar Touray, the President of the commission, made this known at a news conference inContinue Reading
Dispute By Hamza Suleiman The UN has commended the Republics of Nigeria and Cameroon for their commitments toward implementing the International Court of Justice (ICJ’s) ruling on their border dispute. Leonardo Simão, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, said this while speaking at the 5thContinue Reading
