By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is ready to partner Qatar to explore opportunities in the agricultural sector. The President said this while receiving Dr Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, a special envoy from the Amir of the State of Qatar, at the State House on Friday. Al-Khulaifi, Qatar’sContinue Reading
By Sarafina Christopher Mr Zhu Songbo, Director, Political Section, Chinese Embassy in Nigeria said that achieving peaceful reunification and One Country, Two Systems approach is key to addressing the Taiwan question. Zhu said this during a media salon on the “One-China Policy as the bedrock of China-Nigeria relations” on ThursdayContinue Reading
By Diana Omueza The Human Rights Monitors, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), is calling for the United Nations’ intervention in response to mass deportations of migrants by the United States. Mr Armsfree Ajanaku, Convener of the coalition, made the appeal during a news conference, on Thursday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Cecilia Odey U.S. President Donald Trump has congratulated Robert Prevost, a Cardinal from Chicago for being selected as the pope. Pope Leo XIV was selected on Thursday as the 267th Pope in the history ọf the Catholic Church. “Prevost will be known as Pope Leo XIV. “It is suchContinue Reading
By Magdalene Ukuedojor Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the first American pope. The Cardinals, gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV. The chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke onContinue Reading
By Magdalene Ukuedojor With white smoke now billowing from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel, it’s clear the voting process has concluded and the cardinals have chosen a successor to Pope Francis. We don’t yet know who has been selected, but it will become clear when they emerge on theContinue Reading
Statistics by New Zealand Government Agency reveals there are still more sheep than human in the country. With a population of 23.6 million sheep and 5.3 million people, there are about 4.5 sheep for each New Zealander, the statistic showed. According to the statistics, that’s down from 22 sheep perContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen ECOWAS President, Dr Omar Touray, has decried the deplorable state of infrastructure at the Nigeria-Bénin Republic Seme border, in spite of the huge investment in them by ECOWAS. The President stated this during an official on-the-spot assessment visit to the Nigeria–Lagos Seme Border, which isContinue Reading
The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time, the country’s conservation agency said on Wednesday. What looks like a tiny hen’s egg is seenContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo Nigeria will play host to no fewer than 35 countries with different speakers at the 61st Africa Day celebration scheduled for May 24 to May 27 in Abuja. Mr Young Piero, Coordinator and Director of Parliament, Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Joint Sessions, Africa Union Simulation (AUS), disclosedContinue Reading
