The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), successfully repatriated another batch of 147 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Musa said the evacuees who departed Tripoli International Airport on […]
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However, data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) indicated that the country which imports most of its fuels from Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway and India, ranging between 1.4 billion litres and 2.5 billion litres per month, massively slashed import to 1 billion litres in August. With zero local production of petrol […]
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Morenike Babington-Ashaye, the President, International Centre for Tax Research and Development (ICTRD) has alleged that imperialist institutions, IMF and World Bank have been behind the downfall of Nigeria, that they and their allies are responsible for the hard time Nigerians are facing at the moment. “Britain has been a parasite on Nigeria for too […]
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike emphasized security and job creation as key priorities during a meeting with the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery. The Commissioner paid a courtesy visit to the minister’s office in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister, in response to the commissioner’s inquiry about priority […]
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Bulgarian Ambassador to Abuja Reelected President of Francophone Ambassadors Group to Nigeria Bulgarian Ambassador to Abuja Reelected President of Francophone Ambassadors Group to Nigeria The group of Francophone ambassadors to Nigeria held its first meeting for 2024 on February 22 in Abuja. It was attended by over 20 representatives of embassies of member and […]
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Lagos is set to become a hub for international trade and investment as it gears up to host the Nigeria-Canada Business Summit, organised by Glocapro. The summit, themed “Fostering the Bilateral Relationship between Nigeria and Canada,” is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 7th March 2024, at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria […]
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Both diplomats discussed the state of bilateral relations and deliberated on ways to strengthen collaboration between Nigeria and Bangladesh in the areas of agriculture & food processing, deep sea fishing, pharmaceuticals, trade, defence, ICT, and textiles among others. Bangladesh High Commissioner to Nigeria Masudur Rahman has paid a courtesy call on the Minister of […]
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Dr Al-Hajri said Qatar was ready to increase bilateral relations with Nigeria, adding that opportunities existed for investments in the tourism, education, and health sectors in the FCT. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, announced a willingness to partner with the State of Qatar, to develop the tourism sector and […]
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Leaders at an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa have condemned Israel’s offensive in Gaza and called for its immediate end. Moussa Faki, the chair of the African Union Commission, said Israel’s offensive was the “most flagrant” violation of international humanitarian law and accused Israel of having “exterminated” Gaza’s inhabitants. Faki […]
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“Many of these obstacles, such as climate change and unfair patterns of global trade, are largely not of our making. However, some of the pitfalls, including coup-birthed autocracies and the deleterious tinkering with constitutional tenure provisions, are developmental cancers we as Africans are giving to ourselves.” Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said Nigeria is […]
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