The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Nigeria is collaborating with the Netherlands to enhance transparency and accountability in financial reporting through the implementation of the Accounting Development Tool (ADT). This was agreed on during a meeting involving the consul-general of the Netherlands Embassy and the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria on Wednesday, February 21, […]
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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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The Charge D’Affaires and Acting Ambassador of the United States in Nigeria, David Greene, has visited Agbeyewa farm in Ekiti state, stating that Nigeria is blessed with a series of agricultural potential which he said are underutilized. Greene spoke during his visit alongside the US Consul General, Will Stevens, to the expansive 15,000 hectares of […]
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Nigeria’s Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has said that the $40 million organic fertilizer factory to be sited in the state by Turkey-based Alliance Group was capable of boosting employment, food production and agribusiness. Mr Oyebanji said the government would continue to woo investors to the state in the bid to position it as […]
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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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Ghazouani was born in Boumdeid, Assaba region on 4 December 1956. He belongs to a well-known Sufi Berber family in Mauritania. Ghazouani is the son of a spiritual leader of the Maraboutic tribe Ideiboussat. Ghazouani has memorised the Quran. He is married to a doctor, Mariam Mint Mohamed Vadel Ould Dah. They have five […]
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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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