France is to ban smoking in public outdoor spaces, including beaches, parks, school zones, bus stops and sports facilities starting July 1 as part of a nationwide effort to protect children. Health Minister Catherine Vautrin said where there are children, tobacco must disappear. She added plans to lower the nicotineContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon The French Embassy in Nigeria on Friday donated one million Euros, approximately (N1.8 billion) for 19 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria to drive grassroots development. The fund, called the French Embassy Fund for Civil Society Organisation (FEF-OSC), now in its sixth year, is part of FrenchContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Foreign Affairs analysts have expressed the view that Nigeria’s foreign policy under President Bola Tinubu since his assumption of office on May 29, 2023, has been a mixed bag of the old and the new. It has been a continuity of theContinue Reading
By Ese Williams Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected as the new President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Tah was elected on Thursday by the Bank’s Board of Directors at the bank’s annual meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports thatContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The ECOWAS Court of Justice, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court, (ICC), and Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), have pledged to deepen their cooperation to enhance global jurisprudence. They made the pledge during a working visit by a high-level ECOWAS Court delegation, led by itsContinue Reading
Egypt plans to reduce its customs clearance time to just two days by the end of 2025, according to newly appointed Head of the Egyptian Customs Authority, Ahmed Amawi. Daily News Egypt, a partner of TV BRICS, reported Amawi as saying that the initiative forms part of a broaderContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen A Nigerian ECOWAS Parliament member, Rep. Zainab Gimba, has raised an alarm over the surge in acts of terror and violent extremism across Nigeria, West Africa, and the Sahel. Gimba raised the alarm while moving a motion titled, “Strengthening Regional Security Cooperation In Response To The EscalatingContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang Mahmoud Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), has commended ECOWAS for acting decisively as a guardian of peace and a builder of dialogue amidst regional challenges. Represented by the Deputy Chairperson of the AUC, Selma Haddadi, Youssouf made the remarks during the 50th anniversary celebrationContinue Reading
By Busayo Onijala Bauchi State has received an outstanding partnership award from Shandong Province, China, at the ongoing 2025 Shandong International Friendship Cities Cooperation and Exchange Week (IFCCE). Other recipients of the outstanding partnerships award are Brittany Region, France; Vitebsk Region, the Republic of Belarus; Borsod-Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary; Wakayama Prefecture,Continue Reading
Indonesia and Ethiopia are considering ways to expand bilateral cooperation, as well as interaction in the BRICS bloc, according to a report by Antara News Agency, a partner of TV BRICS. The report indicated that the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Sugiono held a meeting with Ethiopian Ambassador to IndonesiaContinue Reading
