He also said measures have been put in place to resume operations and consular services as a means to restore normalcy in Israel amidst the lingering Israel-Hamas war. The Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, said his country would continue to deepen bilateral relations with Nigeria to foster mutually beneficial economic growth between the […]
Continue Reading
Tuggar shall also use the opportunity to urge the US and the wider international community to give serious consideration to multilateral reforms, particularly that of democratizing the United Nations Security Council. Nigeria’s Minister of foreign affairs Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has received the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken on Tuesday. Tuggar received the […]
Continue Reading
The National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia has recognised the chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for the valuable technical support provided by INEC to NEC and for the promotion of democracy in Liberia. The occasion also marked the dedication of a workspace for staff, officiated by Professor Yakubu, at […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has said Nigeria’s resilient business climate resonates with the agenda of the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum; the 2024 edition is from the 15th to 19th of January with the theme Rebuilding Trust. “The intention of the meeting held annually in Davos, Switzerland, […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria imports far less than it should be doing, yet the oil-producing nation of 200 million people can’t seem to shake off the tag of an import-dependent country. While the country’s import to GDP ratio of 11.8 percent, a measure of how much a country imports relative to its economic size, suggests it is nowhere […]
Continue Reading
With the Pope’s blessing of same-sex marriage, African Catholic bishops will not carry out such blessings proposed for same sex-couples as approved by the Vatican. The president of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) cited “confusion” and a “risk of scandal” in a letter released Thursday (Jan. 11). The Catechism […]
Continue Reading
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has departed Abuja to represent Nigeria at the 2024 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) scheduled to hold in Davos, Switzerland. According to a statement by the VP’s spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha, the Shettima will join other political and business leaders across the world at the annual Forum […]
Continue Reading
Cape Verde has become the third African nation and first West African to be declared malaria free, even as the disease continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people on the continent, the World Health Organization said Friday. The Atlantic archipelago of about 500,000 inhabitants follows Mauritius in 1973 and Algeria in 2019. Worldwide some […]
Continue Reading
According to the Financial Times, enrollment into UK varsities has fallen by over a one-third from key countries, including Nigeria and India. Universities in the United Kingdom (UK) are faced with the risk of a financial crisis following a sharp drop in the number of international students enrolling at various institutions in 2024. According […]
Continue Reading
The Somali armed group al-Shabab has seized a United Nations helicopter, along with about eight people, both passengers and crew, local sources have told the BBC. The helicopter landed in territory held by the group in central Somalia. The UN’s mission in Somalia (Unsom) confirmed an “aviation incident” involving a UN-contracted helicopter conducting a medical […]
Continue Reading