By Sarafina Christopher The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) said it would train twenty-nine teachers in South Korea on Smart education project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Teachers were drown from six states, namely Cross River, Bauchi, Anambra, Nasarawa, KanoContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam Vladimir Putin, Russian President, says the Russian Government has written off $23 billion debt burden of African countries. Putin spoke at the plenary session of the ongoing second Russia–Africa Summit 2023 holding from July 27 to July 28. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is one ofContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Defence Headquarters, says the military has neutralised 59 terrorists, arrested 88 criminals, 10 kidnappers, 20 gunmen and 19 suspected oil thefts in one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement on Friday, said the troops also rescued 88 kidnapped hostages withinContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has stressed the importance of effective intelligence gathering and sharing between security agencies and the general populace in driving successful military operations. Lagbaje said this at the graduation of the participants of the Strategic Management and PolicyContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Civil Society Networks across the country has called on the government to employ community policing and the use of technology in the fight against banditry, insurgency and kidnapping. The Chairman, North-East CSO Network, Amb. Ahmed Shehu, made the call in a Communique issued at theContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria is at a new dawn to chart and re-position its destiny for greatness, considering the measures adopted by the President Bola Tinubu administration to diversify the nation’s economy. Mr Olusola Abiola, Director, Information, Office of the Vice President, in a statementContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will begin a supplementary polio immunisation campaign from July 29 to Aug. 11, to sustain the poliovirus-free status in the FCT and Nigeria. Mr Malan Haruna, acting Secretary of the Health and Human Services Secretariat, FCTA made this knownContinue Reading
By Ikenna Uwadileke Prof. Maurice Okoli, the President, Nigerian Community in Russia, has emphasised the need for Africa to leverage on Russia’s huge reservoir of goodwill to develop the continent. Okoli said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the 2nd Russia-AfricaContinue Reading
By Ikenna Uwadileke The African Union (AU) has called for a lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine. The Chairperson of the AU and President of the Union of the Comoros Azali Assoumani made the call at the ongoing 2nd Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum. According to him, we must fightContinue Reading
By Ikenna Uwadileke Russian President, Vladimir Putin says Russia is reorienting its transport and logistics flows to the Global South, including Africa. Putin said this at the ongoing 2nd Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Summit in St Petersburg, Russia. “The North-South transport corridor that we are building is designed to provideContinue Reading
